it wasn't my fault
For this Girl of 25, life with Herself is always turbulent. This morning is particularly overwhelming. She is assaulted by self-doubt, unemployment, too much social media, and Her Mother.
But, She must brave the mundanity and frivolity of urban girlhood, all while searching for someone to blame.
This is the story of an ordinary day in Her life.
i killed my mother
This is a play for and by young, wayward women and femmes who are inquisitive and conscious of their privilege in society.
It is for those of us who are addicted to our phones, those of us who find ourselves caught between the slippery planes of the online portal between our own reality, and the world beyond.
I Killed my Mother / It Wasn't my Fault was created with the support of the Niloufer Sagar Alumni Production Grant (an initiative by the Drama School Mumbai), and the generous donations of arts patrons. The show premiered under the mentorship of KathaSiyah, a feminist theatre collective from Bangalore.
Supported by Bhasha Centre and district by Zomato under their co-production initiative – Manch.
about the play
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The Hindu, Bangalore
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Sunday Mid-Day
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Rajasthan Patrika
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The Theatre Times
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The Times of India, Pune
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The New Indian Express
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Roundtable
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Theatre Room Mag
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Mumbai Theatre Guide
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team work
I Killed my Mother / It Wasn’t my Fault is the product of a collaboration between several artists who wear many hats as actors, producers and designers.
Check out their work!
playwright // director // producer Mallika Shah
executive producer // movement director // projection design Meghana AT
music & sound design Manish Khushalani
light design Adi Shastri / Yash Potnis / Amogh Phadake
visual design Malvika Dwivedi
thank you <3
The making of this play would not be possible without our generous donors.
A big thank you to Alpana Shah, Anuja Ghosalkar, Aryan Tandon, Asha Khadaria, Fareen Jalal, Jyoti Mehta, Nirmal Shah, Sameer Shah, Sanghamitra Sengupta, Shiva Pathak, Smita Premchander, Virisila Buadromo, Yuki Ellias.
Other big pillars of support are the people who contribute to the show in resources. A subsidised venue, healthy meals, and physical labour cannot go un-thanked.
We are repeatedly in the debt of Kala and JJ Parekh, Kanchan and Prakash Thakur, Ganesh Jambhale, Rupali Bait, Samruddhi Halaye, and Sunil Mishra.
