Mrs and Marx, is a multilingual documentary theatre piece that gets two migrants to examine a love story from the annals of history. The audience has to witness and participate in the long lost art of communal dreaming which invokes ‘spirits and spectres’ of Jenny and Karl. Inspired by the literature and documentation available on the Marx household, the man behind the revolution, Karl Marx, is seen through the eyes of Jenny Marx, his unrelenting wife, lover, and collaborator exploring her contribution to the revolution, bringing alive yet another woman who has been long forgotten in history. While the characters of Karl and Jenny Marx are embodied by the performers, Satchit Puranik of India and Michaela Talwar of Germany respectively, the genre of documentary theatre juxtaposes the performers’ experiences in the present-day context with that of the world of the Marxes, making it all the more relevant.
Directed and Performed by Satchit Puranik and Michaela Talwar
Scenography Sharmistha Saha
Light design: Asmit Pathare
Music: Kaizad Gherda
Backstage intern: Shubhanshit Priyadarshi
Produced by Harkat Studios Karan Suri Talwar
