Virasat

Playwright: Mahesh Elkunchwar Director: Anuradha Kapur Scenographer: Deepan Sivaraman Performance Duration: 180 minutes Intermission: 15 minutes

Virasat is a generational saga that maps the lives of the Deshpandes of Dharangaon upon the landscape of a rapidly changing India. The play traces the crumbling of a once prosperous feudal household, as shifting social circumstances upturn the lives of the family. Veteran theatre-maker Anuradha Kapur directs eminent Marathi playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Wada play trilogy as a single performance.

Virasat has been commissioned by the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and developed in residence at Black Box Okhla.

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Anuradha Kapur is a theatre-maker and teacher. Among her acclaimed productions are Nale Wali Ladki (2018), Dark Things (co-directed with Deepan Sivaraman, 2018), 409 Ramkinkars (2015), Virasat (2013), Dr Jekyll and Hyde (2012), Jeevit ya Mrit (2011), Centaurs (2006), Pata Shahar Mumbai (2004), Sundari: An Actor Prepares (1997) and Umrao (1993). Her theatre work has travelled widely within India and abroad, and she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Direction in 2004. Anuradha Kapur served as Director, National School of Drama, New Delhi from 2007 to 2013, where she was also Professor of Acting and Direction. She has held Visiting Professorships at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi, University of Warwick and University of Cape Town. She is the author of Actors, Pilgrims, Kings, and Gods: The Ramlila at Ramnagar (1990, 2004), and her writings on performance have been widely anthologised.

Deepan Sivaraman is a theatre director, scenographer, dramaturg, curator and educator, and is presently a Professor at Ahmedabad University. He is a scenography postgraduate from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London and has taught theatre-making and scenography at various art institutions. He is the founding Artistic Director of Oxygen Theatre Company and Performance Studies Collective. His work has been invited to festivals abroad, including Wuzhen Festival and the Alexandrinsky Festival. Notable productions include The Legends of Khasak, Ubu Roi, Peer Gynt, Spinal Cord and Dark Things.

Mahesh Elkunchwar is one of the most eminent playwrights of modern India. His texts range from one-act plays to trilogies which have been translated into several languages.