THE WRONG GODS
Belvoir St Theatre & Melbourne Theatre Company, 2025
On the banks of a sacred river, in the heart of India, a battle is brewing. Not with weapons but with words, wisdom and wills. When a bold young girl dares to dream beyond her village and a mysterious stranger arrives with promises of progress, centuries of tradition are put to the test.
The Wrong Gods is a fierce showdown between the old world and the new. Between land and money, gods and markets, mothers and daughters. It’s part epic, part fable, part call to arms.
Funny, moving, and quietly political, The Wrong Gods is about the cost of ambition, the fight for self-determination, and the complicated inheritance of a world in flux.
Writer & Co-Director S. Shakthidharan
Co-Director Hannah Goodwin
Set and Costume Designer Keerthi Subramanyam
Lighting Designer Amelia Lever Davidson
Sound Designer Steve Francis
Associate Sound Designer Madeleine Picard
Composer Sabyasachi (Rahul) Bhattacharya
Movement & Fight Director, Intimacy Coordinator Nigel Poulton
Cast Manali Datar, Nadie Kammallaweera, Radhika Mudaliyar, Vaishnavi Suryaprakash
Production Photography by Brett Boardman