About The Event
Parva is a take on the Mahabharata that is startling in its intellectual and emotional clarity. It is about the human effort, in thought and action, we make to resolve the conflicts that emerge from our obligation to the world we inhabit to ourselves and others, without any divine intervention. It is epic, without the miracles.
The form of the live performance is sacred. It requires the players to bring their stories to the audience, in shared time and shared space. The players perform an emotion, and the audiences feel it. No AI can replace that engagement. Theatre will always rise up, from time to time, surviving as it always has, for thousands of years.
The premiere of the English version of this 8-hour long play, in October 2023 saw 4 shows, after 4 more shows thereafter; and the previous performances in Kannada (produced by Rangayana, Mysuru), saw 43 packed shows, at which nobody left the halls until after 10-15 minutes of standing ovations at the end of the shows. Also, to remember, "normal" Indian theatre has always been all night long; as in Yakshagana, Tala Maddale, Doddata, Krishna Parijata and other forms, in Karnataka too.
We welcome you to a surreal experience.
