Padabali to stage a mime show on Aladdin

After completing a mime festival in December,

Padabali

, the sister organisation of Jogesh Mime Academy, will present a special mime show on the story of Aladdin. The script is ready and the 20 mime artists are rehearsing for the show. The show is being directed by theatre director

Soumitra Bosu

, while

Prakriti

Datta will compose the music for it.

“This is one of those rare occasions when we have brought in a theatre personality to direct a mime show. This is because we are visualising this production beyond a typical black and white mime,” Prakriti added. She said that the script is based on the famous puppet show of the same name by Padmasri

Suresh Dutta

and will be a combination of puppeteering and mime. “There will be sets and costumes as we are trying to portray it in a larger than life style,” said Prakriti, adding that it would take another four months before they can stage the show.

In the past, the same group staged a mime show based on the various characters of Satyajit Ray’s films and books. For the unique production, Padabali had secured special permission from Sandip Ray and it was a hit. Other than

Goopy

and Bagha, the story included Devi from the film Devi, the female protagonist of Mahanagar and Durga from Pather Panchali, among others.