past productions
agamemnon
PERFORMED AT THE SAKSHI ART GALLERY, WORLI, 17-18 FEBRUARY 2001
"Let's bow to the industrial theatre co. for making it relevant to us in its exciting, multi-layered, multi-media performance..."
SHANTA GOKHALE, THE SUNDAY TIMES
a suitable boy
RECORDED ON LOCATION IN PUNE, OCTOBER 2001
BBC RADIO 4's award-winning dramatization of Vikram Seth's novel, locally produced by the industrial theatre co.
"Magical."
RACHEL RADFORD, THE OBSERVER
hayavadana
PREMIERED AT THE HORNIMAN CIRCLE GARDENS, FORT, FEBRUARY 2002
"Imaginative use of space... the setting was almost magical... high calibre performances."
ARUNDHATI RAY, THE HINDU
manifestly false
PERFORMED AT THE PRITHVI THEATRE FESTIVAL, 10 NOVEMBER 2002
A devised performance piece based on the 12th-century Sanskrit 'Gita Govinda' and the work of the British playwright Howard Barker.
sexual perversity in chicago
PREMIERED AT MIKANOS, LANDMARC CITI, 3 AUGUST 2003
"Their summer hit..."
SRIKESH LAXMIDAS, MID-DAY
kaspar
PERFORMED AT THE LITTLE THEATRE, NCPA, 2 AUGUST 2003
A workshop performance of Peter Handke's avant-garde modernist classic
"8"
8 PERFORMANCES AT THE BAYSIDE CAFE, APOLLO BUNDER, SEPTEMBER 2003
"Most of us were simply too stunned to say anything... an evening of haunting theatre."
SHANTA GOKHALE, THE STATESMAN
the mrichhakatikaa
RECORDED ON LOCATION IN KHANDALA, NOVEMBER 2003
A 90-minute adaptation of Sudraka's 5th-century Sanskrit classic for BBC RADIO 3, locally produced by the industrial theatre co.
the trestle at pope lick creek
PREMIERED AT THE EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, NCPA, 3 JANUARY 2004
"Hard hitting, fearless drama..."
SHRIKESH LAXMIDAS, MID-DAY
clogged arteries
PREMIERED AT THE PRITHVI THEATRE, JUHU, 9 APRIL, 2004
"WRITER'S BLOC" Festival of New Indian Writing, in conjunction with the Royal Court Theatre, England
molly sweeney
PREMIERED AT THE EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, NCPA, 11 SEPTEMBER 2004
"The skilfully directed Molly Sweeney is an elegant and accomplished
play, and recommended for viewing."
SONIA FALEIRO, TEHELKA
the maids
PREMIERED AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY FOR MODERN ART, KALAGHODA, 5 OCTOBER 2004
"Fascinating in its complexity... moving maddeningly fast between
characters and phantasms."
SUBUHI JIWANI, TIME OUT MUMBAI
ursula
PREMIERED AT THE EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, NCPA, 18 MARCH, 2005
Howard Barker's chilling masterpiece, produced by the industrial theatre co. in association with the British Council.