Sightlines

About RAGE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

Jaeza 14.00 The Rage trio - Shernaz Patel Rahulda Cunha and Rajit Kapur - joined forces in 1993. Our vision statement was simple - 'Do plays without an eye to the box office' .We opened curtains with an AIDS based double header called Are There Tigers in the Congo? The play's fate at the box office was critical acclaim combined with commercial disaster. In 1996 came a turning point in our journey when we adapted Herb Gardner's comedy I'm Not Rappaport for the Indian stage. Re-titling it I'm Not Bajirao this play about two octogenarians fighting to stay afloat in a ruthless urban world caught the fancy of Indian audiences of every age. The result was ten years of performance 200-odd shows and the birth of a new Indian English dialect in the theatre. In 2000 we went 'musical'. We staged an ambitious production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar starring forty actors dancers and performers. By 2002 we committed ourselves totally to indigenous theatre with plays like Class of 84 a play about seven ex-Xavierites re-uniting followed by Pune Highway a thriller about testing friendship in extreme circumstances and Me Kashand Cruise a tale about the changing face of Bombay over 22 tumultuous years. Other memorable productions include Girish Karnad's Flowers Anuvab Pal's Chaos Theory and One on One an evening of contemporary Indian monologues. Our focus over the last ten years has been on modern Indian writing and we have built up a formidable audience following with many of our plays crossing the 100 and 200 show marks. Rage has not only regaled audiences in India but also in Amsterdam Antwerp Dubai Germany London Malaysia Seoul Singapore Sri Lanka and the United States.