A play by
Kirtana Kumar and Konarak Reddy
Duration - 90 Minutes
No of characters - 21
Short Synopsis
The Wedding Party began as a promenade play, supported by Indian Foundation for the Arts, on the subject of a Bangalore middle class wedding. After a very successful run in a found space, the script was re-worked for pro...Read Full Synopsis
A play By Kirtana Kumar and Konarak Reddy
Synopsis
The Wedding Party began as a promenade play, supported by Indian Foundation for the Arts, on the subject of a Bangalore middle class wedding. After a very successful run in a found space, the script was re-worked for proscenium and became a blockbuster of sorts. Through comedy and farce, it tells a hyper-real tale of unravelling sexual mores and attitudes in a fast changing urban-scape. The script includes harvested English as it is spoken in different parts of Bangalore – the Urdu-infused tones of Shivajinagar, the fast vanishing Anglo-Indian patois of Kamanahalli and the speedy, upward inflections of Malleswaram. While the narrative initially offers a deceptively simple tale of a young girl being married to a young boy, it is quickly clear that secrets abound. An attendant cast of characters adds to the drama. An NRI Uncle who has paid for the wedding, a nervous father of the bride, a mother who believes in hard and fast traditions, a lecherous fool of a priest, a sexy aunt, Felix the Wedding Planner and so on. The wedding is first disrupted by a power outage. An incident involving some friends of the groom comes fast on its heels, and then there is another incident involving the bride's grandmother and a wedding crasher. What follows is hilarious and easy access for an audience, into hard questions about caste, community, language and gender.
Duration
90 Minutes
No of characters
21
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