Written by Parul |Updated: June 1, 2019 12:20:17 am
An Act of Faith
The festival will close with Kripal Kazak’s play Talaq, directed by Lakha Lehri. The play brings to the stage the many layers of relationships and how we approach these in different situations.
For the last 20 years, actor and theatre director Anita Shabdeesh and playwright Shabdeesh have been nurturing their belief in the power of theatre. Their theatre group, Suchetak Rangmanch, was an act of faith — staging meaningful plays that resonate with the prevalent social conditions and narrate stories of the common man. The premise was simple and courageous, “theatre may not give you economic gains, so the aim was always to do quality work, which would stand the test of time and was not limited to the urban audience. It is a principle we have never compromised upon, no matter what the odds”, says Shabdeesh. The group is all set to stage the Suchetak Naat Utsav to celebrate 20 years of its establishment, with the four-day festival (June 1 to 4, Punjab Kala Bhawan) dedicated to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The group’s new production, Chal Amritsar London Chaliye, written by Shabdeesh, will open on June 1 and June 2, and with the play presenting the dramatic account of the time between the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the martyrdom of Udham Singh. Connecting the past with the present, Shabdeesh researched various documents, books and trial papers to present the real truth of Udham Singh’s life and work.
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