Motley's tribute to Ismat Khanum Chughtai surfaces after a long gap. The Shah family enacts three stories by the famously provocative and irreverent Urdu writer. The three stories are Chhui Muee, Mughal Bachcha, Gharwali.
Cast: Heeba Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Naseeruddin Shah Director: Naseeruddin Shah
Stories from contemporary Hindustani literature. Motley continues its 'storytelling on stage' series. The stories are not transformed into 'plays' but told in the respective writers' exact words.
Bade Bhai Sahab by Premchand, Shatranj Ke Khiladi by Premchand and Sankraman by Kamtanath
Cast: Faisal Rashid, Rakesh Chaturvedi (OM), Vivaan Shah, Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa & Naseeruddin Shah Director: Naseeruddin Shah
A gripping post-world war II courtroom drama. Herman Wouk's play while talking of the tragedy of war, also probes the psyche of those in the forefront of battle and in one sweep damns those who look at war as a stepping stone to self-aggrandizement.
KAMBAKTH BILKUL AURAT (ISMAT APA KE NAAM- II) (Hindustani)
Duration: 1 hr 40 mins
Three more stories by Ismat Khanum Chughtai The genius of Ismat Chughtai is again celebrated in these hilarious and heartbreaking stories.The three stories are Amar Bel, Nanni Ki Naani and Do Haath
Cast: Manoj Pahwa, Lovleen Misra and Seema Pahwa Director: Naseeruddin Shah
Motley's new production is a collection of three short pieces by George Bernard Shaw.
The centrepiece is 'Village Wooing', his comediettina 'for two voices in three scenes' preceded by the one-act play 'How he lied to her Husband' and a longish poem, 'English pronounciation' which deals with the peculiarities of spoken English, (one of his favourite themes) while the two short plays are affectionate satires on the processes of wooing and wedding, and their aftermath. Mr. Shaw's rapier-sharp wit and his unique take on these human rights-of-passage make for a stimulating, sparkling evening's entertainment.
With the conviction that children should not be exposed only to low comedy in the theatre, Motley is attempting Bernard Shaw's satire on war and heroism. And this revival (with a younger cast) is being done with the intention of introducing children to Mr. Shaw's exquisite use of words, and his genius as a playwright.
Cast: Faezeh Jalali, Ratna Pathak Shah, Randeep Hooda, Shivani Tanksale, Amit Sial, Saahil Vaid, Vijay Telani and Naseeruddin Shah Director: Naseeruddin Shah
Samuel Beckett's masterpiece is considered the most significant play written in the 20th century. "Nothing happens, twice" and time stands still in the act of waiting for someone who never appears.
"Go and see Waiting for Godot. At the worst you will discover a curiosity, a four-leaved clover, a black tulip; at the best, something that will securely lodge in a corner of your mind for as long as you live." (Harold Hobson, Sunday times, 1955)
Cast: Benjamin Gilani, Akash Khurana, Denzil Smith, Vivaan Shah and Naseeruddin Shah Director: Benjamin Gilani
April 22
