Karuppi (The Dark Woman)
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May 5, 2013 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Venue – Wychwood Theatre
601 Christie Street, Toronto
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May 5, 2013 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Venue – Wychwood Theatre
601 Christie Street, Toronto
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Karuppi (The Dark Woman) is a one-woman performance in English/Tamil/Creole performed by Ponni Arasu. The play, originally created in Tamil, is a collection of writing by and about Tamil speaking women who traveled across oceans from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka for work or were displaced by war. It shows the myriad issues women face in this process and the legal, ethical and moral decisions they make to deal with them. The script consists of poetry (set to tune in some instances), traditional folk songs, excerpts from short stories and excerpts from related government documents. The stories date back to the early 19th Century to the present day. The play swings between pathos and comedy; oppression and ‘agency’. It tells this complex multifaceted story of the Karuppi,
