Details

Brighton based BandBazi (Love Indeed and Breakfast at Audrey's) combine aerial trapeze with emotionally charged and character driven narratives. A family drama about an elderly relative growing old in a foreign land. A new aerial drama by acclaimed playwright Tanika Gupta, Mind Walking explores what happens to a family when the mind of an old, Indian man, Bobbie starts to unravel. Bobbie has spent all his adult life in Britain, but in a care home he reverts back to his first language; a language that he spoke as a boy in Bombay in the 1940's. His family - loving wife, grown- up daughter and teenage grand-son are devastated. How will they manage to communicate with Bobbie? How do they understand Bobbie's life as he enters a world that they have no comprehension of? As secrets and hidden stories tumble out of Bobbie s mouth, his family start to question the truth about their ancestry and shared history. Mind Walking is an emotional drama exploring notions of home, cultural identity and family bonds.

Creatives/Company

Producer: Q Theatre Productions Mumbai
Author: Tanika Gupta