Manjira: The Muted Melody
Decades after the war, Manjira comes face to face with a man from her past — a man whose presence disrupts the fragile stillness of her present. What unfolds is not just a confrontation, but a reckoning with long-silenced truths and unresolved histories.
Told as a suspenseful thriller in the Brechtian theatre style, Manjira: The Muted Melody deliberately breaks the emotional spell of traditional theatre — not to make you feel, but to make you think. It asks urgent questions about justice, memory, and the price of silence in a society eager to move on.
This is a play where the tension builds not only onstage, but within the audience’s own mind.
The play is an interpretation of Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman, written in Nepali by Som Nath Khanal and Sandesh Ghimire.
Ticket Information
Ticket Type Price
General (From 16 to 30 Jestha) 500
Student (From 16 to 30 Jestha) 300
General (From 31 Jestha to 8 Asar) 1000
Student (From 31 Jestha to 8 Asar) 500
Event Credits
Designer and Director
Som Nath Khanal
Playwright
Som Nath Khanal and Sandesh Ghimire
Actors/Actresses
Saroj Khanal, Sarita Giri, Sarswoti Chaudhary, Sushank Mainali and Anup Neupane
Assistant Directors and Stage Managers
Pinki Bohora and Ganesh Prasad Paudel
Music and Sound
Mahendra Kumar Batha
Stage Design
Prabin Khatiwada
Set and Props
Mani Kulung Rai
Multimedia
Dev Neupane and Niraj Poudel
Choreographer
Namrata KC
Volunteers
Balu Rai and Laxman Paudel
Externship
Nirdesh Regmi
Poster Sketch
Rashik Raj
Graphics and Phot0/Video
Sujan Ghimire
Poems and Lyrics
Pinki Bohora and Anup Neupane
Volunteers
Balu Rai and Laxman Paudel
Collaborating Organizations
GIZ Civil Peace Service, Nagarik Aawaz and Voices of Women (VOW) Media
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