Kuthirai Muttai (Horse Egg)
Playwright: Viramamunivar
Group: Nigazh, Madurai
Language:
Duration: 60 minutes

Play
Viramamunivar’s play Kuthirai Muttai (Horse Egg) revolves around  certain incidents that occur in the life of Paramartha Guru, a man who lives all alone in an inn, and is desirous of having followers of his own. When he manages to find some young men who he believes have the qualities he would like his followers to have, he decides to take them on a journey and teach them along the way.

Direction: Shanmuga Raja

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Othello
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Group: National School of Drama Repertory Company
Language: Hindustani
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes (including intermission)

Play
A revisiting of Shakespeare’s class tale of love and jealousy, the play revolves around four central characters: Othello, his wife Desdemona, his lieutenant Cassio, and his trusted advisor Iago. Because of its varied themes — racism, love, jealousy and betrayal — it remains popular and relevant across cultures and languages and social contexts. This performance of the play is presented in the folk style of nautanki.

Direction: Raj Bisaria

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The Painted World(The Beat of Black Light Theatre)
Group: Hoidekr Interactive Light Theatre – H.I.L.T. Prague and M Plus
Language: No spoken language
Duration: 55 minutes
 
Synopsis
The Painted World is a unique black light show formed by the best black light effects and images in a story of world continents. The audience is guided through the story by actress Stepanka Volfova, who paints the whole world, where a picture of each continent is portrayed through different dance and mime sequences set in the black light theatre form. 

Written and Directed by: Theodor Hoidekr

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