Disconnect by Anupama Chadrasekhar - Interview

Disconnect, set in a contemporary Indian call centre, shows the connections and disconnections between economies and people on opposite sides of the world. The play tells the story of bright young graduates in a Chennai call centre working to claw back cash spent by Americans crippled by debt.

Chennai-based playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar, an alumnus of the Genesis Foundation supported International Playwrights programme at the Royal Court, discusses her latest play, Disconnect, which will have its world premiere at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from 17 February until 20 March.

Interview with Aunpama Chandrasekhar (writer), Indhu Rubasingham (director) and Elyse Dodgson (Head of the International Department at the Royal Court).

Video courtesy of Genesis Foundation: http://www.genesisfoundation.org.uk

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• Disconnect
• Royal Court
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• Anupama Chandrasekhar
• Indian call centre
• Ayesha Dharker
• International Playwright
• credit card debt