Funny monologues

THIS COLUMN is for theatre enthusiasts. Mark next weekend in your organiser. After a significant break in theatre acitivity, Chennai comes alive once again with Urban Legends I and II on July 27 and 28.

A joint effort of Explocity.com and Masquerade, Urban Legends I and II feature monologues and short plays authored by big names like Christopher Durang, August Wilson, Alan Ayckborn, Alan Ball and Laura Cunningham.

The `back-to-back' productions are directed by KK, Apsara Walia and Yog Japee. Day one shows Urban Legends I featuring six monologues and a `five-o-logue'. The pieces are supposed to be `funny' and `poignant' and vary from pulpit pieces to political propaganda.

Urban Legends II, on the other hand consists of four short plays of ten minute duration each. It is a different fare altogether, as the essentially urban themes of worrying about one's physique and exploring the man-woman relationship are set on stage.

In short, the two-day event begins with Ms.Sorken's invitation to watch theatre and ends with a theorisation of why everyone loves a dead playwright called Flop Cop.

A note of reassurance: the stage version of Urban Legends is not going to resemble the screen version- full of gore, stalkers and repeat thrillers. It will be nothing like what we have recently seen on the screen. ``These are about us - urbanites, our own urban legends'', the team says.

Tickets : Rs. 50-daily and Rs.75-for both days, at Landmark, Odyssey and Crossword. You could also win 10 free tickets every day upto July 25 by logging onto http://www.explocity.com or http://chennaitheatre.8m.com.

By Ramya Kannan

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