A home thriller from the UK ‘Edgar and Annabel’ involves city

Express News Service

“He who fights with monsters ought to look to it that he himself doesn’t turn out to be a monster.”

Friedrich Nietzsche’s well-known phrases are sometimes invoked each time a political revolution goes awry. The query dealing with the protagonists — in addition to the viewers — of Sam Holcroft’s play Edgar and Annabel is how is one to abstain from turning into the factor one’s combating.

Edgar and Annabel premiered at London’s National Theatre as a part of a programme for rising playwrights in 2013. The play, set in a minuscule kitchen and centred on an bizarre couple, mirrors the dystopian politics of the world exterior. It’s a dystopian home thriller, admits Sunandha Raghunathan, director of the play’s first manufacturing in India, courtesy of Chennai Art Theatre and Guduguduppukkari.

Dystopian themes

“I first read the play in 2018 when it was given to me by my mentor Anupama Chandrasekhar. I was blown away by the play and went around promoting it as if I were paid for it because I was eager to direct it on stage. The opportunity to stage this production finally arrived in September. We started rehearsals in October, and we’re ready with our show this weekend,” stated Sunandha, a Charles Wallace

Scholar energetic in theatre since 2005 and co-founder of the theatre group Guduguduppukkari. In 2019, Sunandha was a member of the Lincoln Centre Theatre Director’s lab, a three-week residency based mostly in New York that invited theatre administrators from world wide.

Like every other couple, the play depicts its chief protagonists arguing over issues like buying the correct groceries and cooking dinner. But they accomplish that holding a script ready for them.

Commenting on the writing, Sunandha added, “Sam Holcroft is an extraordinary writer. The script is unbelievably tight, and what I think it does is, makes you question revolutions. But it is also a love story. Very often, we tend to shy away from love stories as intellectuals because we somehow think they are beneath us.”

Cutting-edge tech

The Chennai manufacturing of Edgar and Annabel guarantees to be a technical tour-de-force, with set and lighting design by Charles B, and a stellar solid of theatre artists. It’s a product made to the best technical requirements, Sunandha stated and is seemingly assured that it’s going to wow audiences.

The play’s premise on dystopian politics ought to make it related to audiences exterior its dwelling turf of the UK, however Sunandha doesn’t really feel a play must be related to be relatable. “Any play we watch, whether it’s set in Wakanda or San Jose or Delhi, we put our lives into it as an audience, and in that sense it becomes relevant,” she added.

‘Edgar and Annabel’ shall be carried out at Medai, Alwarpet on December 3, 4 pm and seven pm. Tickets will be bought on BookMyShow

“He who fights with monsters ought to look to it that he himself doesn’t turn out to be a monster.”

Friedrich Nietzsche’s well-known phrases are sometimes invoked each time a political revolution goes awry. The query dealing with the protagonists — in addition to the viewers — of Sam Holcroft’s play Edgar and Annabel is how is one to abstain from turning into the factor one’s combating.

Edgar and Annabel premiered at London’s National Theatre as a part of a programme for rising playwrights in 2013. The play, set in a minuscule kitchen and centred on an bizarre couple, mirrors the dystopian politics of the world exterior. It’s a dystopian home thriller, admits Sunandha Raghunathan, director of the play’s first manufacturing in India, courtesy of Chennai Art Theatre and Guduguduppukkari.

Dystopian themes

“I first read the play in 2018 when it was given to me by my mentor Anupama Chandrasekhar. I was blown away by the play and went around promoting it as if I were paid for it because I was eager to direct it on stage. The opportunity to stage this production finally arrived in September. We started rehearsals in October, and we’re ready with our show this weekend,” stated Sunandha, a Charles Wallace

Scholar energetic in theatre since 2005 and co-founder of the theatre group Guduguduppukkari. In 2019, Sunandha was a member of the Lincoln Centre Theatre Director’s lab, a three-week residency based mostly in New York that invited theatre administrators from world wide.

Like every other couple, the play depicts its chief protagonists arguing over issues like buying the correct groceries and cooking dinner. But they accomplish that holding a script ready for them.

Commenting on the writing, Sunandha added, “Sam Holcroft is an extraordinary writer. The script is unbelievably tight, and what I think it does is, makes you question revolutions. But it is also a love story. Very often, we tend to shy away from love stories as intellectuals because we somehow think they are beneath us.”

Cutting-edge tech

The Chennai manufacturing of Edgar and Annabel guarantees to be a technical tour-de-force, with set and lighting design by Charles B, and a stellar solid of theatre artists. It’s a product made to the best technical requirements, Sunandha stated and is seemingly assured that it’s going to wow audiences.

The play’s premise on dystopian politics ought to make it related to audiences exterior its dwelling turf of the UK, however Sunandha doesn’t really feel a play must be related to be relatable. “Any play we watch, whether it’s set in Wakanda or San Jose or Delhi, we put our lives into it as an audience, and in that sense it becomes relevant,” she added.

‘Edgar and Annabel’ shall be carried out at Medai, Alwarpet on December 3, 4 pm and seven pm. Tickets will be bought on BookMyShow