It was a proud moment for Jehan Manekshaw and Tasneem Fatehi — co-founders of The Drama School — when the 16 students from their institute put up public shows of two theatre productions recently. Tartuffe, a new Hindi adaptation of Moliere’s famous play and The Curious Climb of Cutter Chee, a devised piece in English inspired by Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, were put up by the students, barely six months after they stepped into the institute. After six weeks of vigorous training under the guidance of two UK theatre directors — Benjamin Samuels and Daniel Goldman — later, they showcased their creations at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh, in the first week of this month. They will now perform the plays at Prithvi Theatre on January 21 and 22.

The English play, The Curious Climb of Cutter Chee, is directed by Benjamin Samuels