Creeper, a must-see play

What’s common to pornography, literature, Orkut, Chandamama comics, exorcism, blogging, B-grade TV serials, Bram Stoker, Silk Smitha, foul language, Kurt Cobain, a big tree with a Barbie doll nailed onto it and a magic box?

No clue? Don’t worry. Later this week, Ram Ganesh Kamathan’s play aims to answer just this.

Titled Creeper, it is a modern interpretation of the tales of Vikram and Betal. Only, here they happen to be two writers. She is writing an essay and trying to understand an ancient demon. He is online all the time, exploring dark corners of the Internet. She is the expert narrator, he is a mischievous sutradhar. These two story-tellers have amazing stories to share. The problem is, they don’t agree on how to tell the story.

Call it Orkut meets Amar Chitra Katha, but the fact remains that the play is darkly funny yet poignant as it freewheels between the old Bangalore and the new — a cosmopolitan city that is clearly split down the middle, with a cultural rift that is steadily widening.

Cross the digital divide.

Creeper, by No Scope Productions. Premieres 7.30 pm on November 24, repeats at 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm on November 25. Tickets: Rs 100, on sale from November 17. At Ranga Shankara, 36/2, 8th Cross, 2nd phase, JP Nagar, Bangalore. Tel: 26592777. Not suitable for children.