Perch, a Chennai-based theatre collective, in association with Rafiki of Bangalore, will be premiering their new play, Ms Meena, inspired by Durrenmatt’s The Visit. The play will be staged at Rangashankara from July 28 – August 1.
is the wiki entry about the play.
For bookings, contact
Ranga Shankara
36/2, 8th Cross
J P Nagar, II Phase
Bangalore – 560 078
P: 080-26493982 / 26592777
E: rstheatre@gmail.com
W: www.rangashankara.org
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Hi Deepa,
i just wanted to say that ‘Ms. Meena’ is an original story written by Rashmi Ruth Devadasan, only loosely inspired by ‘The Visit’. Therefore it would be factually inaccurate to caption this as ”The Visit’ to be staged….’
thank you
Rajiv Krishnan
Perch, Chennai
Yes, that was a slip of the typing finger, Rajiv! Sorry, I’ve corrected the post, and if you read my review, you’ll see what I thought of the play!