Apr 04 2025 to Apr 04 2025 7:30 p.m.

Price: Rs 250 Book/Buy

Where

Ranga Shankara

36/2, 8th Cross Rd, R K Colony, 2nd Phase, J. P. Nagar 560078

Event Description

Where and all you are roaming, I say? 

Why did the brinjal become erect when I went to the market? 

Isn't eloping cheap and best?

Why can’t there be a training program for marriage? 

Meet Khanavali Chenni – she is either asking questions or being asked questions. Chenni was an iconic character who ruled the Kannada stage with her double-meaning, rib-tickling dialogues and sexual innuendo. The play traces the journey of a group of performers who set out on a search for Chenni. While trying to find her, they stumble upon several other actresses who have their own stories to share. Will they eventually meet Chenni? What will they discover? Project Darling is a humorous and incisive examination of female sexuality at the crossroads of censorship and culture. 

The play is based on a research project where the director interviewed several female performers from the Kannada company theatre. The play juxtaposes videos, photos, and soundscapes from her research with song, dance, puppetry, and clowning as it seeks to rewrite Kannada Rangabhoomi’s women performers back into our cultural history…on our terms. 

The play is supported by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) Research grant, reFrame Genderalities Fellowship and developed at Nirdigantha – an incubation center for theatre by national award-winning actor Prakash Raj.