Theatre group to stage its first four-country virtual horror play

The pandemic was the reason that completely changed the perspective of many creative people across the world. Before Covid, who would’ve thought of staging an online horror play with actors based in four different countries?
But that is just what happened and the Bombay Theatre Company has now brought forth their first ever four-country online play, Don’t Go Looking, that will be staged free for the global audience at their Instagram page.
Raveesh Jaiswal, the founder and director of the theatre company told us that they were among the only ones to use this format to showcase their creativity. Raveesh who has worked with performing artists that reside in five foreign and 17 desi cities says, “We have put out 25 live plays in India, Los Angeles, New York City and England in the last few months of the pandemic.”
One of the actors, Luke Rampersad from Los Angeles, USA says, “Recently I’ve been able to perform in several plays and short films entirely over streaming platforms. But I’ve enjoyed this era of new digital media most as a consumer. Being able to see new play readings in various stages of development from the comfort of my home has been a wonderful experience during the pandemic. It’s also been an absolute joy to work with artists all around the world, as we are in “Don’t Go Looking.”
Digital plays sure are the newest attraction but penning down the scripts of a horror play is not easy feels the writer-actor Joshua Gallagher from England. He feels that writing horror for a virtual play is even tougher, given that each actor is playing it from their personal spaces.
The play that will premiers this week has been written by Joshua, directed by Raveesh and has an eclectic cast comprising, Ola Normelli, Sweden, Kimberly Alexander, Los Angeles, USA, Joshua Gallagher, England, Nandan Majumdar, Mumbai, India, and Luke Rampersad, Los Angeles, USA.