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Bengali theatre practitioners who have been dropped from the Centre’s repertory grant shared their grievances with local media on Monday, August 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Over 20 renowned Bengali theatre troupes being dropped from the list of eligible recipients of the Union government’s repertory grant scheme, Guru-Shishya Parampara, has caused quite a...

“Why Grease? Because it’s Grease!” quips Denver Anthony Nicholas. There is no better way to start this conversation. Premiered in Broadway in 1972, Grease tells the story of an American working class youth subculture, and follows teenagers of 1950s Chicago as they duel between the personal and political. It quickly rooted itself into popular culture when the play was adapted in...

Satish Tipaturu, the new Director of Rangayana in Mysuru. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Theatre director Satish Tipaturu has been appointed as the new head of theatre repertory Rangayana in Mysuru. The appointment was announced by Minister for Kannada and Culture Shivaraj Tangadagi, along with the appointment of directors for five other theatre repertories in...

Anuradha Venkataraman | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In 2016, a haunting headline in The Hindu, ‘Landless families have no place to bury their dead,’ jolted Anuradha Venkataraman. The article detailed the plight of landless families, especially Dalits, in Shivamogga district, Karnataka, who were forced to bury their loved ones on riverbanks, only to have the...

Anupama Ramachandran at work on her canvas for Do Naina Ek Kahani . | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Three canvasses, each measuring six by five feet, are being filled with colours and figures in a makeshift studio in Thiruvananthapuram. All the three paintings are related to the life of Yashodhara, the wife of prince Siddarth,...

A scene from ‘Ande ka Chilka’ | Photo Credit: special arrangement Venus Theatre group from Mumbai is in Hyderabad to stage two Hindi plays, Ande ka Chilka and Illhaam. A cancer fundraiser by Meera Charitable Trust, the plays already had two shows on August 15 and will be staged at Rangbhoomi by SnehaArts in Sainikpuri...

Dr SL Bhyrappa’s Parva will be staged in English this weekend in Bengaluru. The book is adapted for stage and directed by Prakash Belwadi. It has live music by Ravi Murur and troupe, costumes by Prasad Bidapa and sets by Shashidhar Adapa. Prakash, who is known nationally and internationally in the world of cinema and television, started...

A scene from the play | Photo Credit: special arrangement The play Murderwale Kulkarni is a typical farce with characters caught in complex, funny situations. Written by Jayant Upadhyay and directed by Santosh Pawar, the Marathi play, which will be staged in Hyderabad, has Vaibhav Mangle in the lead role of Kulkarni and Bhargavi Chirmule...

From the Kannada play Prameelarjuneeyam uses music and movements from Yakshagana, the popular folk dance form of Karnataka.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Puck, Oberon, Titania, Nick Bottom are names that an ardent William Shakespeare fan will recall instantly. But can one imagine these characters from his celebrated work, A Midsummer Night’s Dream becoming Ashuga,...

A still from ‘Bali: The Sacrifice’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In Girish Karnad’s Bali: The Sacrifice (the English adaptation of his 1980 Kannada play Hittina Hunja), a king is torn between his love for his Jain queen, who refuses to harm life, and his duty to his mother, who demands sacrificial rites. This gripping...