Creating Tapestries Of Sound
Passing through Mumbai last week was Japanese composer Yasuhiro Morinaga. Arts aficionados in...
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Vikram Phukan
Reviving The Lost Art Of Playwriting
The second edition of the Sanchita Manch fest will feature three new original plays Entering its...
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Drama In The World Of B-Graders: “Item” Explores Hindi Cinema’s Underbelly
The dark horse at this year’s Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards was the Natak Company’s Item,...
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Searching For The Homeland: Gerish Khemani And Akshat Nigam’s Play Explores Memory, Loss, Exile, And Roots
One of the great subcontinental migrations, and one that has arguably been slowly erased from...
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Subverting The Idea Of Nationalism
In one of Kraków’s many open-air spaces, the orchestral strains of Muhammad Iqbal’s Sare Jahan Se...
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Hitchcock Meets Indian Film Noir
The fourth edition of Aadyam premieres with Atul Kumar’s crime extravaganza—Detective Nau Do...
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New Kids On The Block
Every Sunday this month, Andheri’s coziest tucked-away spaces—Harkat Studios—has been dedicated to...
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When The Personal And Political Collide
In his play, Contempt, queer activist and lawyer Danish Sheikh draws parallels (or contrasts)...
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Catalysts Of Drama
Bengaluru-based Sandbox Collective is in town with two unmissable productions. A rib-tickling play...
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The Importance Of “Hamlet”
The Bard’s tale on the machinations of Denmark’s royal family remains his most influential plays...
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Tagore’s Enduring Political Allegory
More than a dozen years after it first opened in Mumbai, as part of a Heisnam Kanhailal...
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Battle Cries For Liberation
At a staging in Kerala in January, Sara Matchett’s Walk: South Africa proved to be a harrowing but...
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Dramatic Soundscapes
Rather than experimental theatre, it is the realm of dance works that is considered to be much...
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Moveable Cultural Feast
This weekend, the city gets a brand new festival that seeks to inject an infectious arts vibe into...
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Six Must-Watch Plays At The Theatre Olympics In Mumbai
The Mumbai tour will be its final leg, with the closing ceremony slated for April 8 at Worli’s...
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Interpreting The Epics
The Tenkutittu and Badagutittu traditional theatre styles of coastal Karnataka come alive. The...
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I Wanted To Remove The Language Of Gender: Hindi Adaptation of Lorca’s “Yerma”
Mahesh Dattani explores the symbolism, futurism and surreal influences of Spanish dramatist...
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The Complexities of Consent
Even when catapulted into public discourse in inglorious fashion, a la Aziz Ansari, our...
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The Importance Of Dramaturgical Design
A man in all-black production attire shoots an audience with a camcorder in an almost...
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How The Nirbhaya Protests Made Young Women A Symbol Of Resistance
This week marks five years since the nationwide Nirbhaya protests sparked off in the country, with...
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