And now (und jetzt) | Sabine Harbeke | directed by Surabhi Vasisht

The third dramatised reading in the series 'German Spotlight 2019' is Sabine Harbeke's And Now (und jetzt), directed by Surabhi Vasisht.

And Now is based on the 9/11 attack. Sabine Harbeke was in New York for 6 years and had moved to Zurich shortly before 9/11. The city is close to her heart. When she came back to New York, she observed that people's behaviour had changed. There was fear. Through the play, Sabine Harbeke chooses to show the disaster’s reverberations on the people she knew and met.

The play doesn’t aim to tell one story. It gives little glimpses into people’s lives and says "this is one possibility of how people feel now".

The play was chosen because of its fragmented structure. There are multiple stories within the play which seem to be connected in some way but yet very individual. It was a tough script to understand at once, but left the director with strong emotions and some images. 

Surabhi Vasisht has donned various roles in Bengaluru's theatre scene as an actor, director, costume designer, makeup artist and a stage lighting professional. She attended Ninasam, where she studied professional theatre and went on to work with renowned Kannada theatre groups like Sanket, Indian Ensemble, Samudhaya, Benaka, Sanchari Theatre, Kreative Theatre to name few.

She also dabbled in television and delivered hits like Parvati Parameshwar and Mahaparva. Her quest to take her creative expression to the next level prompted her to pursue a professional course in direction conducted by Indian Ensemble under the mentorship of Abhishek Majumdar.