A scene from ‘Mann Mutabiq’ | Photo Credit: ‘Special Arrangement Playwright and storyteller Bande Nawaz is set to enthrall audiences with a musical play, Mann Mutabiq – a Qissa Goi. The interactive play blends storytelling and Sufi songs to evoke a gamut of emotions and highlight social issues. Portraying multiple characters in this 90-minute production, […]
Theatre director Nadir Khan describes Mumbai Star as a “dance musical. It is all about dance and dancers, but is set in a theatrical format as it uses narrators to tell a story. Our idea is to blend movement, music and lyrics with the theatrical element.” Mumbai Star was originally written by Devika Shahani, directed […]
From Kaanal Neero, a suspense drama | Photo Credit: SRINATH M For a suspense story to work, nothing should be obvious. It is the ambiguity that sustains interest in such stories. Dummies Drama’s Kaanal Neero (story and dialogues by Sridhar Ramaswamy and direction by V. Sreevathson) is one such story, where you are left wondering […]
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. […]
