Using an ironic juxtaposition of humour with the tragic and the serious, Padatik and Rikh's ho sakta hai do aadmi do kurslyan, uses two chairs and two actors to tell a number of stories. Zooming in on fragments from different individual lives, these apparently unconnected stories are linked by the emotions born of love, loss and absence. The chairs become a mercurial, ever-changing metaphor as the play intersects urban relationships and makes the implicit statement that we are given life to experience compassion not to inflict violence; and that those who do not recognize the fragility of life may succumb to either an inner decay or to a moment of rage which endangers society. The play has had over 50 performances in Kolkata and has received standing ovations at the Mumbai Theatre Festival, Sudarshan Rang Mahotsav, Pune , Lucknow Natya Samaroh and at the Film and Television Institute of India (Pune). Performed in Hindi w/c 25 June and in English w/c 30 June. Running time 75 mins.| 25 Jun 08 to 5 Jul 08 | Watermans Arts Centre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
