Hello everyone, I hope this message finds you well. I’m excited to share something very close to my heart. At First Drop Theatre, a Bangalore-based theatre company, we’ve been creating a play titled Reunion—a story about disabilities, friendships, and identities. This September, we’re thrilled to bring it to life on stage in Bangalore.
About Reunion Set in a small coastal town, Reunion is a moving exploration of friendship, identity, and the intersectionality of disability. Across one stormy weekend, four childhood friends – Dan (a paraplegic artist), Sunil (a former athlete who lost an arm), Anjali (a blind IT professional), and Vishal (a software engineer living with chronic depression) – reunite to confront the physical and emotional shifts life has dealt them. Through nostalgia, humour, and tension, the story highlights challenges of both visible and invisible disabilities, access, tokenism, gender, and stigma—offering an honest portrayal of resilience and understanding. What makes this play truly unique is its cast and crew. Every role is performed by people with disabilities, with music composed by me—a 100% visually impaired artist. Nothing about us, without us. That belief fuels Reunion, and we bring it wholeheartedly to the stage. The performance will be staged in a wheelchair-accessible venue and will include Indian Sign Language interpretation along with a first-of-its-kind live audio description. 📅 September 20th, 5:30 PM 📍 Bangalore International Centre (BIC) ⏳ Duration: 2 hours 🎟️ Tickets: https://shorturl.at/uCvP6 or via UPI: 9886185008@ptsbi (mention 'Reunion') Reunion brings stories of disability, identity, and inclusion to life with authenticity and nuance. Drawn from lived experiences, it opens up much-needed conversations on mental health, systemic gaps, access, gender, and policies versus practice—woven together through friendship and humour. And because we believe the conversation must go further, the play will be followed by a panel discussion featuring leaders with disabilities and allies from the disability sector. After months of writing, rehearsing, and dreaming, it’s time for Reunion to meet its audience. I warmly invite those in Bangalore to join us on September 20th and request friends outside the city to help us by spreading the word and sharing your support. Follow First Drop on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/first-drop-theatre/ If you’d like to support the play through collaborating, funding, covering the play, or simply learning more, please feel free to reach out to me at 7396386698. Cheers Uma Shankar Co-Founder, Alterity M: 7396386698 -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CACpHEFKOaqsF-v%3DwT4ca7XfjWiJ51w0xsG9pzN51HvQgdOjE2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
