Garam Roti

IHC Theatre Festival 2025. Garam Roti (English, Hindi, Tamil/ 80 mins). Written, Directed and Performed by Durga Venkatesan. Durga and Lakshmi, two artists – one a human, the other a sentient stereo player set out for a performance of fears – to rant her truth and perform the dare. Durga asks herself what epitomizes ‘a woman’, finally landing on the idea of a ‘Garam Roti’- the humble Indian flatbread. What starts as a personal reflection on the matter, culminates into an exercise of communal listening to rants (recordings) of women from across India. The play moves through borders of fiction into the non-fiction realm with the ‘Garam Roti Library’- an audio collection of women sharing their anecdotes, thoughts on tradition, labour and revolution. Prod. Playhouse Productions. Entry by registration. Late entry is strictly prohibited.