HORSING AROUND

THEATRE DIRECTOR SUNIL SHANBAG'S LATEST PLAY IS AN ABSURDIST SATIRE SET IN ANCIENT ROME

- -Suhani Singh

In a tiny, sparse studio in Versova with no props and sets, theatre director Sunil Shanbag is busy imagining first-century Rome.

There’s some neighing and galloping, a bit of singing, and excitable parents who want to marry their daughter off to a horse. Shanbag watches, giving directions to actors like Akash Khurana and Neil Bhoopalam on entry and exits, bringing to life Hungarian playwright Julius Hay’s The Horse.