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6:00 PM

No Such Thing: The Purple Suitcase by Swati Simha

Rehearsed Reading

  • Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, Bangalore

  • English
  • Free entry. All above 8 years are welcome!
  • Part of series: No such Thing - rehearsed readings

Purple Suitcase 1 Photo: Virginia Rodrigues © Samta Shikhar

The Purple Suitcase written by Swati Simha and directed by Samta Shikhar is the fifth and last rehearsed reading in the series No Such Thing. 

About the play:
The Purple Suitcase is locked away in the attic of unvisited memories. As Dheera tries to journey through her life, the holes in her chest spew out toxic thoughts and scorpion stings. She can't move on without looking back.

The play unfolds through a series of conversations between a young vivacious brat and her older begrudging self as they contest the memories of events that shaped their relationship with each other and other women in the household. Will the 12-year-old self and the 26-year-old self reconcile their differences and find the key to The Purple Suitcase?

About the playwright:

Swati Simha - profile photo © Swati Simha Swati Simha is a playwright and researcher based in Delhi. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D at Jawaharlal Nehru University in the Department of Comparative Politics and Political Theory. She received her Master's  from Shanghai Theatre Academy and a Bachelor’s from FLAME School of Performing Arts. 

About the director:
Samta Shikhar is theatre actor and pedagogue based in Bangalore and presently the Artistic Director and Head of the Theatre Department at the Head Start Educational Academy, Bangalore.  Samta engages in theatre pedagogy with toddlers between the ages of 18 months and 3 years. Besides being a pedagogue, she has also created theatre performances for toddlers. 

Samta Shikhar - profile photo © Samta Shikhar She is a member of Artistic International Association Small Size, network for diffusion of performing arts for early years and of ASSITEJ India. Samta is also recipient of the Prince Claus Foundation Travel Grant and has worked in collaboration with DAT (Dance Art Theatre) Boblingen Germany in 2016 and 2018 on working with children and toddlers.