Ranan presents
Equus
January 16, 2010 New Delhi

December 30, 2009 

EQUUS at Bharat Rang Mohotsav - NSD's Theatre Festival
Ranan presents Peter Shaffer's acclaimed play
Sat, 16 Jan 2010, 9:30pm at Abhimanch, New Delhi
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Synopsis
Peter Shaffer’s Equus is an intriguing exploration of normalcy and insanity, passion and pain, worship and religion. The play delves into the mind of 17-year old Alan Strang, a boy with a strange fascination for horses, a boy who blinds six of these animals in an inexplicable fit. 

Through a series of encounters with a psychiatrist, we come face to face with more questions than answers. What is normal, what is worship, what is passion, what is individuality? Can what is accepted as ‘normal’ behaviour in society smother a far more spirited and passionate way of being, of experiencing life, of offering oneself totally and unconditionally at the altar of a personal God? Which is being more truly alive – living safely and happily or developing a very personal pain and passion? Equus throws up all these issues using the mythic figure of a horse as metaphor for worship, passion, pain and danger.

Ticket information
Tickets for all performances: Rs 100, 50, 30 & 10 - available from January 4th onwards at NSD.
For enquiries, contact: The National School of Drama, Bahawalpur House, Bhagwan Dass Road, New Delhi 110001 
Tel:(91-11) - 23383420/ 23384531

Cast & Credits
Frank Strang/Horse/Customer/Priest: Amlan Chaudhuri 
Dr. Margaret Dysart: Daminee Mukherjee 
Nurse/Horse/Customer: Debosmita Roychoudhury 
Dora Strang/Horse/Customer: Jayati Chakraborty 
Jill/Horse/Priest: Indudipa Sinha 
Horseman/Horse/Customer/Priest: Rhea Das 
Alan Strang: Shadab Kamal 
Harold Salomon/Henry Dalton/Horse/Customer: Tanmay Dhanania
Equus/Priest: Vikram Iyengar 
Concept & Direction: Vikram Iyengar
Choreography & Movement: Vikram Iyengar, Amlan Chaudhuri
Original Music: Neel Adhikari
Violinist: Robin Lai
Sound Control: Katy Roy
Stage Design: Sukanya Ghosh
Lighting Design: Sudip Sanyal
Costume Design: Katy and Dana Roy
Properties Management: Jayati Chakraborty, Indudipa Sinha
Speech Workshops: Katy Roy
Production: Amlan Chaudhuri, Jayati Chakraborty, Debashree Bhattacharya 
 

Ranan is a young performance company starting out on an exciting journey of discovery - a journey powered with the electric joy, the fascinating ephemerality, the inspired and inspiring moments of live performance. 
Originally set up by two Kathak dancers, Ranan is built on a conviction that traditional art forms like Kathak are constantly evolving and living elements capable of communicating with any audience across ages and cultural backgrounds. A focus on dialogue and interaction between the arts makes Ranan a hybrid between dance / performance company, arts service organization and an active player in the realm of performing arts theory and practice.

Ranan’s variety of work spans traditional Kathak, choreography, dance-theatre; workshops, lec-dems, seminars, interaction sessions, collaborations; experimentations with film and live dance. Ranan hopes to serve as a nodal point for exchange, debate and experimentation in the performing arts in India, and stimulate and evolve fresh ideas and avenues distinctly Indian in nature but as nationally and internationally relevant as any other ‘contemporary’ or ‘experimental’ work.