Event Details

“Crochets, minims, sharp, flat, every good boy deserves favour. You’ll pick it up in no time.” 

After wowing audiences and critics alike with its Indian premiere, Sir Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s satirical masterpiece returns to the NCPA! This unique theatrical event promises to enthrall you with an incredible orchestra and Stoppard’s signature humour.

“The scale of the production is spectacular, it is something that might have never been experienced before in India.”
– Mumbai Theatre Guide

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour combines spectacle with emotion and conflict. A dissident is locked up in an asylum, stuck sharing a cell with a schizophrenic who believes he’s part of an orchestra. The orchestra is played by the NCPA’s own Symphony Orchestra of India, India’s only full-time professional orchestra. The dissident’s son begs his father to free himself with a lie. What would you choose: your principles or your family?

“You find yourselves chuckling at the darkly funny situations but also paying heed to the subtle ways in which Stoppard is trying to warn you.”
– The Times of India 

What makes it special:

• Excellent cast
• Globally acclaimed creative team
• Breathtaking set
• Delightful orchestra
• Funny and relevant to the modern age

Enhance your experience of the play by hearing about the themes, setting, and creative process of bringing this piece to life from director Bruce Guthrie in a special pre-show talk.

Cast includes: Neil Bhoopalam, Denzil Smith, Sohrab Ardeshir, Deepika Deshpande Amin & Mihaail Karachiwala

An English Play for Actors and Orchestra
Written by Sir Tom Stoppard
Music by André Previn
Directed by Bruce Guthrie
Conducted by Mikel Toms
Movement Direction by Rachel D’souza
Set Design by Francis O’Connor
Costume Design by Pallavi Patel
Lighting Design by Rick Fisher
Sound Design by Andy Collins
Music Supervision by Matthew Scott
An NCPA Production in collaboration with the Symphony Orchestra of India

Box Office now Open.