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Shabana Azmi in Broken images | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Seven timeless stories, live performances and a stellar cast of legendary actors including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Lillete Dubey, and Vinay Pathak are ready to light up the stage for the fifth season of the Delhi Theatre Festival (DTH). The festival, which...

Sahiba Singh and stills from her dance theatre | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Flux School of Arts will premier its 14th production, Sea’s Fire. Sahiba Singh, the dancer, choreographer and director, describes it as a dance theatre performance, exploring the devastation of war. “It interrogates our role as spectators through dance and movement. Navigating the ideas of...

Rohan Joshi and Vaishali Bisht in the play | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Some things stand the test of time, like Faraz Khan’s adaptation of Dario Fo’s The Open Couple. The play with theatre personality Vaishali Bisht playing the protagonist, Antonia, had Anuj Gurwara as the ‘Man’ when it was first staged in Hyderabad in...

Feisal Alkazi and stills from the plays | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The play, The Lower Depths, written by the Russian playwright Maxim Gorky and Stephanie Jacob’s Again, will be staged in Bengaluru at Ranga Shankara this weekend. Both are directed by Feisal Alkazi. “Gorky’s plays are timeless masterpieces delving into the themes of despair, hope and...

Zohra Segal | Photo Credit: V. Sudershan  Zohra Segal (1912-2014) wore many hats with elan, and lived life on her own terms. Born Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan into an aristocratic Muslim family in Saharanpur, Zohra broke the glass ceiling at a time when it was unknown for women to defy norms and make choices....

Danish Husain as Habib Tanvir | Photo Credit: Courtesy: The Hoshruba Repertory HIS 2023 production Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon, based on the life and works of poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi, received an overwhelming response. Even while theatre director and actor Danish Husain continued staging it in different cities, he was thinking of a...

The impact of the Holocaust and all its horrors on India was minimal even as it was happening. Today, its role has been relegated to history text books, to be remembered and forgotten after an examination. However, the stories of survivors and those who braved the odds to fight for justice deserve to be told...

Arundhati Nag, actor, theatreperson and founder of Ranga Shankara. | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash As Ranga Shankara, one of Bengaluru’s cherished theatre spaces, prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary this month, its founder, theatre and film personality Arundhati Nag, finds herself in two places at once. Contemplating the past and the realisation of a...

Many writers and intellectuals are participating in a five-day ‘Conversation with the Arts’ programme organised by Ninansam at Heggodu in Sagar taluk of Shivamogga district in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Sathish G.T. Two plays of Ninasam Tirugata — Malathi Madhava and Ankada Parade — staged at Heggodu as part of a five-day ‘Conversation with the...

Expanding its repertoire of multi-disciplinary artistic expression, New Delhi-based Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) is now making its foray into the performing arts with the launch of its inaugural theatre festival. Set against the historic backdrop of Sunder Nursery in the heart of the capital, the curated festival focuses on contemporary theatre’s role in...