Damascus Nights

“I was really charmed by the new attempt made by storytellers to narrate traditional tales from another part of the world. This is an intangible heritage which the world has lost – inevitably.”                              – Latika Padgaonkar, film editor and writer

 

GYAAN ADAB
presents
a performance by THE STORYTELLERS
based on renowned author Rafiq Schami’s book

DAMASCUS NIGHTS

Salim the Coachman, a famous storyteller who has spent most his life driving a coach between Damascus and Beirut, is visited in a dream by his good fairy. The fairy tells him that she’s the one who has helped make him a great storyteller, but now she’s retiring and he will lose his voice. She’s asked the king fairy for a favour on Salim’s behalf and it has been granted – if he receives seven unique gifts within three months he will regain his voice and once again be a great storyteller. She unfortunately has no idea what these gifts are.

The Storytellers are a group of friends with a lot of common interests, one of them being story telling. They are keen on setting up spaces for community based activities. The crew comprises of Mukul Ahmed, Joel Dsouza, Neilum Malgonkar, Ahmed Karim, Deepak Morris, John Samson, Chetan Shetty, Deepesh Chandran, Peter Viegas, Azhar Tambuwala and Naina Rao Athalye.

DONATION PASS: 100/-