Oct 13 Friday
Rangayana Presents
KANASE KANASU
Director: Mathias Lafolie
Playwright: August Strindberg (Translated by H.S. Umesh)
Duration: 180 mins (with interval)
Language: Kannada
Time: 7:30 pm

Is it a vision or a dream? A question we may wake up to…

Cast: Hulagappa Kattimani, Geetha Montadka, Mime Ramesh, Krishna Prasad, K.R. Nandini, Vinayaka Bhat, B.N. Shashikala, Pramila Bengre, Mahadeva, Jagadish Manavarte, Ramanath S, Prashanth Hiremath, Santhoshkumar, Manjunath Belekere, S. Ramu, Noor Ahmad Sheikh, Saroja Hegde, and Krishna Narnakaje

Stage Design: H K Dwarkanath
Costume Design: Mitha Mishra
Music: Srinivas Bhat
Musician: Chande Nagaraja
Lighting Design: Sagay Raju
Assistant Director: Karin Hauptmann

Synopsis

“Kanase Kanasu” is an adaptation of August Strindberg’s celebrated work “A Dream Play”. Dream is used metaphorically to explore the complex realms that a man’s psyche travels through even in a monotonous everyday situation. Strindberg also uses the celestial as a means of procuring entry into these realms.
Lord Indra’s daughter comes to earth in an effort to understand the complex nature of humanity. Through an interesting deluge of strange yet real characters, the play explores how the routine and monotony of work bogs a man down, as his life mercilessly oscillates between dream and reality. Everyone in the audience has an opportunity to relate to at least one of those multifarious characters enabling them to be a part of a “dream play”.

About Rangayana

Rangayana is an autonomous cultural organisation started by the Government of Karnataka, in the year 1989. The organisation consists of a professional repertory company, a theatre-training institute and a documentation and research centre. Located at the historic city of Mysore, Rangayana is noted for its classic long running productions like Girish Karnad’s “Tughlaq”, Anton Chekov’s “Seagull” amongst others. Noted theatre personalities like B V Karanth, Basavalingaiah and Prasanna have been directors of Rangayana. Currently, A G Chidambara Rao Jambe heads the institution. Rangayana has an eminent faculty of trainers, designers and technicians.