The manganiyars all set to seduce bengaluru

It has been nearly two decades since Roysten Abel’s Iconic Musical Production, The Manganiyar SeductionPremied. But the noted playwright and theata director, Known for a range of critically and commercially acclaimed works, such as Flowers, Othello in Black and White, A Hundred Charmersand The kitchenStill is not tired of the music.

“I should have had enough of it, but I just don’t give away. The Manganiyar Seduction to bengaluru.

This breathtaking work, which has musicians from Rajasthan’s Manganiyar Community Performing on an elaborate set composed of stacked, red-curtained cubicals inspired by Both Jaipur ‘ RED-Light Districts of Amsterdam, “Came to me at a point when I wasn’t Integed in it,” He Recalls.

He was in segovia, spain, directing another show, when he was “seduced” into this musical world by the two manganiyar musicians who had accompanied Heim on this trip. “They would come and sing outside the room at 6 in the morning… and I could not get enough of it,” Says roysten, who want on to create a show Around this music back in 2006.

Over the Years, The Piece has taken a life of its own, he feels. “I don’t believe that there is any work of art that is complete. The Manganiyar Seduction.

“Even when I was creating it, I did not know what each line meant,” Says roysten, who believes that the music of these singers was always bigger than the language. “That is what I wanted to share with the world,” he says, pointing out that focus was never on What was being sung, but the way it was. “It cracks people, stuns them, movies them… that is why it works so well.”

The Manganiyar Seduction is being brieft to Bengaluru Thanks to a Collaboration Between the Bhoomija Trust and the Prestige Center for Performing Arts.

After more than 800 shows across the world, having roysten’s masterpiece staged in bangalore is truate a special treatment, “Says Dipti Rao, DGM of Auditorium Operations, PRESTIGE CENTER FORFOROM Arts.

Gayathri Krishna, Founder and Managing Trustee, Bhoomija, Reefers to The Manganiyar Seduction As “a production that has become a cultural phenomenon across the world. Roysten abel has created a work that is bot deeply rooted in tradition and breathaking Immersive, Powerful, and Unlike Anything Else. ”

The Manganiyar Seduction is being staged at the PrestigE Center for Performing Arts, Bangalore, On Friday, 29 Aug at 8 PM and on Saturday, 30 Aug at 4:30 and 7:30 PM. Tickets, priced ₹ 1200 Onards, are available at bookmyshow.