A precious and unique sari awaits the presence of a boy to pull them out of the closet and drape them on his slender shoulders. In the meantime, the sari shares secrets with anyone who cares to hold a forbidden fabric close to their heart. To listen to this site-specific audio play: go to your closet or Godrej, select a forbidden piece of clothing, and press play on the audio link sent to you once you buy the show.

Duration: 35 minutes

written and directed by Mahesh Dattani

starring Swati Das

sound design by Karan Talwar

produced by This Is Not A Theatre Company

For the best experience:

-Please settle in a place where you have access to your closet or Godrej, and/or have a piece of personal clothing or fabric on hand while listening to the play.

-Please use a good audio system/headphones.

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Mahesh Dattani is a playwright and stage director. His published works include Final Solutions and Other Plays, an edition of Collected Works published by Penguin India, Brief Candle And Other Plays, and Me And My Plays (Penguin). In 1998 Dattani won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, the highest award for a literary work in India, for his book Final Solutions and Other Plays. His plays have been translated into and performed in Hindi, Gujarati, German, Japanese, Nepali, Odiya, and Kannada, have been performed in England, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka, Dubai, and the United States, and have been studied and performed in universities all over India and abroad.

Swati Das is a Mumbai-based film and stage actress. Her production of The Vagina Monologues has been running for 17 years in India. She is featured in many Bollywood films, the most widely recognized ones being Hindi Medium and Skater Girl.

Sound design by Karan Talwar of Harkat Studios, Mumbai.

Named one of the Top 5 Immersive Companies in NYC by Jonathan Mandell of tdf.org, This Is Not a Theatre Company creates site-based, immersive, multi-sensory, participatory dance-theatre that can be smelled, touched, and tasted as well as seen and heard. This theatre is not something to passively consume, but to co-create. With each production, This Is Not a Theatre Company asks the audience to perceive the world in new ways, to empathize in new ways, and to practice creativity. Visit www.ThisIsNotaTheatreCompany.com.  

P.S: A link to access the audio play shall be shared with you within 12 hours of purchasing the tickets and will be live till the 14th Of February. Write to us at shows@harkat.in in case of queries.