‘There are no vanity vans in theatre, it is pure labour’: Zubin Mehta | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

‘There are no vanity vans in theatre, it is pure labour’: Zubin Mehta | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Parul |Updated: July 20, 2019 12:30:14 am

‘There are no vanity vans in theatre, it is pure labour’: Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta looks back at a journey of 20 years of creating a new ground for theatre in Chandigarh

Theatre director Zubin Mehta

For two decades now, the Wings Theatre Academy has been giving the young of the region a chance to express their creativity through theatre. For Zubin Mehta, each play that he directs is a step towards creating a new expression and giving the young practitioners wings to fly. Mehta looks back at the journey, his plans to explore new spaces with the medium and staging Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman to celebrate the years on stage. Excerpts from an interview: