 Rural Phantasy
The Madras Players, the well-known English theatre group - the oldest in India - will perform 'Rural Phantasy', a musical adaptation of Kalki's Tamil short story 'Kanaiyazhiyin Kanavu' in English by Gowri Ramnarayan at the Museum Theatre, Chennai, on March 10, 11 and 12, 2006.
Co-produced by JustUs Repertory, this full-length musical, the first such effort by Madras Players, will take the audience to a little village in Thanjavur district, where arrives in 1941 a young woman from Kolkata, bringing not only romance, but also the freedom struggle and its reform movements.
Renowned Carnatic vocalists T M Krishna and Sangeetha Sivakumar will sing live for this play, supported by the promising young musician Amritha
Murali.
The score includes songs of the nationalist movement originaliy rendered by
M S Subbulakshmi
and D K Pattammal. Also featured are songs from the film 'Sakuntalai', originally rendered by MS and G N Balasubramanian, besides specially choreographed dance and mime sequences.
The play will start at 7 p.m on all three days. Tickets are priced at Rs 100 and Rs 200. To book your tickets, contact:
P C Ramakrishna (98400 80783) or
Gowri Ramnarayan (98400-89030).
R Rangaraj
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