The play, set in a puppet theatre, tells of puppets who have been playing Romeo and Juliet night after night.
Even when they cut themselves free, they still play Romeo and Juliet as it is the only thing they know.
Romeo and Juliet — No Strings Attached is the winner of The Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award 2012. The 100-minute play is in English with a smattering of Hindi and Tamil.
However, they play it their way — a wild ride through contemporary India stuffed with pop culture references.
Director Prashanth Kumar Nair said that they (the cast) went through a silambattam workshop, which helped the actors zone in.
Chris Avinash of the band Retronome brought a special flavour to the play. When Romeo sees Juliet for the first time, Chris plays (music is live) a version of ‘Pehla nasha.’