January 13-29, 2012
The Golden Dragon, Germany’s most successful new play, is the second in the 6-play Jagriti Season that started in December and runs through to June 2012. The prolific German playwright, Roland Schimmelpfennig and his English translator, David Tushingham have come up with another stage success that won the Olivier Award for the Actors Touring Company at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2011.
The Golden Dragon is a tragicomic tale of globalization, set in your local Thai/Chinese/Vietnamese takeaway. ‘A glorious interconnectedness of life’s rich tapestry and instant karma that gives genuine food for thought, which travels everywhere and nowhere in a deconstructed soap opera about modern migration.’ (The Herald)
Through fun moments, this theatrical fable deals with larger socio-economic issues of modern life and migration, whisking you from your local takeaway to East Asia and back, revealing what really goes into that bowl of spicy soup.
Playwright: Roland Schimmelpfennig | Translation: David Tushingham | Director: Ramin Gray | Company: Actors Touring Company, UK
Presented by Jagriti and The British Council and supported by The Goethe Institut.
Ann Firbank | Ciaran Kellgren | David Beames| Jack Tarlton | Judith Amsenga
All photographs taken by Stephen Cummiskey
Says director Ramin Gray of the company’s shows at Jagriti in Bangalore, “Like looking down a telescope from the wrong end, I hope you will get a new, strange and wonderful perspective on how you see us Europeans looking out at the world.”
Here’s the Director, Ramin Gray, telling you why you should watch The Golden Dragon now!
ATC’s microsite of The Golden Dragon >
‘grippingly tangible, inventive with remarkable theatrical flair’ The Telegraph more >
‘haunting and riveting’ STV
‘its intelligence and thoughtfulness is apparent…a moving piece of theatre’ 4* The Guardian more >
‘neat, passionate…dramatic, poetic and visual’ The Scotsman
‘strangely epic and deeply satisfying’ 4* Whatsonstage.com more >
‘dramatically focused and unobtrusively intelligent’ Financial Times
‘a delightfully surprising mix of games-playing and argument’ The Independent more >
Tickets: Rs 300
Available on www.bookmyshow.com
Show timings:
Tuesday to Saturday: 8:00pm
Sunday: 3:00pm and 6.30pm
No performance on Mondays
For details/tickets call 080-41242879
