This Transgender Group Performs Plays To Collect Funds For Kerala Flood Rehabilitation
Transgender perform plays to help Kerala flood victim rehabilitation.
A group of transgender activists have found a new way to raise funds for the rehabilitation work in flood-ravaged Kerala. They perform plays based on their lives. The Dhwayah Trangenders Arts and Charitable Society, a theatre group with a team of 14 transgender staged a play titled ¡®Parayan Maranna Kathakal¡¯ at Ganesham auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram's Thycayd on Monday.
¡°This was the fifth staging of 'Parayan Maranna Kathakal'. The first was at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala in Thrissur,¡± said Sheethal Syam, Dhwayah¡¯s president and one of the actors in the play to News18.
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The play isn¡¯t scripted, and it¡¯s based on real-life stories of many transgenders in Kerala.
¡°As everyone is doing their bit to help Kerala return to normalcy, we also decided to do our part. We had already contributed 50,000 rupees to the chief minister¡¯s distress relief fund,¡± says Sheethal.
¡®Parayan Maranna Kathakal¡¯ has been chosen for performance at an international theatre festival to be held Goa this year.
¡°The troop, containing 13 transwomen and one transman, was trained by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy for over 10 days,¡± she adds. The one-hour play is helmed by Tamil Nadu-based director Sreejith Sundaram.
