The Navagat Theatre Festival had a grand closure with the two Hindi plays ‘The Dumb Waiter’ and ‘The Bet’.
The plays were staged here on Wednesday at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium and were performed by the students of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD).
The event began with the play ‘The Dumb Waiter’. The one act play was written by Harold Pinter in early 1960s. It was directed by Yogesh Kumar Upadhyay from lucknow.
The play follows the story of two hit-men. The two hit-men Ben and Gus are waiting in a basement room for their assignment. As the play begins, Ben is introduced as the senior member of the team.
Gus asks many questions to Ben as they get ready for the job. Both of them get involved in an argument, which later started to heat up. At the back of the room, there is a dumb waiter who takes the orders. Whatever, the waiter asks for they send it upstairs so that no one doubts them. But later on situations get tricky and both of them starts to doubt each other, putting gun on each other.
The play was brilliantly performed by the artists giving goosebumps to the audience.
Next play was The Bet. It was directed by Romi Sen from Indore.
The play was about a lawyer and an advisor. They both get involved into a heated argument leading to an unusual bet.
Both the plays were beautifully performed and were appreciated by the audience.