tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54939874363603008522024-03-21T15:09:28.761-07:00Writers' Bloc 4Writers' Blochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14005720679424948719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493987436360300852.post-76546648187870346862016-03-25T03:19:00.000-07:002016-05-17T05:27:31.701-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After two successful runs at Prithvi Theatre and NCPA, Writers' Bloc lands in <b><span style="font-size: large;">Bangalore</span></b> all set to conquer <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ranga Shankara</b></span>!<br />On <b><span style="font-size: large;">June 11 and 12</span></b>, the city plays host to two of the newest plays at Writers' Bloc 4. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: black;">Flypaper Trap (English)</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Let's bet that I'll make friends before last period tomorrow.'<br />For 12 year old K.P and his mother Pavunu, Parangipettai in coastal Tamil Nadu is an unfamiliar place. As they settle in, they soon become aware of their invisibility, their precarious position and the dangers of ambition for people like them.<br />Mundhirikkotte asks whether one can make a right choice in a wrong world. As the lives of three different communities cross paths, each will have to make a choice that will change their lives forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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