‘Almost Flawless’ to be staged at Hyderabad’s Cipher Theater on June 5

Cipher Theater is returning to the city’s theater circuit with “Almost Flawless” at the amphitheater space on June 5.

Cipher Theater returns to the city’s theater circuit with ‘Almost Flawless’ in amphitheater space

travel and a Theater A (TIE) Diploma in Education from the National School of Drama kept actor-director and founder of Cipher Theater Group Firoz Mna off the stage for three years. Now the actor-director of Cipher Theater is ready to break the sabbatical with the staging almost innocent on June 5

70 Minutes Black Comedy in English, Urdu and Hindi, almost innocent So far eight shows have taken place in Hyderabad, Thrissur, Kochi and Bangalore. It was last staged in Hyderabad in 2019.

Chandra Singh Shekhawat and Firoz play an aspiring actor and a Muslim poet, respectively, whose lives are turned upside down. “The actor wants peace and the poet wants authority; Both are looking for Charlize the goblin who promises them ‘The city of peace and the city of right’, The wait and search is on,” says Feroz.

A scene from the play ‘Almost Flawless’. photo credit: special arrangement

Written and directed by Firoz, the finished production is structured as theater of the absurd and is based on true events. “Dark comedy has an important undertone,” he says. Where Soumya K. The sets are designed by Ajay Yadav, while the lighting and sound work is done by Ajay Yadav.

Happy to be back in the theater circuit, Firoz says, “We were all doing different things, but thanks to the pandemic, we returned home.” With Cipher’s Theater Workshops starting in June, the group is giving shape to its theater plans.

, Almost flawless on June 5th at 7:30 PM at Rangbhoomi Space, Gachibowli; Tickets: ₹ 200; Bookmyshow.com and at the venue)