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An Australian play adapted to an Indian setting will be staged in Delhi tomorrow
The name Miss Blossom Callahan Patialewaali leaves little to the imagination. Emerging from a suburban underbelly,she is a former cabaret artiste who struts in tattered laces,lost in her imaginary world and attempting to manipulate the real one. On September 1,the audience in the Capital will catch a glimpse of her dark world through Miss Blossom Callahan Patialewaali,an Indo-Australian play written by Australian playwright and actor Stephen House,which has brought the Melbourne-based character to the seedy lanes of Old Delhi.
The other two Indian directors,Ishwar Shunya and Sonali Sharma,are playing the roles of a drug addict and the landlady of the building where Patialewaali lives,respectively. Though the theme of the play is universal,there are some cultural differences which we took care of. The language,for instance,is not just English but Hindi and Punjabi,too,as Miss Blossom interacts with other people. Another difficult part was to rewrite the script in Hindi, says House,who plays the role of Max,Patialewaalis westerner beau,adding,Initially,one of the questions Id asked was,is there a woman like Miss Blossom in India? I now know that this woman fits in India and is here to stay.
Miss Blossom Callahan Patialewaali will be staged at Epicentre,Gurgaon,on September 1,and India Habitat Centre,Lodhi Road,on September 2,at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available at the venues
