Lucknow '76, a play set across 100 hundred years of Indian history, from 1876 to 1976, comes to Ranga Shankara on March 1 at 7.30 pm and March 2 at 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
Directed by Abhishek Majumdar and devised by an ensemble of actors the play looks at the lives of common people in the historic city of Lucknow in 1876, when Queen Victoria had taken over from the East India Company as the empress of India and in 1976 when Indira Gandhi had imposed press censorship as part of the national emergency.
Lucknow '76 moves between these two time frames and looks at the effects that history has on common people.
The play has been supported by the British Library in London for its research and by Kathalaya in Bangalore for its making. This production is also supported by Black Coffee Productions.
Lucknow '76 is in aid of Concern India Foundation, a non-profit public charitable trust. For telebookings call 9845602265.