Philosophizing Murder: 'Hatya' shines on stage

KATHMANDU, June 28: There is a play on show in town and it is gaining traction for all the right reasons. Hatya: An artistic crime, directed by Sudip Timilsina, currently playing at Mandala Theatre, opens with the grisly depiction of a murder scene: the dusky light smoothly swells in its intensity and reveals a character struggling for life as two other characters strangle him with a white rope. The whole play rotates around the murder of this character, Dipesh, the son of an established intellect.