NCPA presents ‘A Small Family Business’ by Alan Ayckbourn

• A twisted comedy about family in association with Akvarious Productions
• 12 to 15 May 2022 | Tata Theatre, NCPA

More details: https://tinyurl.com/2wfurxrm

May 2022: The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in association with Akvarious Productions presents, ‘A Small Family Business’. Written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Adhaar Khurana, the play is a twisted comedy based on a life of an honest man, Samson Sequeira, and his not-so-honest family. The play will premiere at the Tata Theatre, NCPA from 12 to 15 May, 2022.

Talking about producing this new version of Alan Ayckbourn’s award-winning play, Bruce Guthrie, Head of Theatre at NCPA said, “We are proud to finally bring this fantastic new version of ‘A Small Family Business’ to our audiences at the NCPA. We were in rehearsals for the production in March 2020 when the pandemic struck. More than 2 years later, we are going into the final weeks of rehearsal. Akarsh (Khurana) has created a brilliantly relevant, funny, and vibrant version of Ayckbourn’s play, that will resonate with an Indian audience. It’s lovely to have the energy of creative teams making new work in our building once again. A tremendous ensemble cast of 13 actors will take to the Tata stage. It is a production of scale and ambition. We are delighted to produce this new production in association with Akvarious productions. Our audiences are in for a treat.”

A Small Family Business was first presented at the National Theatre, London in 1987. It has received several accolades in the past internationally. Keeping the torch burning with its boldness and charm, the Indian version will feature Digvijay Savant, Lucky Vakharia, Vikash Khurana, Preetika Chawla, Abhishek Saha, Vrinda Kacker, Keith Sequeira, Kalliroi Tziafeta, Lisha Bajaj, Kashin Shetty, Tanushri Jain, Tahira Nath, Jeh Alexander & Sarthak Kakar.

The play depicts the life of Samson Sequeira, a misfit—a man of principle in a corrupt world. A mild-mannered Goan Christian married into a boisterous Punjabi business family in Delhi. After two daughters and many years of loyalty to his wife, Samson’s father-in-law decides to entrust the family business to him. Moments after he takes on the mantle, Samson is approached by a private investigator armed with some compromising information. And this is only the beginning of his troubles. What was meant to be the happiest phase of his life descends into a hilarious nightmare of dishonesty and double-crossing, and a trial by fire of Samson’s integrity. Whoever said blood is thicker than water hasn’t met this family yet.

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• 12 to 15 May | Tata Theatre, NCPA
• More details: https://tinyurl.com/2wfurxrm