Beyond Binary: The director was on stage for the most part, a hero of his own segments, with interludes of honest storytelling that worked in perfect harmony with the other elements of the production. Text: Gautama Ramesh; Photo: K. Murali Kumar
Beyond Binary: The live music, which also provided the backdrop, and the sheer energy of the artistes stole the show. Text: Hemant Chordia P.; Photo: K. Murali Kumar
Colour Blind: The songs were rendered beautifully and Tagore’s need to overcome the scars of his childhood, his conflict with self and family/ friends, his need for passion in any colour and form perfectly matched the choice of songs and poems recited within the play. Text: Urbi Mukherjee; Photo: K. Murali Kumar
Colour Blind: Manav Kaul’s effort was visible from the portrayal of the play and its smoothness will have to be credited to the tremendous amount of research that would have gone into it. Text: Sudha M. Poovaiah
Macbeth: The interplay between the various characters was coloured by commonplace features of psychological distress, greed, political motives and murderous desires and spoke to the audience through emotions that bubbled and frothed out of them. Text: Nakul & Roshni Photo: K. Murali Kumar
Macbeth: The gloom and doom in Macbeth was effectively captured by the use of subtle and shadowy lights and black and red, and ably supported by a mournful lilt of music and resounding drums to indicate the war and chaos. Text: Vijayalakshmi N.; Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
Macbeth: The play revolves around human desire as a disease in our society so corrupt that it corrodes the mind and explodes into a spiralling epidemic. Text: Dhanyata M. Poovaiah; Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
Beyond Binary: Yosup Bae’s Indo-Korean production that integrates Indian mythology and icons, societal values and personal episodes in self-discovery, is an energetic effort towards exploring the boundaries of what could be and what is. Text: R. Suresh; Photo: M. Srinath
A perfectly crafted implant powerful enough to explode our psyche and make us stretch ourselves think "Beyond Binary". Text: Kishor V.P.; Photo: M. Srinath
It’s Not Waht You Tihnk: Depicting stereotypical sketches from everyday Indian society, these masked actors brought to life outlandish characters delivering slapstick humour at its grotesque best. Text: Aditi Saraf; Photo: K. Pichumani
It’s Not Waht You Tihnk: Though the stories are common, the Italian touch and the freezing of the actors perfectly, made the difference. Text: Jayashree V. Murthy; Photo: K. Pichumani