BANGALORE: After successfully staging Mirror, Mirror in Bangalore and Malgudi daze in Hyderabad, WeMove Theatre is back with its all time hit play Namma Metro with a new flavour. This production is not about a particular character or scenario but about a city and today’s people in it. Bangalore as a city has undergone immense change in the last decade. Globalisation has claimed Bangalore’s soul. The old, peaceful, garden city has turned into the busy ‘electronic city’. But, amidst this rapid growth, if we can take a minute from our busy lives and look out the window, we might see a glimpse of an old world charm-a laid back tea shop with a few people sitting around and chatting about all and sundry. Namma Metro is about life in this beautiful city that is suspended in transition.
The play is set in the midst of one such transition, where four Bangaloreans meet, quite by chance, and end up sharing their thoughts on politics, society, religion; Come, join a man in his late 60s, a software engineer, a middle-aged bank clerk and a ground nut seller, as they take you on a ride through the city in a way that you’ve never experienced before. Written and directed by Abhishek Iyengar, Namma Metro is a symbolic representation on Bangalore. The play ends with a pinch of twist and hence the name, Namma Metro. The play will be staged at Yavanika on June 2 at 7.30 pm.