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Akarsh Khurana on ‘This Time’: ‘You are always coming of age’

Akarsh Khurana on ‘This Time’: ‘You are always coming of age’

Akvarious Productions, Mumbai, brings This Time to Bengaluru. Written and directed by Akarsh Khurana, the nostalgic comedy is the troupe’s 80th play. Akarsh is the founder of the 24-year-old Akvarious Productions and is the son of the veteran theatre and cinema actor Akash Khurana. Akvarious has staged plays in every genre and language, with some...

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Shatarupa Bhattacharyya speaks on Hindi play, ‘Silvatein’, to be staged in Bengaluru on May 12

Shatarupa Bhattacharyya speaks on Hindi play, ‘Silvatein’, to be staged in Bengaluru on May 12

Still from the play | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Silvatein, written and directed by Shatarupa Bhattacharyya, is being presented on stage in association with Mad Hats Theatre. The play, originally written in English, is translated to Hindi by Puneet Gupta, Shatarupa defines the play as a relationship drama. “It is also psychological and contemporary in nature....

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Anmol Vellani’s play ‘Innocence’ is a Kafkaesque take on modern Indian justice

Anmol Vellani’s play ‘Innocence’ is a Kafkaesque take on modern Indian justice

A still from Innocence | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Imagine a world where Franz Kafka’s absurdism intersects with modern India’s vibrant chaos. A world where an innocent man fights a desperate battle for justice against a system designed to silence him. This is the world of Innocence, a black comedy written and directed by Anmol Vellani,...

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Novel Kathakali, in memory of a great poet

Novel Kathakali, in memory of a great poet

Kalamandalam Rajasekharan performing Chintha Vishtayaya Sita. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As the drums beat and the cymbals clashed, coloured curtains trembled in the lamplight. It was a different kind of Kathakali like no other. ‘Chintha Vishtayaya Sita’, one of the famous poems of poet Kumaranasan, choreographed by Kalamandalam Rajasekharan, appeared as the second solo...

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Kudanthai Mali brought to stage the story of Mahan Narayana Guru

Kudanthai Mali brought to stage the story of Mahan Narayana Guru

From Kudanthai Mali’s play Mahan Narayana Guru. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mali’s stage recently presented the play Mahan Narayana Guru (written and directed by Kudanthai Mali), at Narada Gana Sabha. Mali is known for his scripts with a social message. A play on the social reformer Narayana Guru, is, therefore, right up his street....

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Nishumbita School of Drama in Hyderabad recreates Girish Karnad’s iconic play ‘Nagamandala’ in Telugu

Nishumbita School of Drama in Hyderabad recreates Girish Karnad’s iconic play ‘Nagamandala’ in Telugu

Artistes during rehearsals | Photo Credit: special arrangement Hyderabad-based Nishumbita School of Drama, in association with Rasranjani theatre group, pays tribute to playwright-actor (late) Girish Karnad by staging his mystical play Nagamandala in Telugu. Director Ram Mohan Holagundi reminisces: “We first staged the play in English in 2004 and much later — after 19 years...

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How Sahyande Theatre on the Attapadi Hills aspires to be world’s first carbon neutral theatre

How Sahyande Theatre on the Attapadi Hills aspires to be world’s first carbon neutral theatre

“Experience the strong emotion in silence. It can convey as much as movement or mime,” says theatremaker Sankar Venkateswaran. These words resonate in the quiet evening at Attappadi in Kerala. We are at his space — Sahyande Theatre — perched on a hilltop, with a river flowing below, to witness Sankar’s latest work, IM TOD-In...