HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan
Run: October 3rd - 6th 2019, MAI, Montréal, arts interculturels
Created and Performed By: Dipti Mehta
Directed By: Mark Cirnigliaro
Creative Team: Original Score: Rythm Tolee, Choreography: Monica Kapoor, Sound Design: Matt Bittner, Costume Consultant: Scott Westervelt, Touring Producer: Rohit Chokhani, Production Manager: David Perreault-Ninacs, Technical Director: Dave Surette, Stage Manager: Sierra Alarie
HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan is a fun, poignant and deeply moving coming of age story of a girl in a brothel, offering a glimpse into the exotic, dangerous life of Mumbai’s real-life brothels and why they exist. Visit India’s red light district and meet the eunuch, priest, pimp, mother and daughter who call it home. Attempting to break stereotypes, the show reveals the truth about millions of sex trafficked-girls across the world.
Photos by Alex Waterhouse Hayward, Kyle Rosenberg
“Through the political act of humanization and cultural specificity, Teesri Duniya draws attention to the staggering statistics of sex trafficking today and the universality of the issue.”
— Celine Cardineau, Montreal Theatre Hub
“Teesri Duniya has done it again… the play uses gripping theatre to examine generational sex trade.”
— Byron Toben, Westmount Mag