A view of Galileo’s life by Bangalore Little Theater. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Galileo’s life In 1938, Burtolt was written by Brecht and he sees Polyimath’s life that discovered the world and who was alone in the church with his progressive ideas. Bangalore Little Theater has adapted the play to suit today’s audience, which is away with its original run time of three-plus hours.
One of the oldest English language theater groups in the city, Bangalore Little Theater (BLT) was launched in 1960 as a community circle. Even today, the cast and crew voluntarily participate for the theater, Sridhar Ramanathan says that those who directed Life of Galileo.
Sridhar, who has been associated with BLT since 2003, states that the congregation mainly stages the English language presentations, including Indian classics and children’s plays. Sridhar says, “We also have a vertical title history, including plays that talk about people’s stories in the historical context.” To decode the molecular structure of DNA.
A view of Galileo’s life by Bangalore Little Theater. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
A long -time BLT member was published by Vijay Parki Four classics on Indian stage In 2019, which included English translations of regional plays. Was from RankTranslation of tamil game ShilappadikaramWhich was staged by BLT. An aerospace scientist, the heavenly Rodem Narasimha, considering the history of ideas with Vijay.
This year, the BLT team settled on a piece about Galileo as they did not stage a drama on it in Bengaluru for some time. In addition, the number of scripts about him gave them enough material to work. Sridhar says that he finalized on three scripts and in the last one year, he collectively prepared it for his specifications.
“The process was open and this idea was to build a community that would choose a script, work together on it, and then produce it,” they say, they say, they say, they are contrary to staging the play from one. Wanted to create different experiences. Set the format.
Almost all 34 members of the artists and crew have one day’s work, and have been with BLT from the installation and concept of more than 20 of them. Life of Galileo. The congregation has also added elements such as the nursery rhyme of the children of the time that will give the audience an idea of ​​man and his life.
A view of Galileo’s life by Bangalore Little Theater. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“What is interesting about this drama is that it does not clearly reveal Galileo’s argument with the church. Instead, it leads to that event and its influence. We found it relevant to portray how challenging it is to get approval in society for new ideas, how difficult the journey can be and Galileo faced that problem. ,
“This cannot be a way that will choose others, but the way Galileo sees it is quite different. So we felt Galileo’s life Was relevant for our time. ,
Galileo’s life will be staged on 15 and 16 February at 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Bookmyshow and Jagriti tickets available at the box office.
Published – February 13, 2025 12:23 pm IST
