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When the table becomes a stage
Mint New Delhi
|May 10, 2025
In Jyoti Dogra's new play, the central characters are all named Pavitra Kumar and the table is the seat of every rendezvous
In actor-director Jyoti Dogra's latest play, Mezok, six actors and a shape-shifting table take you on a transformative journey.
Dogra's penchant for using objects in her productions dates back to 2014 when she worked with a table and chair for a short performance in Japan. "I started working with it, climbing on it. When you stand on a table, you are a different—a changed—person," she says. In her previous award-winning production, Black Hole (2019), she used a sheet in a big way. But it all began with a wooden stool that broke mid-rehearsal. "If that hadn't happened, Black Hole would have been a different play."
Dogra is best known for her solo work like Notes on Chai, Black Hole, and recently,
This story is from the May 10, 2025 edition of Mint New Delhi.
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