THEATRE
Who Killed Agatha?
WeMove Theatre, Bengaluru, India, 2024
Story by: Rangaraj Bhatracharya, Pavan Sharma
Directed by: Pavan Sharma
Character Played: Agatha
Who killed Agatha? tells the story of Agatha, a young entrepreneur who is dropped dead at a bar on a gloomy Friday evening while partying with her friend.
As the preliminary investigation progresses multiple conspiracies, crazy characters and mind-bending theories come out giving a new dimension to unravelling the mystery behind Agatha’s murder.
This one-of-a-kind whodunnit murder mystery play involves the audience in the process of investigation. The Audience plays a vital role in nabbing the ruthless killer by grilling the suspects thus making up for an ‘I didn’t see that coming' plot twist.
Just Hiss
Our Theater Collective, Bengaluru, India, 2023-2024
Written by: Suranjay Patil
Directed by: Vivek Vijayakumaran
Character Played: Kalpana
Just Hiss is a visual treat, a story for our times about non-violence, forgiving, not forgetting, and co-existence with all beings. A snake, a parakeet, Mano, and the middleman playfully tell a tale about being one's authentic self and choosing love over hate.
Mallige Thotadalli Murder (ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ತೋಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಮರ್ಡರ್)
Namde Natane, Bengaluru, India, 2023-2024
Written by: Rajendra Karanth
Directed by: Rajendra Karanth
Character Played: Kalpana
Kalpana, a former film actress, who is married to a rich estate owner (Gangadhara) has a spiritual guru who guides her through her various idiosyncrasies. She gets a card of death while card-reading with her guru. She calls the inspector of Subrahmanyapura police station to prevent a murder from happening in her Mallige Thota and the mystery unravels.
Nagamandala (ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ)
Bengaluru Theater Foundation, Bengaluru, India - June 2023
Written by: Girish Karnad
Directed by: Arjun Kabbina
Character Played: Rani and Ensemble
What is desire? Who owns it? Is a woman allowed to desire? ... Girish Karnad answers these questions in his magnum opus, Nagamandala. Welcome to the world of Rani, filled with magical roots, sensual snakes, and myths. This new production of Nagamandala takes a leaf out of Karnad’s book and weaves in Yellamma’s stories with Rani’s story.
Lockdown (ಲಾಕ್ಡೌನ್)
Written by: Abhishek Iyengar
Directed by: Abhishek Iyengar & Suraj Kiran
Character Played: Voice over for Mother
The Kannada play ‘Lockdown’ touches upon the very aspect of paused relations and relationships which suddenly needed to change overnight due to the lockdown during the COVID pandemic! The play deals with raw emotions, expressions, and continuity of the human ecosystem and how they reacted when they were put to test by an uninvited virus.
Murder on the Nile
Written by: Agatha Christie
Directed by: Kamala Stromwall
Character Played: Bead seller
Kay Ridgeway is blessed with beauty, enormous wealth, and a new husband, she embarks on a honeymoon voyage down the Nile. Fatal circumstances await when the idyllic surroundings are shattered by a shocking and brutal murder. Under scrutiny is a multitude of memorable passengers, all with a reason to kill. The tension and claustrophobia build, as a shocking and audacious conspiracy is laid bare.
Around the World in 80 Days
Written by: Mark Brown. Adapted from the novel by Jules Verne
Directed by: Rose Schwietz
Characters Played: Aouda (Actor 4)
Photo Credit: Molly Weibel, 1000 Words Photography
Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant go around the world as they race to beat the clock! Thirty-nine characters were played by five actors!
The 20th Annual Fortnite World Cup
Written by: Anna Larranaga & Atim Opoka
Directed by: Grace Barnstead
Character Played: Player 3 - AverySnipers
The 2039 Fortnite Solo World Cup, live with three finalists at Amazon Stadium in the subaquatic colony of New New York! Lonely 36-year-old OliverRex420 vs deadbeat 34-year-old parent ItsYeetHamster91169 vs 13-year-old AverySnipes, who loves playing "retro games".
Who is going to win?
Proxy
Gadfly Theatre Productions, MN, US - November 2019
Written by: Alex Reeves and Nell Quinn-Gibney
Directed by: Beth Ann Powers
Character Played: Rennek
Family, artificial intelligence, grief, and joy! To choose between real and cyborg life, which one would you choose? A fight within and a battle with the world.
Ghosts of the Emerald Isle
Written by: Noreen Brandt
Directed by: Lisa M. W. Phelps
Characters Played: Wilful Warrander, Lady Brancaster
Ghosts, Banshees, and, all the creepy creatures.. come to life from history, from imagination, from Ireland. They are just stories.. yes, they are.. are they? It's fun-filled and maybe scary too.