Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi
by Satinder Chohan
December 2012
Arcola Theatre | UK Tour to Mercury Colchester, The Cut Halesworth, Arena Theatre Wolverhampton, The Public West Bromwich, MAC Birmingham, Mumford Theatre Cambridge
From the red dust of Punjab to the stadiums of Europe, this intense new drama explores the Indian sport of Kabaddi and its place on the world stage. Against the backdrop of Indian revolutionary fervour, two players compete for a place in the 1936 Olympic team headed for Berlin. Both men also fight for the love of the same woman, Azadeh, a freedom fighter and outcast with a troubled past. Structured like the two halves of a Kabaddi game, this production recreates the raw physicality of combat in a compelling story of the struggle to win.
Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi was a co-production with Pursued by a Bear.
Cast
Pushpinder Chani as Shera and Pavan
Asif Khan as Eshwar and Fauji
Shalini Peiris as Azadeh
Production
Director — Helena Bell
Design — Sophia Lovell Smith
Lighting — Mark Dymock
Music — Arun Ghosh
Dramaturg — Helena Bell
Choreography — Jasmine Simhalan
Shalini Peiris as Azadeh and Asif Khan as Fauji — Photo by Jerome Hunt
Shalini Peiris as Azadeh, Asif Khan as Fauji and Pushpinder Chani as Pavan — Photo by Jerome Hunt
Shalini Peiris as Azadeh — Photo by Jerome Hunt
Asif Khan as Fauji — Photo by Jerome Hunt
Pushpinder Chani as Shera and Shalini Peiris as Azadeh — Photo by Jerome Hunt
Asif Khan as Eshwar and Shalini Peiris as Azadeh — Photo by Jerome Hunt