History on stage

Just two days after performing as Chacha Chhakkan at Qudsia Zaidi Festival, Tom Alter will get back on stage – not only as an actor but also director. The thespian is going back to direction after almost four years with Sayeed Alam's production, Marx My Word. "I love history but this play is modern history, actually very recent one. I also thought that Tom would be a better person to direct the play as I needed someone from Mumbai to direct it as it will open in the city," says Alam.Pierrot's Troupe's latest play Marx My Word is is set in 1980. Rajiv Gandhi has just decided to enter politics after the death of his brother, Sanjay – a turning point not only in Indian politics, but in Indian history itself. In England, a diverse group of Indian graduate students, along with their English professor and a European woman student, who both feel very strongly about India, meet to discuss and dissect the future of our country – to make their separate and passionate claims on the vision of what India should and will become – truly. Conceived by Salman Khurshid and written by Ather Farouqui Marx My Word is a searing and witty look not at ancient Indian history, but the history of today's India: What happens to those people, and their visions, their passions? Do they have the inner strength to remain true to them? Other than Alter, Vivek Tandon, Chandar Khanna, Kirti Kulhari, Saahil Sehgal, Salim Javed, Adeya Partha, Anooyj Krishnan and Marianne Borgo will also be seen in the play.When and where: Feb 21 at Rangsharda Auditorium from 7 pm onwards