Chevittorma explores environmental and personal loss on stage
The Jalam Theatre Company is presenting 'Chevittorma' at the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival, a play that explores the environmental and personal toll of tidal flooding in Thuruthippuram, Kerala. The production highlights the emotional impact of climate-induced displacement and the loss of community heritage.
Why it matters
The play brings visibility to the often-overlooked human and psychological consequences of climate change and environmental disasters in coastal communities.
Chevittorma explores environmental and personal loss on stage left From a previous staging of Chevittorma Special Arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/cities/bangalore/yjd563/article71615211.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/IMG-20230611-WA0026.jpg To be staged at Bengaluru’s Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival 2026, Chevittorma sheds light on overlooked environmental emergencies The Jalam Theatre Company comprising residents of Thuruthippuram in Kerala’s Puthenvelikkara, a district in Ernakulam, brings Chevittorma (A Memoir of the Moribund) to the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival this year. ‘Chevittorma’ is a practice in some parts of Kerala, where a prayer is whispered into the ear of a dying person unable to say it themself. The play was conceived as a prayer whispered for a community that was being swallowed by the sea, says the organisers.
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