| Vigil in Chennai
VIGIL is the premier English production of the Madras Diocesean Cultural Forum (MDCF). The contemporary
Easter play is being staged on the 30th of April for institutions (block bookings) and 1st of May for public viewing, at Ewart's School Auditorium, Vepery. Tickets are priced at Rs 50 and Rs 500 (donor tickets) available at Landmark, CLS and the Dioceses Office, the proceeds of which are earmarked for children affected by AIDS in Africa.
The MDCF an integral arm of the Madras Diocese of the Church of South India is committed to exploring range of issues related to faith politics and culture and creating space for articulating creativity.
About the Play
The play 'Vigil' by Ladislas Foder is a gripping legal drama set in any small town in the US. The prosecutor sets the context in his opening to the jury "......though there is a vast distance in time and space, between the
crime and this present day trial before people's court.. .we open the case with unabated determination as we open it every night fall of Good Friday, in the courtroom of every modern person's mind."
The playwright uses the Christian faith experience of resurrection to raise fundamental questions related to several socio-cultural constructs relevant for our times.
The members of the cast include
women and men of different ages and representing a range of professionals to those making a debut. It is of significance to note that even after two decades of the first production, the play is still doing its rounds in the US.
Profile of the Director
David Selvaraj is a multifaceted personality who has a passion for theatre. Over the last twenty-five years, he has been acting and directing plays in English. He has worked in plays by (Arthur Miller, J B Priestly, Graham Green, Ayn Rand and Yevgeny Schwartz). Currently he is working on a play by Athol Fugard, part of a theatre festival that will tour the country.
He is also the founder-director of Visthar a non-profit organisation based in
Bangalore operating as a non-formal academy for development and peace
studies.
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