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The technician is science fiction play that attempts to answer the question Your lives are controlled by someone. The play is based on thought recording and reproduction device that gives you ability to access somebody’s thoughts. Inspired by Luigi Pirandello and his 'Six Characters in Search of an Author', The Technician focuses on characters broken out of their 'scene' by a stage lighting change instigated by the mysterious technician  running the show.

The technician is thus scientific and philosophical, physical and illusive, all the same time. The play makes used the unique elements of illusions, while incorporating the music and body movements of the characters and characters into structure and performance. It is a complex metaphor for the
expression of the theatre.

The set is symbolic and illusive that no one can define where they are actually. Lights is like the heart beats of the characters. And movements and music is incorporated properly from start to end. But the biggest responsibilities lies with the actors to bring to the surface the underlying tensions and conflicts generated by the simultaneous presence of the reality and falsehood in the mind.

Here, the characters experience the theatrical devices and gets completely surprised by the magic of lights and music arrangements. The performance reflects the process of discovering oneself, and the same time, making contact with theatrical devices.  

Watch this play to know the fundamentals of theatre!