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Meher Pavri, Neil D'Souza in Why Not Theatre’s Mahabharata (Shaw Festival, 2023). Set designed by Lorenzo Savoini, costumes designed by Gillian Gallow, lighting designed by Kevin Lamotte, projections designed by Hana S. Kim, with associate projections designer Ann Slote. Photo by David Cooper.
A woman wearing a golden peacock feather headpiece with gold jewelry and a bright yellow South Asian garment stands centre stage, mouth open singing and looking up into the distance. There are two people standing at the back under dim lighting. Person on the left has their right hand raised up looking calm and person to the left distressed, with their hand on their belly looking away into the distance. Yellow text reads, A woman wearing a golden peacock feather headpiece with gold jewelry and a bright yellow South Asian garment stands centre stage, mouth open singing and looking up into the distance. There are two people standing at the back under dim lighting. Person on the left has their right hand raised up looking calm and person to the left distressed, with their hand on their belly looking away into the distance. Yellow text reads,

Mahabharata Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose

A Why Not Theatre Production presented by Canadian Stage with Why Not Theatre

Created and Written by Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes, using poetry from Carole Satyamurti’s Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

A visually stunning spectacle

Continuing the story from Part 1 and interrogating themes of justice and revenge, Part 2 includes a 15-minute Sanskrit opera adaptation of the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God), which is the most famous chapter of the Mahabharata epic.

Originally produced at the Shaw Festival in 2022, Mahabharata was met with great acclaim. Canadian Stage is thrilled to be bringing this achievement to Toronto audiences for the first time.

Magisterial in its own right, meticulous and dazzling – The Guardian
Epic in every sense of the word – Intermission Magazine
A bold and beautiful endeavour – The Times London
a dazzling distillation of a millennia-old epic – The Telegraph
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friday / apr 11

7:30pm

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saturday / apr 12

7:30pm

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tuesday / apr 15

7:30pm

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wednesday / apr 16

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friday / apr 18

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saturday / apr 19

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sunday / apr 20

2:00pm

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The 24.25 season at the Bluma Appel Theatre is underwritten by:

Mahabharata was created with the support of the National Arts Centre's National Creation Fund and The Slaight Family Foundation.

Originally commissioned and presented by the Shaw Festival. In association with Barbican, London.

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