Cast Off All Shame

by Dr. Ulka Mayur (Writer, Director & Performer)

About Cast Off All Shame:

Cast Off All Shame begins with the spirit of a Bhakti poet Janabai coming alive and taking over a radio show as an RJ. She then talks to various women callers who reach out to her with their everyday issues of gender and patriarchy. Thus, the solo theatre piece consists of series of vignettes - some hilarious, some gut-wrenching about Indian women from a variety of classes and settings.

Their situations are illuminated by women Bhakti poets - Janabai, Lal Ded, Akka Mahadevi, Avvaiyar, Soyarabai - whose poems appear as 'characters' in this show.

Genre/keywords: Solo theatre piece, Soulful, Poetic, Gender issues, Comedy, Quirky

Duration: 80 minutes performance

Language: Hindi-English

Date: 19 July, 2025 (Saturday)

Time: 4:30 PM Onwards

Open for All

Venue: Lecture Hall, L D Museum

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About Dr. Ulka Mayur:

Dr. Ulka Mayur is a versatile theatre artist and a storyteller. A doctorate laureate in literature, Ulka worked as an academician for a decade in Mumbai and Ahmedabad colleges. After a fulfilling academic journey, Ulka who is also a trained Kathak dancer, set out to explore her artistic side and limitless stories.

Ulka has written and directed five plays so far that includes Cast Off All Shame, Tik Tak Tales, Go…Go…Gomuli Ballad of Desires and I, Cloud. Her work as a storyteller and as a folklorist has garnered much interest in major publications like India Today, The Week, Mumbai Mirror and Asian Age. Her storytelling performances - Her Myths and Maitreyi, Malala and Other Stories I Tell Myself - have been presented in international conferences, one of them being for Harvard in Asia Programme. She has presented a storytelling session Folklores and Corporate Wisdom for First Rain Exhibits and for S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research. As a storyteller for children and adults, her goal is to serve a bigger purpose and spread positive messages across geographies through art.

She is the artistic director and co-founder of STORY CIRCUS, a theatre production company. For Cast Off All Shame, Ulka has been awarded the South Asia Laadli award for media and advertising for gender sensitivity.

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