Four actors play 50-odd city slickers in the high-tempo, unconventional play 60 Seconds Deep that mirrors urban life in all its absurdity
Four actors play 50-odd city slickers in the high-tempo, unconventional play 60 Seconds Deep that mirrors urban life in all its absurdity
In 60 Seconds Deep, that indispensible-yet-dreaded of all urban routines the ringing alarm clock and a suspended tyre separate one vignette from another. Fitting pauses for a play about love, lust, longing and life
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A peek at the cast of 60 Seconds Deep rehearsing. PICS/janak shah |
in the fast lane of a metropolis; driven by the larger-than-life dreams of four standard characters. Whether or not they find what they are looking for, is what propels the crisp dialogue forward.
"It's a devised performance. So, there were new beginnings every time," says director Jaimini Pathak.
He brought actors Sheila Govindaraj, Nayantara Roy, Mandhar Gokhale and Atul Mongia together to improvise.
"They explored ideas on the physical plane and came up with crazy, realistic themes and situations. The result was quirky, but we needed to do something with it for the audience to be able to connect. So, Nayantara did the writing and gave form to it."
"I used every single image that was thrown up, and created characters and scenarios that would resonate with anyone who has lived in any city in the world Mumbai, Bangalore, New York or London." So, spoofs on reality television, sensational news coverage, career obsessions, coffee shop romance, overcrowded trains and traffic jams merge with choreographed movements and five original songs by Asif Ali Baig.
The 1.5 hour satire seems to work. The play premiered in October 2008 and is all ready for its 25th show today at Prithvi.u00a0
At: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu, Vile Parle (W) on May 19 and 20 at 9 pm.
Call: 26149546
