The city theatre lovers would witness the magical world of theatres in ‘Marquez Ki Jadui Duniya’. A Hindi play ‘Bade Bade Pankho Wala Boodha’ would be staged under this event here on Thursday at Antrang Hall, Bharat Bhavan.
Adapted and Directed by a young theatre artist of the city Avijit Solanki the play is an adaptation of ‘A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings’ by novel winner Gabriel García Márquez. The play would be staged by the artists of Other Theatre Group, Bhopal.
While talking about the play, Avijit Solanki said, “This story is one of the clearest and briefest examples of magical realism.” Elaborating more about it, he said. “This work has come out with three months of rehearsal. It started with the workshop in February. All actors have evolved this work. Together we all have searched to find the connection between this latin American story and Indian consequences. All actors are who come from different region, different language and different environment.”
He further said, “We have worked to do the play with this latin American story with humor, story which is beyond time and space.”
Notably, the director of this play is an alumni student of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD) and this work has been supported by MPSD as well. The story of this play goes around illa and mundari and their village. What happens when one day they encounter one man with enormous wingsIJ
“This is a magical world, where a girl who is half spider, a man with big wings and three chickens who behaves like human. How we see it, how we interpret life. Welcome to the magical world of Marquez,” added Avijit.