Last year, when Tom Bird, director of the World Shakespeare Festival 2012, approached theatre veteran Sunil Shanbag to stage a play for the event, the latter didn’t know that this would be one of the most challenging tasks of his life. This was the first time that Shanbag would not only be helming a Gujarati play but also representing India at the international event that kick starts from April 23 at London’s Globe Theatre. The play will be staged on May 23 and 24.

Atul Kumar’s Baarvi Raat is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night