Subverting The Idea Of Nationalism
In one of Kraków’s many open-air spaces, the orchestral strains of Muhammad Iqbal’s Sare Jahan Se...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 24th Jul 2018 | Festivals, India, Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics
In one of Kraków’s many open-air spaces, the orchestral strains of Muhammad Iqbal’s Sare Jahan Se...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 9th Jul 2018 | Adaptation, India, News
The fourth edition of Aadyam premieres with Atul Kumar’s crime extravaganza—Detective Nau Do...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 28th Jun 2018 | Festivals, India, News, Theatre for Young Audiences
Every Sunday this month, Andheri’s coziest tucked-away spaces—Harkat Studios—has been dedicated to...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 12th Jun 2018 | India, LGBTQ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
In his play, Contempt, queer activist and lawyer Danish Sheikh draws parallels (or contrasts)...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 4th Jun 2018 | India, News, Puppetry, Theatre for Young Audiences
Bengaluru-based Sandbox Collective is in town with two unmissable productions. A rib-tickling play...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 23rd May 2018 | Adaptation, India, Translation
The Bard’s tale on the machinations of Denmark’s royal family remains his most influential plays...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 9th May 2018 | Festivals, India, Review
More than a dozen years after it first opened in Mumbai, as part of a Heisnam Kanhailal...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 6th May 2018 | India, Playwriting, Review, South Africa, Theatre and Gender
At a staging in Kerala in January, Sara Matchett’s Walk: South Africa proved to be a harrowing but...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 10th Apr 2018 | Essay, Immersive Theatre, India, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Disability
Rather than experimental theatre, it is the realm of dance works that is considered to be much...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 2nd Apr 2018 | Festivals, India, News
This weekend, the city gets a brand new festival that seeks to inject an infectious arts vibe into...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 31st Mar 2018 | Festivals, India, Review
The Mumbai tour will be its final leg, with the closing ceremony slated for April 8 at Worli’s...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 20th Mar 2018 | Acting, Festivals, India, Review
The Tenkutittu and Badagutittu traditional theatre styles of coastal Karnataka come alive. The...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 13th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, India, Interview, LGBTQ Theatre, Theatre and Gender
Mahesh Dattani explores the symbolism, futurism and surreal influences of Spanish dramatist...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 10th Feb 2018 | Festivals, India, Review
Even when catapulted into public discourse in inglorious fashion, a la Aziz Ansari, our...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 16th Jan 2018 | Dramaturgy, Review
A man in all-black production attire shoots an audience with a camcorder in an almost...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 16th Jan 2018 | India, Review, Theatre and Gender
This week marks five years since the nationwide Nirbhaya protests sparked off in the country, with...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 10th Jan 2018 | India, Review
As the year draws to an end, Vikram Phukan lists 14 of his favorite performances from the stage....
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 12th Dec 2017 | Immersive Theatre, India, Review
Earlier this year, as a whimsical Valentine’s Week Special targeted the blissfully single rather...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 26th Nov 2017 | Festivals, India, Puppetry, Review
Anurupa Roy’s contemporary retelling of the epic uses a melange of cultural influences to focus on...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 23rd Nov 2017 | Festivals, India, Review
Far from the creaky floorboards and blazing arc lamps of the makeshift prosceniums of Faridabad,...
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