THE LAST POET
Digital Live Theatre (2020 - ongoing)Official Entry at IMPACT 21 (Canada), Theatre Festpiele (Germany), Segal Festival of Theatre & Film (USA), Tata Literature Live Festival (Mumbai), Serendipity Arts Festival (Delhi)
“Grover demolishes all conventions of theatre as we know it” - The Week
“Grover blends digital aesthetics and astute political commentary in this bold new work” - The Indian Express
“The Last Poet is an eternal refuge for wrecked souls” - The Telegraph
“Grover creates an entire universe in this cyber theatre” - Platform Magazine
“Grover’s new theatre show opens a door to an alternate reality” - IANS Network
“India’s first theatre-for-the-internet conjures a fascinating world.” - India Art Review
“The Last Poet is a genre-bending show by theatre director Amitesh Grover” - Theatre Room
“The Last Poet is bold, intense, and thought-provoking” - Mumbai Theatre Guide
“Grover’s new show is a fascinating journey on the web” - Money Control
“Interdisciplinary artist Amitesh Grover presents an enduring sense of loss and absence” - Mid-Day
“Director Amitesh Grover has created a multilayered art form” - HT Mint Lounge
‘A show about an enduring poet; a fascinating journey through his city on the web.’
A poet disappears abruptly, leaving his world haunted. This world has no fringe―its towers, minarets, tunnels and rooms lead one into the other endlessly. In there, we meet a weaver, a prosecutor, a daughter, a publisher, a bereaved student, and several more characters, all of whom tell us about the vanished poet and unravel the mystery behind his disappearance. In this maddening world of desire, rumour, and regret, the poet’s poems appear as phantom notes that speak truth to power, and we wonder: Can a poet change the world? Will they let him?
Like a flaneur gliding through a virtual-tentacular city, the audience navigates this world on internet-enabled devices. While watching the show, we might choose to step into a floating room, stay back and listen, or travel to another one. The Last Poet is an online interactive performance that brings together theatre, film, sound art, creative coding, and digital scenography.
A genre-bending broadcast of theatre, this show is India’s first theatre-for-the-internet.
Duration 90mins | Hindi & English in parts | Book & Watch Online
Opening Shows - December 18-21, 2020.
Duration: 90 minutes | Language: Hindi & English in parts | Book & Watch Online
Writer Sarah Mariam | Scenography & Tech Design Ajaibghar | Films Annette Jacob | Creative Tech Praveen Sinha & Gagandeep Singh | Sound Suvani Suri & Abhishek Mathur | Cast Atul Kumar, Ashwath Bhatt, Bhagyashree Tarke, Pallav Singh, Dipti Mahadev | Concept & Direction Amitesh Grover
The show premiered at SA Virtual, an online Arts and Performance Festival commissioned by Serendipity Arts Foundation, 2020.
