Girish Karnad's Yayati at the Ranga Shankara

Via e-mail from the Artists' Repertory Theatre:

ART presents Yayati by Girish Karnad at Ranga Shankara

This production premiered the playwright's own translation , at the opening of Kannada Rangabhoomi - Namaskara on October 24, 2006, at Ravindra Kalakshetra.

A powerful script with a powerful cast!

Raza Hussain, last seen in his highly acclaimed performance as Tipu Sultan in ART's popular production of THE DREAMS OF TIPU SULTAN, plays Yayati. Sukhita Aiyar plays Sharmishtha with Veena Appiah as Devayani, Kartik Kumar as Pooru, Mythri Surendra as Swarnalata and Anjalika Kapur as Chitralekha.


Directed by Arundhati Raja; Set & Lighting design by M. S. Sathyu; Costumes by Jayanthi; Music by Sankarshan Kini also on Tabla and vocal by Dipti Rao.

27 & 28 February: Ranga Shankara
Tickets: Rs.100/- available at the venue from 27 Feb or call 32930847 for advance telebooking (tickets to be collected by 6:45pm on day of show) Image courtesy ART.