Pierrot's Troupe is a theatre group based in New Delhi, India, which was formed in 1989. The group performs original plays in Hindi, Urdu and English. Pierrot's troupe has performed more than 2000 plays touring throughout India, and has staged its dramas in the US, Dubai and UK.[1]

Pierrot's Troupe is led by playwright and director M. Sayeed Alam, who has written and directed all of their plays, and also acts in most of them.[2] He has been described as "a pioneer of unconventional and fresh theatre in India".[3] Alam has a PhD in International Politics from Aligarh Muslim University. He is the author of a book, and has published 17 research papers.

Their plays are critically acclaimed as well as popularly well received.[4][5] Some of their most popular plays include Ghalib in New Delhi (Hindi comedy),[6] Mohan se Mahatma (Hindi),[7] Cut Cut Cut (Hindi comedy), Big B (English comedy),[8] Maulana Azad (Urdu monologue), K. L. Saigal (Hindi musical), Ghalib (Urdu musical),[9] Massage (Hindi comedy), 1947 (Urdu), Chacha Chakkan in Action (Hindi and Urdu), Letters of Ghalib (Urdu), Lal quile ki aakhri mushaera (Urdu), and Sons of Babur.

Dr. M Sayeed Alam

Their productions have included Indian theatre, cinema and television actors including Tom Alter, Rakesh Bedi, Saleem Shah, Simple Kaul, Uday Chandra, Chander Khanna, Hareesh Chhabra, Vibhav Srivastava at IMDb Vishnu Sharma, [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Pierrots Troupe". Buzzintown India. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Play it right". The Hindu. 22 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "From backstage". The Hindu. 13 December 2007.
  4. ↑ "Close to cloud nine". The Hindu. 3 March 2008.
  5. ↑ "Friday Review : Sons of Hindustan". The Hindu. 10 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ghalib in Chennai!". The Hindu. 2 February 2008.
  7. ↑ "The transition to Bapu". The Pioneer. 11 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Friday Review : When Big B just speaks `Hinglish'". The Hindu. 27 April 2007.
  9. ↑ "Friday Review : Many facets of the man". The Hindu. 5 September 2008.
  10. ↑ "Theatre Lovers, Get Ready to Tickle Your Funny Bone". Outlook India. 11 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.

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