Comedy Plays

Ouch! - Sohaila Kapur

Ouch! is an aptly named play. A laugh riot on the surface with a Generation-X centric theme of dreams and aspirations, it makes you go Ouch – for the simple reason that as much as it tickles your ribs with its dark, sarcastic and occasionally slapstick humor, it also pinches you to sit up and take notice of how, in our efforts to build thousands of dreams, we are eroding equally important million others as we strive to achieve fame, money and power at the cost of personal fulfillment.



The Melody of Love by Divya Chopra

What a delightful end to the weekend! Although the play is an adaptation of a French play set in the 1700s, the Indian flavor is as scrumptious as the French delicacy, served on a platter of witty dialogues, accomplished ensemble, and brilliant screenplay, which just goes on to show how a relatively simple story can [...]



The Owl and the Pussycat by Bill Manhoff

Many plays in India are either commendable renditions of famous American Broadway shows or just plain knock-offs. This one is somewhere between the two; leaning more towards cheap knock-off side though.
The original play, and the Indian version I witnessed, are about the perennial conflicts between the sexes. A struggling (and yet to become) writer Felix [...]