Jangal - Mowgli’s Jungle
Conceptual design project
Costume & set designer - Riah Betti
Director - Madalena Juma
Jangal ( Previously Mowgli jungle) was a conceptual design collaboration project with ‘ Arise’ director Madalena Juma.
Jangal Is an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’, exploring themes of; colonialism, Traditional patriarchy, Asian culture and gender stereotypes.
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Mowgli is going through changes. The jungle can no longer hide it.
She's growing, no longer just a man-cub, and with that comes the threat of the dangerous Shere Khan's return.
But she will encounter other challenges far greater than she ever imagined, beyond the safety of all she knows in her jungle home.
Mowgli must learn to forge her own path, and find her tribe amongst the many worlds she comes from.
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Jangal is a circus-theatre production that combines live music, choreography, and circus to bring to life this adaptation of ‘The Jungle Book’ with a twist.
Our protagonist here is instead female, and with that comes her own interpretations of the 'red flower', and perspectives on threats from male protagonists, conforming to both jungle and human society, and feelings of duplicity.
Jangal - Costume design:
Mowgli
Shere Khan
Bageera
Kaa
King of the Bundalog
Balloo
Buldeo (Chief villager)
Young/ Teen Mowgli
Young/ Teen Kabir
Bundalog
Rama and Raksha (Wolf parents)
Wolf brothers
Villagers
Birds
Elephants
Shere Khan shadow puppet
Kaa shadow puppet
Jangal- Set design & Model box.