Ankur Vikal

Artistic Director Kelly Thornton and Managing Director Beth Brown have announced Nightwood Theatre's 2015/2016 Season. In our 36th season we continue to produce work that confronts some of the most relevant issues of our times. From shattering the culture of shame in gender-based violence (Nirbhaya), to exposing the pitfalls of Canada's refugee system (Refuge), from unearthing the buried history of slaves in Salem (Obeah Opera), to the clash of idealism and bureaucracy (The Public Servant), the issues raised in these plays will ignite a compelling dialogue with our audience.

NIRBHAYA opened last night, April 26, at the Lynn Redgrave Theater at Culture Project in its U.S. premiere. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening festivities below!

This production, the second in Motley's intended series of presentations on stage of Hindustani short stories, centres around the word obscene. Two short stories Bu(Odour)by Saadat Hasan Manto, and Lihaaf(The Quilt) by Ismat Chughtai, for which the writers were, in the mid 1940's, accused of obscenity and put to trial by the Lahore High Court, will be presented along with Ismat Apa's account of the trial, called In the name of those married women and another celebrated Manto story The Dog of Titwal.

This production, the second in Motley's intended series of presentations on stage of Hindustani short stories, centres around the word obscene. Two short stories Bu(Odour)by Saadat Hasan Manto, and Lihaaf(The Quilt) by Ismat Chughtai, for which the writers were, in the mid 1940's, accused of obscenity and put to trial by the Lahore High Court, will be presented along with Ismat Apa's account of the trial, called In the name of those married women and another celebrated Manto story The Dog of Titwal.