Project Type: Theatre
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A Small Family Business
Produced by NCPA in association with Akvarious ProductionsWritten by Alan Ayckbourn Adapted by Akarsh KhuranaDirected by Adhaar KhuranaRole Producer Samson Sequeira is a misfit – a man of principle in a corrupt world. A mild-mannered Goan Christian married into a boisterous Punjabi business family in Delhi. After two daughters and many years of loyalty to his…
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The Verdict
Produced by Akvarious ProductionsWritten by Margaret May HobbsBased on the novel by Barry ReedAdapted and Directed by Akarsh KhuranaRole Producer A down-and-out lawyer gets a wake-up call when a medical malpractice case comes his way. But his best intentions put him on the warpath with the system. Trouble is, the system always wins. Prithvi Theatre, Bombay –…
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There’s Something In The Water
Produced by Akvarious ProductionsBased on An Enemy Of The People by Henrik IbsenAdapted and Directed by Akarsh KhuranaRole Producer How do you save a world that doesn’t want to be saved? A doctor makes a scientific discovery, which leads him on a dangerous path to many more discoveries about human nature and a rather toxic state of affairs.…
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Seawall
Produced by National Centre for Performing ArtsWritten by Simon StephensDirected by Bruce GuthrieRole Stage Manager A delicate monologue, completely devastating and beautifully powerful. Alex’s story, spoken directly to the audience, begins full of clear light and smiles, as he speaks about his wife, visiting her father in the South of France, having a daughter, photography, and the bottom of…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Produced by Akvarious ProductionsWritten by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAdapted by Steven Canny and John NicholsonDirected by Akash KhuranaRole Creative Producer When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is…
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Covid or Without You
Produced by Akvarious ProductionsWritten by AK and the VariousDirected by Akarsh KhuranaRole Producer Among all the new things that entered our lives owing to the pandemic, one of the less troublesome ones was an Instagram page called AkvariousLive. Through a large part of this dismal year, Akvarious regulars performed for and interacted with audiences via this account,…
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Timeloss
Produced by Akvarious ProductionsWritten by Amir Reza KoohestaniDirected by Akarsh KhuranaRole Producer Two actors with history come together to revisit a past production. This leads to nostalgia, pain and the longing to turn back the clocks. The lines between then and now get blurred. As do the lines between performance and reality. But after all this time, they realize that the…
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Bubble
Produced by Akvarious ProductionsWritten by Kieran HurleyDirected by Akarsh KhuranaRole Producer This brilliantly provocative play, set entirely on Facebook and written partly in emoji, tracks the snowball of events following a moment of questionable behaviour by a professor on a university campus. A post by a student about the same sets off a chain of comments that…
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The Kite Runner
Produced by Akvarious Productions and D for DramaAdapted by Matthew SpanglerBased on the bestselling novel by Khaled HosseiniDirected by Akarsh KhuranaRole Production Manager “There is a way to be good again.” Afghanistan is a divided country on the verge of war and two childhood friends are about to be torn apart. It’s a beautiful afternoon in Kabul…
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Eidgah Ke Jinnat
Produced by Bhasha Centre for Jawahar Kala KendraWritten and directed by Abhishek MajumdarRole Production Manager The plot follows characters Ashrafi and Bilal who are orphaned siblings stranded and defined by the troubles in Kashmir. 18-year-old Bilal is the pride of the region and belongs to a teenage football team set for great heights. However, he…
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Foreign Body
Foreign Body – India TourWritten and performed by Imogen Butler-ColeRole Tour Manager Foreign Body is the beautifully crafted debut solo show by Imogen Butler-Cole about hope, healing and forgiveness after sexual assault. Uniquely told from the perspective of the survivor and perpetrator of the same assault, using a charged combination of verbatim, physical theatre and…
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I, Malvolio
I, Malvolio – India TourProduced by QTP, India in association with British CouncilWritten and performed by Tim CrouchRole Tour Manager I, Malvolio has toured the world since it opened in 2010 – from Shanghai to Sydney, from Moscow to Manila. This is a rare chance to see a performance by one of the UK’s most…