Created and Written by Ravi Jain & Miriam Fernandes,
using poetry from Carole Satyamurti’s
“Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling”
Directed by Ravi Jain
Associate Directed by Miriam Fernandes
Original concept developed with Jenny Koons
Originally commissioned and presented by the Shaw Festival
In association with Barbican, London
Costume Designer Gillian Gallow
Lighting Designer Kevin Lamotte
Associate Lighting Designer Mikael Kangas
Original Music & Sound Designer John Gzowski & Suba Sankaran
Traditional Music Consultant Hasheel Lodhia
Choreographer Brandy Leary
with contributions from Jay Emmanuel & Ellora Patnaik
Lead Production Manager Crystal Lee
Lead Producer Kevin Matthew Wong
Associate Projection Designer Ann Slote
Assistant Projection Designer (Shaw Festival) Cameron Fraser
Projection Supervisor Danny Carr
Head of Projection Matthew Mellinger
From sitting in circle as an ancient form of storytelling to the infinite nature of its shape, there’s no start or end to the shape of circle. It can define inside and outside, yet the relationship of two different sides keeps switching throughout the piece through staging. The line between gods and humans are blurred, as well as the line between “I” and “others.”
Rendered content as well as live feed were used to aid the modern telling of the ancient war.