Raell Padamsee

About the Play

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This solo piece is enacted by Lushin Dubey and directed/scripted by Arvind Gaur. It is inspired by the eminent Vijay Dan Detha’s “Nyari Nyari Maryada” and Nobel- Laureate Dario Fo’s “Medea”. “UNTITLED” has done over 300 performances to much acclaim, across India and abroad, UK, USA,). The focus is on a Rajasthani queen who refuses to be an ornamental puppet in her palace. She re-negotiates her boundaries, breaking free of the shackles of centuries-old traditions, and endows herself with an independent and emancipated identity. Lushin portrays 12 characters: for the most part, the men are hand-held puppets in her hands, while the women are embodied in her own person. The play alternates between Hindi (80%) and English (20%), emphasizing how time has stood still for women between the ancient Greece of Dario Fo and 20th century Rajasthan of Dan Detha, until the women themselves decide to take their destiny into their own hands.

Bitter Chocolate

This is a highly-acclaimed and poignant solo piece, portraying child sexual abuse in India, enacted by Lushin Dubey and directed/scripted by Arvind Gaur. It is based on Pinki Virani’s best-seller of the same title. Lushin presents different facets of child abuse through a series of cameos in which she depicts over ten characters including victim, perpetrator, parent, lawyer, activist, psychiatrist and police; and she takes us through the gamut of violations that confront our children every day. Her performance keeps the audience spellbound throughout the play.
BITTER CHOCOLATE has done over 75 shows across India and abroad.

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