Serendipity Arts Fest: Heritage homes will be stages for plays

Panaji: Seven quintessentially Goan spaces and heritage homes will host two plays, one inspired by Lord Krishna’s fabled mythological friendship with Sudama and the other, a satirical take on an authoritarian system and loneliness experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic, as part of the Serendipity Arts Festival.
Both plays, namely ‘Jhund’, directed by Chanakya Vyas, and ‘Sakal Jaani He Naath’ by Srinivas Beesetty, present a take on current issues and delve into the contemporary human psyche.The plays, part of phase two of ‘Serendipity Out and About’ co-curated by Quasar Thakore Padamsee, take contemporary theatre away from the formal stage into intimate heritage spaces, blending old and new storytelling to highlight modern issues.
“It is vital to take the arts and theatre to different parts of Goa.Although we aren’t able to take sections of the main festival in Panaji to other parts of Goa, ‘Serendipity Out and About’ enables us to do that,” said Padamsee, also co-curator of the theatre discipline of the festival.