'A mother, in a time of war. She loses members of her family, one after the other – but she never loses hope. A rich, sweeping new play from the team that made the acclaimed Counting and Cracking. The Jungle and the Sea leans on two great pillars of literature – Antigone and the Mahābhārata – to forge a new story about surviving loss and the possibility of reconciliation.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Co-produced by Belvoir Street Theatre and the Lingalayam Dance Company, and set to be presented by Belvoir Street Theatre at the Upstairs Theatre, 4 - 26 July 2020.
Directors: S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack.
Cast: Anandavalli, Prakash Belawadi, Nadie Kammallaweera, Jacob Rajan, Kalieswari Srinivasan, Vaishnavi Suryaprakash, and Rajan Velu.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rescheduled for production by Belvoir Street Theatre and Lingalayam Dance Company at the Upstairs Theatre, 12 November - 18 December 2022.
Directors: S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack.
Cast: Anandavalli, Prakash Belawadi, Nadie Kammallaweera, Jacob Rajan, Kalieswari Srinivasan, Vaishnavi Suryaprakash, and Rajan Velu.
Lighting Designer: Veronique Bennett.
'S. Shakthidharan’s latest stage production, which opened at Belvoir this week, fails to explore the Tamil experience in depth, argues Gary Paramanathan.'
'While plays such as Belvoir’s The Jungle and the Sea are welcome presences on the main stage, are they still written primarily for white audiences? By Luther Uthayakumaran.'
'When S. Shakthidharan first told his mum that he wanted to look into their family history, she quickly shut him down, telling him: "That is a very stupid idea."'
'While plays such as Belvoir’s The Jungle and the Sea are welcome presences on the main stage, are they still written primarily for white audiences? By Luther Uthayakumaran.'
'S. Shakthidharan’s latest stage production, which opened at Belvoir this week, fails to explore the Tamil experience in depth, argues Gary Paramanathan.'
'When S. Shakthidharan first told his mum that he wanted to look into their family history, she quickly shut him down, telling him: "That is a very stupid idea."'
