Season 6Hayavadana
Hayavadana
Girish Karnad's HAYAVADANA is a modern classic. When it burst onto the Indian stage in the 1970s,
it was an immediate success with audiences and critics alike. Using traditional Indian theatre
techniques such as masks and a sutradhar (narrator), the play examines modern questions of
identity and self hood. There is a horse-headed man who longs to be complete, there is a young
woman who mixes up the heads of her lover and her husband, there is a child who cannot speak --
the stories intertwine and illuminate each other as they ask the most important of all human
questions: who am I?
Neelam Man Singh, with her innovative narrative techniques and her powerful stage craft enriched
by both modernity and tradition, gives us Hayavadana anew. This is a chance to see one of our most
imaginative theatre makers present one of our most important playwrights in a theatrical
masterpiece that combines myth and folk tale, song and speech, humour and pathos, love and
jealousy, hope and despair. The experience of watching a great play created by a great director will
be unforgettable.
Translated from the Kannada original by B V Karanth
Cast
Ajeet Singh Palawat - Devdutt
Ambika Kamal - Doll
Brinda Trivedi - Padmini
Chainis Gill - Singer
Chaman Bansal - Hayavadan-Doll
Guru Bamrah - Hayavadan-Doll
Ipshita Chakraborthy Singh - Padmini
Mahesh Saini - Kapila
Pallavi Jadhao - Kaali-Doll
Pradeep Nirban - Singer
Puneet Kumar Mishra - Bhagvat
Additional Information
Drama Venue
Kamani Auditorium, Delhi
Kamani Auditorium, Delhi
Kamani Auditorium, Delhi
Drama Language
Hindi
Drama Date & Time
01 Apr 2023 - 07:30 PM
02 Apr 2023 - 04:00 PM
02 Apr 2023 - 07:30 PM
Drama Location
Delhi
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