Forplay Theatre Company is pleased to bring you Harold Pinter's 'The Lover - a Play in One Act', directed by Sanal Aman.

Written in 1962, 'The Lover' is one of Pinter’s most celebrated works. The Nobel Laureate dramatises the dynamics of domesticity and desire in this tightly-woven play featuring a married couple -- Sarah and Richard. The play opens with Richard casually enquiring about his wife’s lover, and so begins a seductive game marked by wit, imagination, and intrigue. Staged in its original and translated versions all over the world, some have treated 'The Lover' as a serious psychological drama exploring the tug-of-war between love and lust, and pride and passion; while others have played up the absurd elements in the script to great comic effect. Richard and Sarah’s relationship is one underpinned by a complex web of emotions that come to the fore in their calculated attempt to spice up their longstanding marriage (if there indeed is one). As the play progresses, masks are incessantly worn, discarded, and re-calibrated, leaving the viewer pondering the boundaries between fact and fiction. This blurring of lines is the key to the enduring relevance and popularity of a play that was well ahead of its time.

CAST
Richard: Sanal Aman
Sarah: Santhy Balachandran
The Milkman: Anand Iyer

CREW
Director: Sanal Aman
Production Designer: Seljuk Rustum
Set Execution: Sreejith S Dev
Light: Sanoj Mamo
Music: Jophy Chirayath, Bimal Thankachan
Costumes: Rajeev Peethambaran
Assistant Costumer: Dona James
Choreography: Dileep Chilanka

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT:
Big Fat Momo, The Grill Lab, The Soup Shopand at 3:1 Audiostation, above SQ, 8th Cross Road, Panampilly Nagar & Explara


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Sanal Aman is an actor/director who works in Film and Theatre. A graduate of the National School of Drama, New Delhi, he made his debut playing the lead in Unto the Dusk -- a film by Sajin Baabu. Sanal's upcoming films include 'Veeram', a trilingual film based on Macbeth directed by Jayaraj, and 'Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?', a multilingual film directed by Jiju Antony.

Santhy Balachandran has nurtured a lifelong passion for the arts, and is currently finishing a doctorate in Visual Anthropology from University of Oxford. Her creative pursuits include painting, photography, writing, film and theatre. Santhy enjoys anything that broadens her horizons -- learning new languages, travelling, and collaborating with fellow creatives being particular favourites.