Crab at the NCPA Experimental

After a successful opening at Writer's Bloc...
Crab is on again ...

March 31st, April 1st, 2007 - NCPA Experimental
April 5th, April 6th, 2007 - NCPA Experimental

Tickets are priced at Rs. 150/-
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Reviews

Ram Ganesh Kamatham’s Crab runs in every direction: the narrative scuttles back and forth in time, skips from character to character, pokes at the problems of urban life and even mountaineering. The set recreates both metropolis and mountain, and helps realise the emotional pitch and intensity of the tautly written script.
- Outlook

What stands out is Kamatham’s spare style – his frugal use of words fuels tensions even as it reins them in, resulting in a controlled piece of drama…
… Arghya Lahiri’s artful direction and aesthetic use of light – shadows and stark pools of light charge an atmosphere that’s already bristling with emotion…
- Time Out

… makes apparent the difficulty of communication and the sheer power, need and joy of it.…
… explores the intensity, pain and fragility of relationships against the backdrop of the alienating concrete jungle…
…Arghya Lahiri’s direction is austere but sharp and lucid. The design is stark and arresting…
…luminous with poetic lines and a very intricate, very delicate filigree of emotions…
- Mumbai Mirror

A director’s coup with superb casting.
- Tehelka

… sky bound, with harsh bursts of firecracker dialogue…
… Crab has four characters, but one who matters. Zamiel. The existential heir of Meursault in his remorseless commitment to the truth and Gregor Samsa in his love that is deeper, more willing to take risks. In 2007, when achievement and success are defined by measly measures of employability, disposable income, group dynamics and other corporate-speak, the “alone-ness” of Zamiel is even more stark. And therefore quite darkly romantic…
- Indian Express