Globe to Globe: All's Well That Ends Well (2012)
Performed in Gujarati with English subtitles. Arpana mix live music, dance and acting to tell the tale of Shakespeare’s bittersweet comedy.
'Simply the thing I am shall make me live.'
Part of the 2012 Globe to Globe Festival.
Arpana mix live music, dance and acting in the style of the Bhangwadi theatre that originally catered for an audience of daily wage labourers in the 19th century. Since 1985 the company has staged many productions in Mumbai and across India, in a range of spaces including school yards, restaurants and public gardens. This bittersweet comedy was their first production in the UK.
Synopsis
Heli cures merchant prince Gokuldas Gandhi of a crippling disease and asks for Bharatram’s hand in return. He flees to Rangoon, spurning his marriage to Heli which comes in the way of his dreams of trade and wealth. Following her husband to where he pursues a new mistress, she resolves to trick him into loving her.
Running time: 136 mins
Cast
Kunti:
Meenal Patel
Heli:
Mansi Parekh
Alkini:
Nishi Doshi
Rao Bahadur Gokuldas Sawaram Bhatia:
Utkarsh Mazumdar
Laffabhai:
Archan Trivedi
Pandurang:
Ajay Jairam
Bharatram:
Chirag Vora
Parbat Maharaj:
Satchit Puranik
Thuwang:
Natasha Singh
Creatives
Director:
Sunil Shanbag
Costumes:
Maxima Basu
Musician:
Vinod Padge
Directed for the Screen:
Ian Russell
Adapted by:
Mihir Buhta
Choreography:
Purva Naresh
Musician:
Jayesh Dhargalkar
Designer:
Nayantara Kotian
Musician:
Sada Mulik
Music by:
Uday Mazumdar