Rahul Valmiki Actor, Director [English and Hindi theatre Theatre ]
Which is the last best play you saw?
KAUMUDI by Abhishek Majumdar
Your favourite ‘adda’ to see a play
Prithvi
Your favourite playwright
Mahesh Dattani
Your favourite play-character
Cutter Chi from THE CURIOUS CLIMB OF CUTTER CHI
A novel/short story you would like to see on stage? Why?
‘Cruelty’ by Namdeo Dhasal. It’s good that we have the ‘Swatch Bharat’ campaign to clean the outside. It’s equally important to clean our minds of our prejudices, of caste, religion, gender, sexual preferences and similar other things.
The most hilarious play you have seen
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT by Nidhi Bisht
An important play (but ignored)
Sambhaji Bhagat’s BOMBAY 17
A play character you would like to “dialogue” with
Robert Softley’s character in IF THESE SPASMS COULD SPEAK
A passage from an important play that you can recite
Cleante’s monologue from Molière’s TARTUFFE
Can you think of a foreign production that you found remarkable? Why?
The National Theatre London’s production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME for its outstanding design.
Your favourite director/actor/music or set designer