Mississauga Fringe Festival

We will have 6 in-person performances, which will have four shows each.

Tue - 17 Aug, 2021 - 8 pm
Thu - 19 Aug, 2021 - 6 pm

“Bali” the victim written by Vijay Tendulkar is a suspense one-act play.

Tendulkar’s plays bring a turning point in Indian theatre as they shock the sensibility of the conventional audience by projecting the reality of life, human relationships, and existence. His plays are revolutionary in the sense that they bring about a transformation in the audience’s mindset.

 ' Bali ' the word means “Victim”. The play revolves around a plot of a suspected poisoning case involving a doctor and a patient couple; even though the solicitor and Police Inspectors were following the day-to-day happenings.   

It’s a story of love, friendship, suffering, and hope for happiness at the end of the tunnel. But no matter how much you plan or plot or expect, after all, everything is destined at the mercy of the reality of life. 

Do watch to see “What happens next in the play BALI”

Producer : Leena Deodhare & Rama Joshi
Director : Rama Joshi
Dramaturge : Prakash Date
Author / Playwright / Originator :  Vijay Tendulkar
Cast :

Mon - 16 Aug,2021  - 10 pm
Wed - 18 Aug,2021 - 8 pm
Fri - 20 Aug,2021 - 6 pm
Sat - 21 Aug,2021 - 4 pm

BOUNDARIES
Brief Synopsis: 

Who do boundaries favour? Two characters, previously unknown to each other, explore the

meanings of knowledge, tradition, and objectivity.

Producing Company: First Steps Theatre

Producer :  Joshua Patrick &  Laura Curiale

Director :  Alexandra Rizkallah
Author / Playwright / Originator : Abhimanyu Acharya

Cast : 

HOPSCOTCH
Brief Synopsis: (Explicit Language)

When two sisters, Ismene and Antigone, find themselves confined together, they are forced to

deal with questions of love, memory, family, and freedom.

Cast :

Mon -16 Aug - 6 pm
Thu -19 Aug - 10 pm
Sat - 21 Aug - 8 pm
Sun - 22 Aug - 2 pm

Synopsis :

The polarized thinking and guided expectations from the world we live in often molds individuals to live lives in dichotomies whether it be right and wrong, heart and brain or belief and logic.

Producer : Good Art Entertainment
Concept :    Gunja Chakraborty
Director :  Gunja Chakraborty / Raina Desai / Amlan Das

Author / Playwright / Originator : Gunja Chakraborty/ Raina Desai / Amlan Das
Music & Sound : Deepak Chakravarty
Crew : Ashutosh Walia  & Anubha Jha

Production Company : The Hive Performing Arts
Producer :  Darshana Thakkar

Director :  Jimish Thakkar
Author / Playwright / Originator : Saadat Hasan Manto
Background Score : Jimish Thakkar

Photography, Video Shoot & Sound Operation : Gaurang Dhebar

Cast :

Tue - 17 Aug - 6 pm
Wed - 18 Aug - 10 pm
Fri - 20 Aug - 8 pm
Sat - 21 Aug - 2 pm

  ‘Thadaka’ draws inspiration from the famous Malayalam poem ‘Thadaka Enna Dravida Rajakumari’  by poet Vayalar Rama Varma. The play is a unique presentation of Thadaka- a fierce Dravidian princess;  and differs markedly from Valmiki’s Ramayana, the oldest and most widely read version of the epic. 

Production Company : ATAM Arts Collection
Producer :  Harikishan S Nair
Director : Suma Nair

Author / Playwright / Originator : Bichoos Chilanka
Sound Design : Roshin Shabu

Cast :

Mon - 16 Aug, 2021 - 8 pm 
Tue - 17 Aug, 2021 - 10 pm 
Wed - 18 Aug,2021  - 6 pm 
Sun - 22 Aug, 2021 - 4 pm

Production Company : Tamasha Arts
Producer : Sharada Eswar
Director : Paula Wing
Author / Playwright / Originator : Sharada Eswar
Video Design : Melissa Joakim

Cast :

We will have 6 Digital performances which will be available from 23rd. Aug., 2021 - 31st. Aug., 2021. There will also available for viewing purchase from 1st. September, 2021 - 30th. September, 2021.

"Dignify Me: An Audio Play" explores the complex, funny, and tender relationships of three Pakistani women -- two sisters and their mother -- after the matriarch of the family elects to access medical assistance in dying. As Alzheimer's disease wreaks havoc on their lives, the three must come to terms with life after death.

Production Company : Poetic License Creations
Producer  :  Rabiya Mansoor
Director : Lisa Karen Cox
Playwright : Rabiya Mansoor
Audio Producer : James Button

Cast :  Rabiya Mansoor

Production Company : Centre for Cardboard Dreams
Producer : HRH Anand Rajaram
Director : HRH Anand Rajaram
Author : HRH Anand Rajaram
Cast :  

O is the story of two mystic poets, Rabia of Basra & Karaikkal Ammaiyar of Tamil Nadu. Both struggled under patriarchal structures and ultimately triumphed over the very society that berated and exiled them. Coming from cultures that have been at loggerheads with each other in recent history, they fought bigotry and emphasised the primacy of the human spirit against religious bigotry. Explored by two dancer-actors, who switch roles rapidly to emphasise the shape - shifting nature of the soul that lives and evolves forever....in the continuity of O, never beginning or ending. Part 1 is Rabia Basra, while Karaikkal appears in part 2.

Production Company : Katyayani
Producer : Sohaila Kapur
Director : Sohaila Kapur
Writer : Sohaila Kapur
Writer : H.Sivaprakash
Production Manager : Neeraj Yadav
Cast :  

There is a crowd even in a park.

Producer : ICS Theatre
Director : Mahesh Dattani
Author / Playwright / Originator : Manav Kaul
Associate Director : Barkha Kishnani
Musician : Aditya Datey
Cast :

“Some women fear the fire, some women simply become it.” Set in different eras, Sara Zinda Hai presents the unforgiving realities of two strong women who challenge the patriarchal social system. One of its kind, the story of Sara is a thought provoking yet disturbing tale that leaves the audiences with a question to introspect on themselves. Set with life’s true instances of a elegiac artist, this strong and hard-hitting drama is not to be missed.

Production Company : D Creations and Mizaaj Arts
Producer : D Creations and Mizaaj Arts
Director :  Raina Desai
Writer :  egha Raina

Cast :

A global pandemic may have struck, but we have a chef who's just stuck. He wants to win the world over with his cooking, but, will he able to learn how to? He's got to face isolation, earn acceptance and most importantly, get groceries delivered! Will he finds the secret recipe to happiness? A culinary theatrical journey awaits.

Producer :  Himanshu Sitlani and Neha Poduval
Director : Neha Poduval
Written By :  Himanshu Sitlani
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