“Our play Running on Empty will ensure you carry forward the joy and laughter of Deepavali into the next weekend,” says Kedar Subhedar, founder of Hyderabad-based Unmasked Productions.
It is the story of an out-of-work writer getting a call from a journalist who says that she wants to interview him for a magazine. The journalist is, in fact, an actress who has been hired by the writer’s agent as he had not been writing for a long time and also been avoiding the agent’s calls. ‘What happens once the writer discovers that the journalist is an actress forms the crux of this comedy based on a story by French writer John Pierre Martinez and translated into English by Anna Christine Gasque.
Kedar Subhedar and Chandni Agarwal | Photo Credit: Special arrangement
While Kedar plays the writer, Chandni Agarwal of Yogi Bear Collectives dons the role of the journalist in this two-character-and-a-voiceover play in English. “Layered with witty lines, the play is an intellectual comedy and the actors’ quirks and body language evoke laughter,” he says.
A theatre actor since 2018, Kedar has worked with city-based groups such as Udaan, Darpan and KissaGo and has featured in around 25 plays. Running on Empty is Unmasked Productions’ fifth play.
Running on Empty will be staged at Lamakaan on November 18 and Rangbhoomi Spaces on November 26; Tickets: ₹200; bookmyshow.com
