Treadmill to come to the city

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsCity-based Dramanon, a 12-year old theatre group which is also active in Manipal and Bengaluru besides Hyderabad, is hosting Abhishek Majumdar and his group ‘Indian Ensemble’ for a performance of their play Treadmill. Having travelled the country 27 times, Treadmill will debut in Hyderabad on September 22.Winner of the ‘Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award’ in 2008, Abhishek Majumdar is a rising exponent in the theatrical world. His play Treadmill was the official selection at the first Festival of Contemporary Indian Theatre in Paris 2013.Treadmill tells the journey of exploring personal memories of people in towns of India. At its first glance, the script is a comedy in the simplest sense of the word. It looks at the various instances of our lives when we continuously run but without ever getting anywhere. The metaphor of the treadmill looms throughout the play, in its content and in its form, where images, instances and memories repeat but are interpreted afresh by everyone in their own way.Written by Sandeep Shikhar and directed by Abhishek Majumdar, it stars Sandeep Shikhar, Virginia Rodrigues and Ashwini Kumar Chakre.To be staged on Saturday, September 22, at 8 pm and Sunday, September 23, at 6 pm, Treadmill will be performed at the NIFT auditorium in Madhapur. For bookings, contact 91772 12694.first published:September 18, 2012, 09:02 ISTlast updated:September 18, 2012, 09:02 IST
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City-based Dramanon, a 12-year old theatre group which is also active in Manipal and Bengaluru besides Hyderabad, is hosting Abhishek Majumdar and his group ‘Indian Ensemble’ for a performance of their play Treadmill. Having travelled the country 27 times, Treadmill will debut in Hyderabad on September 22.

Winner of the ‘Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award’ in 2008, Abhishek Majumdar is a rising exponent in the theatrical world. His play Treadmill was the official selection at the first Festival of Contemporary Indian Theatre in Paris 2013.

Treadmill tells the journey of exploring personal memories of people in towns of India. At its first glance, the script is a comedy in the simplest sense of the word. It looks at the various instances of our lives when we continuously run but without ever getting anywhere.

The metaphor of the treadmill looms throughout the play, in its content and in its form, where images, instances and memories repeat but are interpreted afresh by everyone in their own way.

Written by Sandeep Shikhar and directed by Abhishek Majumdar, it stars Sandeep Shikhar, Virginia Rodrigues and Ashwini Kumar Chakre.

To be staged on Saturday, September 22, at 8 pm and Sunday, September 23, at 6 pm, Treadmill will be performed at the NIFT auditorium in Madhapur. For bookings, contact 91772 12694.