Event

Seven Steps Around the Fire

Seven Steps Around the Fire

After the great success of Mahesh Dattani's Where There's A Will in December 2012 at Sampradaya Theatre, Mississauga, the wonderful team of

Producer - Nitin Sawant
Director - Christina Collins
Lighting & Set Designer - Joe Pagnan
Music Vikas Kohli

are back to work on another of Mahesh Dattani's plays Seven Steps Around The Fire.

Synopsis: Seven Steps Around the Fire is one of Mahesh Dattani's radio plays that was first commissioned by the BBC. The plot revolves around the investigation of the mysterious murder of Kamla, a beautiful eunuch.

Uma Rao, daughter of a Vice-Chancellor and wife of the Superintendent of Police, Suresh Rao, is a student of sociology researching the life of a eunuch. She goes to the police station to question Anarkali, another eunuch, who is imprisoned for the murder of Kamla.

Through her questioning, Uma develops an understanding of the plight of the transgendered or 'hijras' as they are called in India. Her investigations to find Kamla's real murderer take her on an unexpected journey

DATES : 26/27/28 September 2013 - Meadowvale Theatre Mississauga
Website : sawitri.ca
Contact : info@sawitri.ca
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/SawitriTheatreGroup
Twitter : @SawitriTheatre