Scribe Rites Lab presents, Son, a solo physical theatre performance experiment exploring the Seeker Archetype by Abhay Srivastava. Son is a private loss shared. Son is a journey of embodiment. It is a formal exploration of self-awareness, connection, self-regulation, towards self-acceptance. It is a son’s journey through dreams and dreaming. It looks at meaning making as an artist and worries about craft. Son considers flights and falls. 

Is there a way to seek the sun without an Icarus burn?

This work is part of a Performance as Research project on Embodiment by Abhay Srivastava, with facilitation and mentoring support from Dr. Manola Gayatri Kumarswamy.

Abhay Srivastava in an independent embodied researcher, actor, yoga practitioner, trainer and consultant. He trusts his multi-disciplinary interests (including Group work, dreams, somatics, performance, psychology) to support him in his journey to self-realisation. He is invested in performance and peer skill, knowledge and resource sharing as ways to grow and build community. He was born in Lucknow, lived and worked in Delhi and is currently based in Bangalore. 

Dr. Manola- Gayatri Kumarswamy (PhD, JNU) is a Jungian Artistic Researcher and Consultant. She is Asst Prof in Communication Studies at Mount Carmel College Autonomous, Bangalore and Research Associate at Wits School of Arts, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg.  

Scribe Rites is a performance writing collective formed in Pretoria, South Africa in 2016, in memory of rising thespian virtuoso, thinker and cultural worker Nkosinathi Gaar. It explores writing and performance methods and has conducted performances and writing workshops in India and South Africa.