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The Visakha Vidyalaya OGA presents leading Indian contemporary playwright Mahesh Dattani's play '30 Days in September' as a dinner theatre experience on Sunday, August 24 at the Hotel Taj Samudra in Colombo.

Directed by the famous Indian theatre personality Lillete Dubey (of 'Monsoon Wedding' fame), '30 Days in September' is a gripping tale of love and betrayal, which reveals the horror and insecurity that haunts young victims of child abuse. Scripted with a great deal of sensitivity and presented with uncanny perception and feeling, Dattani has based his writing on real life experiences of victims.

How does a victim of incest react to life later? Is he/she forever bound by the silence of incomprehension? These are some of the questions the play raises, while stripping the veil of childhood sexual abuse in a way that leaves you stunned and flinching at reality exposed.

Giving a new dimension to dinner theatre in Sri Lanka, '30 Days in September' will be performed in a transparent marquee under the stars in the gardens of the Taj Samudra Hotel with giant screens complementing the visual experience.

'30 Days in September' features an all-Indian cast with Lillete Dubey, Neha Dubey, Joy Senguptha, and Darshan Jariwala in the lead roles. Mother and daughter in real life, Lillete and Neha play the same relationship on stage.

The play has run to packed houses and rave reviews since its debut in India. According to The Times of India "...it deals with a major skeleton in our collective cupboards... The play couches Dattani's searing indictment of the social hypocrisy that stunts the adult lives of psychologically scarred children, brutally disrupts families and renders love impotent."

This performance in Colombo (the 43rd since its debut) is the first in the play's forthcoming foreign tour, which takes it to Dubai, USA and Singapore.

All proceeds from this spectacular event will be channelled to strengthen the English medium at Visakha Vidyalaya.

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