The city edition of 8th Theatre Olympics, the world’s largest theatre festival held in India for the first time, was inaugurated at Ravindra Bhavan here on Wednesday.
On the occasion of the inaugural ceremony, Manoj Shrivastava, Principal Secretary, Department of Culture, Waman Kendre, Director of National School of Drama and film actor Govind Namdev were present. On the inaugural evening, Hindi play Tumhara Vincent, directed by Satyabrata Rout.
The play tells the story of Vincent, who is appointed as an evangelist in a coalmine area in South of Belgium but fails to drive miners out of their sufferings.
Before the play, folk song was presented by Rahim Uddin under Purv Rang. After this, artist of Bhopal Vibha Shrivastav and artists of Vihan Drama Works performed folk songs leaving the audience enthralled.
After Purv Rang, play Tumhara Vincent was staged by the artists of Rang Kalpa of Hyderabad. The story of the play narrates the life of Vincent Van Gogh. The main character of the story is Vincent, who is sent as a preacher around coal mines in the south of Belgium, but Vincent sees the troubles of those workers while staying there, he understands them and realizes that he no longer believes in God.
Due to his beliefs, he is thrown out of the job. Distraught, the targetless Vincent starts painting from the charcoal and through his painting he fills the color in his thoughts and leads to the people. His painted "Sun Flowers" painting gets great fame. In the meantime, he calls Paul Gougai to live with him, but due to differences of opinion, there is a sharp debate between Vincent and Gogoi, and in anger Vincent attacks him with a knife. In the end, Vincent is declared a madman and sent to a madhouse where he shoots himself by painting "Whitfield and the Crows".
The play has been devised through the application of lines, colours and forms that reflect in each of the visual elements and sound, including the performers.