Thursday, September 18, 2008

PIERROT’S OPEN AIR THEATRE FESTIVAL










Tele-Booking Opens for:
PIERROT’S OPEN AIR THEATRE FESTIVAL
Sept. 28 - Nov 2. ,2008
ASHOK THEATRE, Hotel Ashok, Chankyapuri, New Delhi

Sept.28 (Sun) BIG B (Indlish Comedy)
Oct. 11 (Sat) A PRIVATE AFFAIR (Hinglish Comedy)
Oct. 18 (Sat) CUT..CUT..CUT (Hindi Comedy)
Oct. 25 (Sat) GHALIB IN NEW DELHI (Hindi Comedy)
Nov. 1 (Sat) MAULANA AZAD (*ing Tom Alter)
Nov. 2 (Sun) GHALIB (*ing Tom Alter)

Script & Direction: Dr. M. Sayeed Alam & Niti Sayeed

BIG B (55th Show) -- Sept 28 (Sun)-- 7:30 pm – A rip roaring comedy in Indlish based on Munshi Premchand’s Hindi short story Bade Bhai Saheb. About two brothers, revolving around Hockey and History, Cricket and Chemistry, Gilli Danda and Geography.

A PRIVATE AFFAIR --
(83rd Show) – Oct. 11(Sat) -- 7:30 pm --Revolves around a missing skirt, empty liquor bottles, a bewildered Captain, a confused Psychiatrist and a light bulb obsessed Mumbaiya bhai … all in a five-star hotel suite. .
CUT…CUT…CUT --(112th Show) – Oct 18 (Sat) -- 7:30 pm -- A Comic depiction of the tragedies of mounting a comic play – a rare 'on stage' portrayal of 'back stage' drama. A popular rib-tickler. 110 shows to its credit.

GHALIB IN NEW DELHI - (244th Show) – Oct. 25 (Sat) -- 7:30 pm -- Deals with Mirza Ghalib’s re-birth in the 21st century New Delhi. His trials and tribulations – beginning with his birth at ISBT to staying in a servant quarter at Patpad Ganj with a Bihari young man (the land lady being a Punjaban) to becoming a Page-3 celebrity.

MAULANA AZAD – (64th Show) – Nov. 1 (Sat) -- 7:00 pm The first ever play on life, times and scholarship of Maulana Azad. A wonderful solo performance by Tom Alter: The biggest casting coup in the history of Indian theater.

GHALIB (5th Show) – Sun -- 7:00 pm -- A vivacious account of the life and times of MIRZA ASADULLAH KHAN GHALIB, laced with a lot of historical anecdotes and episodes that make you come back home thoroughly entertained. The play stars TOM ALTER and others.

Pierrot’s Troupe: The least pronounceable and the most pronounced theater group in India.

Writer-Directors: Two many cooks spoil the broth.

Cast: From all castes, colors & creeds -- Tom Alter, Vijay Gupta, M. Sayeed Alam, for instance.

Auditorium -- All the seats face the stage & rains

Tickets: Rs 250 /-
Available at the venue on the day of each show

For Tele, Corporate, Bulk and Individual booking contact: 9810255291, 9810460366, 40506826, 29944635 and/or write to us at: pierrotstroupe@yahoo.com, pierrotstroupe@gmail.com -- AND/OR www.bookmyshow.com and/or call 39895050 -- Also visit our site: www.pierrotstheatre.com, www.pierrotstroupe.blogspot.com

With warm regards,Pierrot’s Troupe