A Fine Balance at Crow's Theatre

The beloved novel, reimagined for the stage.

Rohinton Mistry’s beloved novel exploring resilience and injustice during India’s 1975 Emergency comes to life in a new stage adaptation.

In a cramped Bombay apartment turned illegal garment factory, four unlikely companions are thrown together. As the political crisis deepens and the country reels under authoritarian crackdown, this fragile household becomes a refuge – and an unexpected bond begins to take hold.

As devastating as it is humane, A Fine Balance, adapted by Anosh Irani – Governor General’s Literary Award finalist and recipient of the Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award – vividly brings Mistry's powerful story to the stage.

Accolades for the novel A Fine Balance:

• Giller Prize, 1995

• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1996

• Oprah’s Book Club, November 2001

• Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, 1996

• Booker Prize Shortlisted Finalist, 1996