Raise the Hammer
Red Betty Theatre, Hamilton, Ontario
Playwright/Author: Radha S Menon
Featuring: Ashima Suri, Asha Vijayasigham, Ronica Sajnani, Tony Sciara, Ernie Tollar (music)
Show Type: Drama with dance/musical elements
Audience: General Entertainment
Ganga's Ganja is a dramatic play, about two sisters living together in a downtown flat. Having quit her job, Ganga cares for her invalid sister, Mena who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. Finding marijuana to be the only substance to effectively ease Mena's debilitating symptoms, the sisters grow cannabis on their secluded to avoid cruising seedy streets at night in search of the drug. Their crop is stolen one night and thrusts them into misery.
Themes / Genre: Drama, humour, irony, unlikely bedfellows, redemption, Medical Marijuana, assisted suicide, M.S, life, death, joy & sorrow
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