Transgender travails: A singer’s journey on stage

Bengaluru: A new play brings to the stage an intense and rarely told journey — the transformation of a classical singer whose voice changed after gender reassignment surgery.

Rumi Harish, earlier known as Sumathi Murthy, is a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist and features in 'Journey from A to E', which premieres at 5.30 pm on Tuesday at the Sabha on Kamaraj Road.

The play traces his struggle with losing his voice and his eventual path to rediscovering it. As the process unfolds, he grapples with despair before finding support from unexpected quarters.

Scripted by Rumi Harish, who has also composed the music, the production is directed by James Brunner and conceptualised by Dadapeer Jyman.

The title refers to the shift in his shruti (keynote) after the surgery.