Dastangoi

Dastango - the Storytellers, consists of Fouzia Dastango, Fazal Rashid and Manu Sikander Dhingra. Dastango will be performing two beautiful stories Dastan Ghummi Kebabi ki and Nanni Ki Nanni (Ismat Chughtai) at the OddBird Theatre.

Dastan Ghummi Kebabi ki
“Ghummi kebabi ko kaun nahin jaanta? Janab! Sara sheher jaanta hai!”
People flock to Ghummi to eat his mouth-watering kebabs and savor his equally flavorful Urdu. Packed with idioms, proverbs and polite curses, Ghummi’s cutting comments are as sharp as his barbecue skewers.

Nanni ki Naani by Ismat Chughtai
Nanni's Grandma survives her poverty using a combination of courtesy, cunning and grit. She wears a namesake burqa; artfully takes multiple shares when food is distributed to the poor; wages war on the neighborhood monkeys; and quietly sings praises to her dearest companion: her favorite pillow.