After millions of years of mutation and evolution from a single celled organism we have become the Homo Sapiens, the wise human. However, by looking at our past and present actions does this term that we have bestowed upon us by ourselves justified? The play takes us on a journey of a conversation between a ‘wise man’ and a ‘vulture.’ who questions the ‘wiseness’ of the wise man. The wise man replies about why he is entitled to the exploitation of the world as how his species has suffered and endured for millions of years and today, he got to a point where no other species can compete with him. He talks about the man-made creations like Media and Medical Care and how he is above all living things. However, the vulture questions and shows him the defects and shortcomings of the wise man’s creations and how it will bring disaster to mankind and the earth.

Writer/ Director:

Jyoti Narayan Nath is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, New Delhi. He is well known as a theatre trainer and expert in teaching methodology. He has been involved more than 30 theatre workshops organized by NSD extension department. Jyoti is associate with NSD Sikkim Centre as a visiting faculty. Jyoti has been attached with Spastics Society, Blind School, and Eco-conservation theatre. He has been awarded junior fellowship for the study of the folk theatre of Assam by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Co-Writer:

Biplab Tanti is a young theatre practitioner and a dedicated scholar of the performing arts. He is currently pursuing his Master’s in Theater Acting at Gauhati University. Biplab is a recognized CCRT Senior Artist Scholarship holder in the field of Mime, an achievement that highlights his technical mastery of physical theatre.

Director’s Note

We are Homo sapiens, i.e. wise humans. After several millennia of evolution and mutation from a single celled amoeba, we became the complex ultimate human system. Even after reaching the top of the ladder, do we ask ourselves “Are we really wise?” Or is it from our perspective that we are wise, or are we wise from other species’ perspective also? We are inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s various texts. It is an experimental play.

Group:

The group ANUBHAV is a guild of acting artistes that aims to evolve a neo theatre language defying popular and stereotypical perceptions. The group has produced several plays that have been staged at various national theatre festivals like Raktakorobi of Rabindra Nath Tagore, White Nights of Dostoyevsky, Enai Lok Kato Dekha Nai (The Miser) of Moliere, The Postmaster of Rabindra Nath Tagore, Romeo Juliet N TRP of Minakhshi Goutam (Based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet), Pokhila of Imran Hussain, A Midsummer Night’s Dream of Shakespeare to name a few.