Black Tie
Group: Rimini Protokoll
Language: English
Duration: 70-80 minutes

Synopsis
Black Tie circles the black hole of origins, the strangely eloquent and "helping" young human genetics industry of these times, and the alienation between one’s environment and oneself.
Direction: Helgard Haug

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 Aatmakatha
Playwright: Mahesh Elkunchawar
Group: Mukhomukhi, (Kolkata)
Duration: 140 minutes

Play
A much acclaimed and renowned writer, Shubhankar, dictates his autobiography to Pragya, a research student. And while doing so, as he looks back at his life, all his past mistakes, his lies and his compromises come back to haunt him. His interactions with the young student help him to rediscover the truth about his relationships with the two most important people in his life - his estranged wife Uttara and her sister Vasanti.

Direction: Soumitra Chatterjee

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The Days of Adel
Playwright: Uri Nitzan
Group: Psik Theatre Company of Jerusalem, Israel
Language: Hebrew

Synopsis
Set against the background of a psychiatric ward in Jerusalem, the play begins with the meeting of Adel, a Palestinian schizophrenic convinced he is Jew, with Nachum, a Yeshiva (rabbinical college) student and approaches the Arab-Israeli dispute by seeing Adel’s life as a microcosm of the human experience.

Director: Isaac Benabu

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