Matka King Review

Performed at the Arts Club Theatre, Anosh Irani’s The Matka King takes us to a land of harsh reality. Playing from Oct. 17th till Nov. 15th for only about $20.00, six actors and actresses bring the play to life. Set in the red light district of Bombay, in the world of brothels, prostitution, gambling, sin, and redemption, we find ourselves transfixed.
The Matka King is an extraordinary tale of a Eunuch’s fate and fortune in his search to be a real man, a poor man’s search for an escape from his bondage, a poor man’s search to make his life whole again, and a prostitute’s struggle to gain her freedom in a world offering little autonomy or freedom. The Matka King is a dark and morbid circus laced with humour: We are introduced to a metaphor comparing the world to a vast circus.
I found myself reminded of The Moulin Rouge wherein a mad little midget is running around singing and screaming, “ I only speak the truth. I only speak the truth.” The madness surrounding him is r...