Feb 28 2023 to Feb 28 2023 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

The performance consists of seven monologues, 90 minutes in total and is in English and Tamil, with English subtitles.

Every story should be heard regardless of the gender, race and community. In this show, we focus on men who have got different stories to tell.

There is no denying that we live in a highly patriarchal society where rules and norms formed and upheld by men control and dictate the lives of women, children and sometimes even their own. But, as there are two sides to a coin, we are going to explore the other side, a small percentage of men who break the stereotype of what being a man means.

Work troubles the passion or passion troubles the work: An IT engineer who does theatre as his passion, on one hand he is worried about the application bugs he has to fix and on the other hand he needs to learn the monologue for his upcoming play! He is confused about what is what!

Father and son: A telling of a son’s experience and understanding of his own journey and that of his father’s journey through life and its many societal norms.

Who am I?: We are our education, nationality, language, money, etc. We think we are something until the question hits us ‘Who am I?’ Have you been hit by this question?

The monologue takes inspiration from RK Narayan’s Talkative Man: Here is a man who loves to talk. People often run away as soon as they see him cause they are scared that he would use up their time. But as a child, he never said anything. What is he making up for? 

About Me by Amulya Shruthi: A guy realizes that he is fading from his feet upwards. He has about 3 months before he completely fades away and is looking for love that will last 3 months.

Vettiyan Iravu (About a man who works at a graveyard): Night at a graveyard brings fears of bonfires, burning corpses, the full moon and ghosts. But Vettiyaan, who is in the fire every day, is not afraid of such things. But what if something terrible were to happen?

‘O That This Too Too Solid Flesh Would Melt’, Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2: A presentation of a monologue from “Hamlet”, one of Shakespeare’s most philosophical plays.