Kultar’s Mime, is a play about the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 in Delhi, after Indira Gandhi’s assassination. It uses the 1903 anti-Jewish pogrom in Kishinev as the point of departure to tell a universal story of suffering and compassion. The play, which is in English, has been developed in Boston and has been performed 36 times already; it has garnered strong reviews all over the world and has been extremely effective in educating a new generation about the horrors of 1984 in a very constructive way.
The play is coming to the Metro Vancouver area from October 1st to October 4th with performances already scheduled at the Norman Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver, Matsqui Auditorium in Abbotsford and at the Surrey Arts Centre. Admission is free and open to all. Seats can be booked using the eventbrite links.