Chasing Hares

by Sonali Bhattacharyya

Set between 2000s Kolkata and contemporary Leicester, Chasing Hares tells the story of one family's resistance against the inhumanity of machine capitalism. The Khub Bhalo garment factory is on lockdown, leaving Prab unemployed. He finds a way to win favour with Devesh, the boss' son by writing for his Bengali folk theatre troupe, but soon finds being Devesh’s right hand man is loaded with moral compromise. Prab is caught between his family’s modest hopes for a better life and his long-repressed desire for radical change. Is imagining a better future as hard as enacting one?

94 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 2022

Reviews

[MattThatReads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Came together in the final 3rd. Really captures the idea of wanting to fight against exploitation, and do the right thing, but having to weigh it up against keeping your head down to keep your loved ones are safe and sound.

[Joel Wall · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautifully written play that thinks about and explores the relationship between theatre and activism, and the power of the individual to enact change.