Pune Highway

It is 5 a.m. Three friends, Nicholas Thomas, Vishnu Mathur and Pramod Khandelwal, are holed up in a seedy hotel room, off the Bombay Pune Expressway. The hotel is appropriately called HOTEL MOONLIGT, with the “H” missing.

Nicholas is a stammering, hyperactive Salsa teacher. Vishnu, a yuppie, ex- Cocaine addict, Merger Acquisition expert, and Pramod is a smooth operating but slightly shady, whealer dealer. They are all in their forties and have been building friends for twenty odd years.They were driving to a hill station, for a weekend holiday, along with a fourth friend, Babu, when disaster strikes. They have just experienced an armed attack by dacoits on the Expressway. Babu is badly injured lying on the road. In panic the three men have fled the scene of the crime.

They are in a real conflict. Should they go back to help their friend, but also risk being attacked?

They are scared to go to the police. They need desperately to get back to Bombay, but are constantly thwarted by obstacles. First they encounter a sinister waiter, who claims to have contacts with the local Underworld. Then, they encounter, Pramod’s girlfriend, Mona who has her own bone to pick. And anonymous calls keep coming on the phone.

But nothing can match the revelations that await the friends in the climactic scene.

PUNE HIGHWAY is a 80 minute, comic thriller, that explores the survival of friendship in extreme circumstances.

The play is filled with tension, nostalgia and humour.

The Mumbai media has termed this play as “English theatre’s first real thriller’

Pune highway: 11 January 06: 8.30pm

12 – 13 January 06: 8.30pm

RM 30/50 (Adults), RM 25/15 (Students below 18, Sr. Citizens and the disabled) + RM 2 Axcess Charge

Box Office:2094 0400/1400 or tickets@theactorsstudio.com.my

Venue: The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre