Adishakti Laboratory For Theatre Art Research with multi-hyphenated Vinay Kumar as its artistic director and managing trustee brings Bhoomi, an English adaptation of Sara Joseph’s Malayalam play Bhoomirakshasam, to Hyderabad. Vinay Kumar directs the play that addresses physical aggression against women at multiple times in history and some of the patriarchal responses to it.
While it attempts a conversation between opposing worlds, the play shows two artistes – a director and an actor – located very differently in their journeys engaging with questions around gender, violence on gendered bodies, retribution and resolution. The play traces the journey of the theatre director who begins to question her value system and that of society through her characters.
