The school’s new DP1 batch of theatre students recently put together their first big production. The result of a workshop with renowned theatre activist, Parnab Mukherjee, “The Sky is partially overcast” is physical theatre piece inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s book- “Hind Swaraj”. The students and Mr. Mukherjee have used Gandhi’s writings as a basis, and have attempted to use theatre to reiterate them, as well as, to look at certain contemporary issues through the Gandhian lens.
Using their own bodies, and a handful of props, the students create minimalist, symbolic images to represent some of the concerns of today: the peril of the Iraq war, the struggles in aceh, Bhopal’s decadence, and so on.
The play was screened twice at MGIS, and then subsequently at the Darpana Academy on the 21st of July. The audience response at all the performances was great, and the play also received much favorable coverage from the press:
Pictures from the play and preparations:
