The journey of a man becoming an eminent artist from a common man was beautifully narrated to the theatre buffs through the play ‘Story of an Untitled Canvas’.
The play ‘Story of an Untitled Canvas’ was staged at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Friday. It was performed under the regular series of stage dramas ‘Abhinayan’ organised every Friday at tribal museum.
The two-hour long drama is an experimental one with a surreal and abstract style. Directed by Sudeep Sohini, the play was beautifully performed by the artists of Vihaan Drama Works, Bhopal. The play delved deep into the human heart and its various stages of dealing with personal loss.
The plot of the story surrounds the protagonist of this drama is Rishabh, who is constantly battling with his inner world and the outer world. The story takes a toll of Rishabh’s life and judges 15 years of his life’s journey.
This is his journey of becoming an artist from just another ordinary person. The beauty of this play lies in the use of Hindi English and Gibberish along with tasteful background music and colourful visual portrayals. The treatment of the play is experimental, with respect to the subject and background.
The stage craft and the music played a pivotal role in creating an extravagant performance on stage. As far as music was concerned it was live percussion music with the instruments Tjembe, Melodica, Shakuhachi, Guitar, Mandolin, Chanting, Singing bowl. Besides, the visual conjecture was intel;ligently planned. The play consisted of Monologue, Mime, Realistic and Surrealistic types of treatment. Moreover, the world famous paintings of Salvador Dali, Edward Munch, Picasso and Van Gogh were portrayed as characters on the stage.