DEC 3rd 2. – Morning - WORKSHOP ON PLAYWRITING BY ANUVAB PAL Evening - STAGED READING OF “NAQQAASH” Language: Hindi Dur: 90 min; No Interval Age Restriction: 16 + Written by Asad Hussain Directed by Rajit Kapur A Rage Production (Mumbai) Synopsis: In the village without men, why are the women singing in the streets? Why is Aklu the knife maker, the only male who stayed? Will he be arrested? What really happened at the Factory where Aklu’s son works? Will the cops come clean, or hide behind their smokescreen of contradictions? Who is the Oppressor, who the Oppressed? (The reading will be followed by a discussion with Writers’ Bloc playwrights and the director)
2. DEC 3rd – Morning - WORKSHOP ON PLAYWRITING BY ANUVAB PAL Evening - STAGED READING OF “NAQQAASH” Language: Hindi Dur: 90 min; No Interval Age Restriction: 16 + Written by Asad Hussain Directed by Rajit Kapur A Rage Production (Mumbai) Synopsis: In the village without men, why are the women singing in the streets? Why is Aklu the knife maker, the only male who stayed? Will he be arrested? What really happened at the Factory where Aklu’s son works? Will the cops come clean, or hide behind their smokescreen of contradictions? Who is the Oppressor, who the Oppressed? (The reading will be followed by a discussion with Writers’ Bloc playwrights and the director)
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