Ennui Collective will stage the play, EarthquakePresented by Yamuna Kali and Naman Roy. “It’s an exploration of human connection, loneliness and the unspoken words that lie in between,” says Samaragni Dasgupta, who co-wrote the play with Marvin Cross.

The Bengaluru-based theater practitioner says, “Earthquake It’s an adaptation of a play I wrote with Marvin, called Bhumikampa – Das ErdbabenBoth mean earthquake in Bengali and German respectively.

Initially working independently, Samragni and Marvin later received a grant from the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich for International Cultural Projects to work together on it. “Our play premiered at the Part S Theater in Munich in December 2023,” says Samaragni, who has also directed the play.

The play was originally written in English, German and Bengali and later staged in English, Malayalam and Kannada/Hindi in Bengaluru, while the upcoming show in the city will be staged in English, Hindi and Kannada.

“With each performance, the play is adapted into the actor’s mother tongue and therefore fits into different cultural contexts, focusing on universal themes of interpersonal relationships. This is also because Marvin and I decided that we would write the play in such a way that it could adapt to different languages ​​and most importantly to actors.

Samaragni, who started learning theater as an actor, director and filmmaker at the age of six, says with each iteration, the characters, intentions and even the ending change, depending on the That the actors are true to the story and their feelings. Keertan Kumar, Bengaluru, and has been practicing it professionally for the last five years.

Samaragni and Marvin met on a farm in Bengaluru through an intercultural project called Border Busters. “We started talking about what it means to be brown or white in today’s world. We also talked about how we would address issues of intersectionality and vulnerability, such as, we need to be vulnerable with each other if we are to better understand the other. Marvin decided to stay back and travel to India and that’s when we decided to write this play.”

Earthquake Examines how we navigate the constant shift between connection and separation. “The show in the void will be performed using a black box stage, where the audience sits around the performers. It blurs the line between stage and audience, immersing the audience in an intimate, unfiltered and uncomfortable conversation.

The play invites you to look at the raw fragility of human relationships, based on vulnerability and Challenges our understanding of solidarity.

The Empress describes Marvin and herself as artistic people. “We had in-depth discussions about loneliness, how young people are struggling to connect with others, especially after the pandemic. The play is also about two friends struggling to connect and is written as a conversation in a call-and-response format.

Of collaborating with Marvin, Samragni says, “What began as an exploration of cultural differences soon revealed a deep similarity, a shared experience of loneliness and the complexities of human connection.”

Marvin is a freelance theater artist based in Munich who is currently studying documentary filmmaking, while 26-year-old Samragni works with a consulting firm focused on creating and managing theater-based offerings for corporate companies. Also on writing plays.

Earthquake will be staged on October 27 at 7 pm at Shunya Center for Arts and Somatic Practices, on November 3 at 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm at Medai, Koramangala, on November 5 at 7.30 pm at Ranga Shankara and on November 10 at 7 pm at Max Will be held in Muller Building. Tickets on BookMyShow.