Anatomy Lesson - Play At Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival: Events in Hyderabad

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The Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival is back this year, and is being organized from 31st Oct to 7th Nov. The festival is conducted by the Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation, which was established by Mohammed Ali Baig, in memory of his father Qadir Ali Baig, a doyen of Hindustani theatre.

The foundation was established in an attempt to revive the Indian theatre scene. On board are danseuse Vani Ganapathy, actresses Rohini Hattangadi, Suhasini Maniratnam and Urmila Matondkar, lyricist Javed Akhtar and director M S Sathyu.

The foundation not only stages plays every month, but also imparts to young talent, basic training in all aspects of theatre. Begum Razia Qadir Ali Baig, wife of Qadir Ali, is the Chairperson of the foundation, Sathyu is the National Director, and Mohammad Ali is the President.

As a part of this theatre festival, on 7th Nov, Anatomy Lesson, a play by Larry Tremblay, is being staged at Ravindra Bharathi. The play features Anne Bressanges from France and Adi Theatre from Delhi. Anatomy Lesson is the story of a brilliant scientist but broken woman, Martha, performing the autopsy of a dead marriage.

Larry Tremblay is a writer, director, actor and specialist in Kathakali. He has published around 20 books, and is one of the Qu