From Munnetram, a night-long event that bridged the divide between art forms K. Velur village, Arcot taluk, Ranipet district, recently bustled with youthful energy, kindred spirits and pride. The stage near the Uthiragiri Amman temple in the village, with two statues dedicated to Kalavai Ponnusami and Tamil scholar Prof. M. Varadarasan, speaks of the village’s long-term […]
A still from What’s Done Is Done | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tale of power, ambition, and downfall. But in Rajat Kapoor’s What’s Done Is Done, it takes on a completely new life through the eyes of clowns. The play, a part of Kapoor’s ongoing experiment with clown-based Shakespearean adaptations, […]
The International Theatre Festival of Kerala was held from February 23-March 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.K. Najeeb I recently returned after attending the 15th edition of the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFOK) in Thrissur. More than the plays on show, several of which were remarkable, such as Amal (Iraq) and Dear Children, Sincerely (Sri Lanka), I came […]
Clockwise from left: Oninthough, H. Todd Thomas, Sampada Joshi, Tarun Chakraborty, Nischal Parthasarathy, Ishan Capoor, Parisha Dutta, Shruti Sharma, Henry Al Muthanna, Subhash S., Somya Tewari, Sadhana Subramanian. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Recently, the theatre at Atta Galatta, a bookstore in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar was filled not with silent prayers but with thoughts, grief, life […]
