Birati Samuho Performance Collective, a queer and women-led theatre collective from Kolkata, is known for its powerful performances. There was a certain negligence towards me in the mass movement of people that made me feel insignificant, and thus I decided to create Atho Hidimba as a movement work,” she says. Subho, a member of Samuho, feels that the performance is …
Birati Samuho Performers Collective, a Kolkata-based troupe that aims to redefine folk narratives with modern sensibilities, brings two mythological tales to Bengaluru, each told from the perspective of its often-sidelined female protagonists. With Atho Hidimba Kotha and Bhasaili Re…, audiences will get to hear the unfiltered voices of Hidimba, a fierce tribal woman from the Mahabharata, and Behula, a devoted …
