Under the Mangosteen Tree

Under the Mangosteen Tree (UTMT) is an adventurous mix of ten stories by the great Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, all very different, but with a common vein of love, humour and pathos running through them. A connecting link in this heady concoction is the character of Basheer himself, who plays narrator, participant and witness in turn. These stories are blended in a non-linear yet seamless narrative that reveals the extraordinary range of Basheer’s writing and experiences.Cast:Ashif AAparna GopinathDarshana RajendranDharanidharanKaruna AmarnathKrish DayalPaul MathewVinod SusheelaCrew:Anamika Anand SAntony FelixaPHDeepak Kurki ShivaswamyNandini ReddyNiren SaldanhaSubodha SubrahmanyaSudharshan KDirected by: Rajiv Krishnan120 minutes without intermissionPerch is a Chennai-based theatre group that has brought to the stage plays including Under the Mangosteen Tree, Moonshine and Skytoffee, Miss Meena, Kira Kozhambu, Jujubee, How to Skin a Giraffe, Cheruvannur Diaries – Typewriter Tales, Monkey and the Mobile, Mondays are best for flying out of Windows’, Ungala Neenga Yeppadi Paakka Virumbareenga and Kindhan Charithiram, most of which have been staged widely both at festivals and other venues across the country.