The Handlebards are among the most unlikely theatre groups one can encounter. Since 2013, the Handlebards have clocked-up over 5000 miles with their cycle-powered brand of theatre, as they travel the world to perform Shakespeare.
Their very well-received 2015 tour of Bengaluru has brought the Handlebards back for more, carrying, as they do, everything they need on the food bicycles they have between them. The troupe will perform two shows, over as many weekends in Jagriti theatre, starting this weekend.
In Midsummer Night's Dream, they take on all 40 characters, using the ring of a bicycle bell to mark the change. Their performance is marked by over-the-top gestures and downright whacky perspectives, brought together by their incomparable command over the bard's plays.
Hamlet will follow and those who know it to be a tragedy are in for quite the turnaround. Again, they swap characters with great deftness, sometimes playing more than one character at a time and having conversations with themselves as they prance across the stage switching costumes and props as well.
- What: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet
- When: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Jan 16 at 8 pm and Jan 17 at 6.30 pm - Hamlet: Jan 29 and Jan 30 at 8 pm and Jan 31 at 6.30 pm
- Where: Jagriti Theatre, Whitefield
