From the play Kalavu Nekkiya Padalam staged at Narada Gana Sabha | Photo Credit: M. Srinath Bhavani is a lawyer who doesn’t have many cases coming her way. She is forced to settle for clients who can afford to pay very little. Ramanathan (Bhaskar), on the other hand, is a lawyer who makes money hand […]
French stage artiste Jean-Paul Sermadiras performed a theatrical solo based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story, “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”, at the Alliance Francaise recently. | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar If trying to transmit to stage the rush of existentialist thoughts ambushing the mind of a character created by one of the great novelists of […]
A still from Doubt by Poochu’s Productions | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Have you ever been beset by uncertainty over what you have always known to be true? Doubt written by John Patrick Shanley in 2004, puts human relationships and emotions under an unforgiving microscope, and this weekend, Chennai-based Poochu’s Productions brings this play to […]
From Aunty Moxie is Delulu, a new performance written, directed, and performed by Ashiqa Salvan. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Adishakti Manoj Rahul When one is hurt, and the feeling of being wronged takes hold, how do you navigate the shifting currents between forgiveness and revenge? Is it nobler to forgive, or merely easier? Is seeking […]
Bengaluru-based Linear Festivals and the Prestige Centre for Performing Arts (PCPA) is celebrating their collaboration with Mezok, a play. Not only will this show be Mezok’s premiere in the city, but it is also the inaugural show of the LinearX PCPA performances. Mezok is a multi-narrative performance that unveils the complexities of human nature. According […]
Abraham Karimpanal (left) and Rohit Dave in the play The Train Driver staged by Gnatak | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In 1979, a group of young people in Bengaluru — undergraduate students, doctors, engineers, and scientists — came together to form Gnatak, a theatre collective staging English plays that highlighted the lives of those on […]
Aadyam Theatre’s latest offering, Saanp Seedhi, promises Bengaluru audiences an edge-of-the-seat experience. Adapted from Anthony Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning psychological thriller Sleuth, the Hindi play is directed by Shubhrajyoti Barat and stars Kumud Mishra and Sumeet Vyas. After a successful run in Delhi, it is set to play at Ranga Shankara on May 9 and 10. […]
Akhila Kitty, the new Tamil play inaugurated by Augusto Creations at the Kodai Nataka Vizha 2025. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M Augusto is known for his scripts based on crime, and his latest play Akhila Kitty, staged for Kartik Fine Arts’ Kodai Nataka Vizha, also has crime as its theme. The titular character Akhila Kitty […]
Ennadi Penne staged at the Kodai Nataka Vizha 2025. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M One of the commonly heard complaints is that laws which were intended to protect women caught in bad marriages have become tools of offence in the hands of unscrupulous women. This was the crux of PMG Mayurapriya’s play Ennadi Penne (story, […]
Matthew Spangler. Shot on OnePlus #FramesofIndia. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN ‘For you, a thousand times over.’ These words from Khaled Hosseini’s acclaimed novel The Kite Runner became symbolic of the friendship between Amir, a privileged Pashtun, and his servant Hassan, a Hazara boy. Set against the backdrop when the rise of the Taliban regime […]
