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How The Nirbhaya Protests Made Young Women A Symbol Of Resistance

Posted 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...

Showstoppers That Ran The Show: Top 14 Stage Performances Of 2017 in India

Posted 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....

The Fusion Dance and Theatre: What’s Required in Successful Intercultural Collaboration

Posted by Nita Sathyendran | 9th Jan 2018 | Australia, India, Theatre and Dance, Transcultural Collaborations

Australian theatre-person and actor Trevor Jamieson on finding parallels between Indian and...

The Innocent Joys Of Theatre: Tifli-International TYA Festival-2017

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 8th Jan 2018 | Festivals, India, News, Theatre for Young Audiences

Suffused with humor and message, the plays staged during the Tifli-International TYA Festival-2017...

A Matter Of Grave Concern: The Oldest Theatre Group in Delhi Stages “Kafan” and “Kafan Chor”

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 24th Dec 2017 | India, Review

Reinvigorating socially-relevant theatre, M.K. Raina’s recently-staged Kafan and Kafan Chor...

The Cage Within: Adaptation of Amrita Pritam’s Celebrated Novel “Pinjar”

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 18th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, India, Review

Kanchan Ujjal Singh’s adaptation of Amrita Pritam’s popular novel, Pinjar, does justice to the...

Immersive Theatre On A Silver Platter: “The Hungry Hearts Supper Club”

Posted 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...

Kalayan, One Of Bangalore’s Oldest Hindi Theatre Groups, Is Ready With Their Annual Offering

Posted by Shailaja Tripathi | 27th Nov 2017 | India, News

For a theatre group to survive 29 years in today’s times is a big deal. Kalayan theatre...

Interpreting “The Mahabharata” With Puppets

Posted 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...

Ramlila at Prithvi Theatre: Rambunctious and Unforgettable

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 23rd Nov 2017 | Festivals, India, Review

Far from the creaky floorboards and blazing arc lamps of the makeshift prosceniums of Faridabad,...

Theatre Of The Real: Bengali Playwright Manoj Mitra’s New Work on Socrates

Posted by Sebanti Sarkar | 19th Nov 2017 | India, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics

Six decades of writing, acting and directing often inspired by the changing milieu — Bengali...

Tale Of A Wounded Soul

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 13th Nov 2017 | Festivals, India, Playwriting, Review

This year’s winner at Mohan Rakesh Samman Evam Natya Samaroh, Ghanshyam Kumar Devansh’s Hastinapur...

Still Raging After 25 Years: The Anniversary of Rage Theatre

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 7th Nov 2017 | Festivals, India

Shernaz Patel, Rahul daCunha, and Rajit Kapur continue to deftly adapt their outings to match the...

On Re-Viewing Kalakshetra’s “Draupadi”

Posted by Rajdeep Konar | 6th Nov 2017 | India, Theatre and Politics

Draupadi was performed by Kalakshetra, Imphal, at Gyan Mancha, Kolkata, on 30 August 2017. Midway...

A New Adaptation of Kalidasa’s “Shakuntala” – A Soul Stirring Experience

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 31st Oct 2017 | Adaptation, India, Review

Chandradasan’s adaptation of Shakuntalam, staged at the National School of Drama, had a...

Adaptation of Patrice Lumumba’s Life Plays on Indian Stage

Posted by S. Ravi | 30th Oct 2017 | Adaptation, India, Review, Theatre and Politics

Based on a short story of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Lokesh Jain’s Kala Sooraj Safed Sayee brings the...

Ensconced In A Time Warp: The Plays Within The Film

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 29th Oct 2017 | India, Review, Theatre and Film

CRD, the recently released film directed by Kranti Kanadé, starts right off the bat with auditions...

A Collection of Scattered Memories

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 9th Oct 2017 | Adaptation, India

This year’s eclectic Aadyam spread can certainly not be faulted in terms of its curation. From a...

Singhasaner Kshayrog: A Daring Production of a Play, Relevant At All Times

Posted by Ketaki Datta | 8th Oct 2017 | India

Nandimukh is a popular theatre-group which has kept the audience of Bengal mesmerized since the...

Classic Scripts, New Writing, And Diverse Subjects At The NCPA’s Pratibimb Marathi Theatre Festival

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 17th Sep 2017 | Festivals, India

Feminist themes, whether overt or subtextual, found expression in the plays that were showcased at...

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Showstoppers That Ran The Show: Top 14 Stage Performances Of 2017 in India

The Fusion Dance and Theatre: What’s Required in Successful Intercultural Collaboration

The Innocent Joys Of Theatre: Tifli-International TYA Festival-2017

A Matter Of Grave Concern: The Oldest Theatre Group in Delhi Stages “Kafan” and “Kafan Chor”

The Cage Within: Adaptation of Amrita Pritam’s Celebrated Novel “Pinjar”

Immersive Theatre On A Silver Platter: “The Hungry Hearts Supper Club”

Kalayan, One Of Bangalore’s Oldest Hindi Theatre Groups, Is Ready With Their Annual Offering

Interpreting “The Mahabharata” With Puppets

Ramlila at Prithvi Theatre: Rambunctious and Unforgettable

Theatre Of The Real: Bengali Playwright Manoj Mitra’s New Work on Socrates

Tale Of A Wounded Soul

Still Raging After 25 Years: The Anniversary of Rage Theatre

On Re-Viewing Kalakshetra’s “Draupadi”

A New Adaptation of Kalidasa’s “Shakuntala” – A Soul Stirring Experience

Adaptation of Patrice Lumumba’s Life Plays on Indian Stage

Ensconced In A Time Warp: The Plays Within The Film

A Collection of Scattered Memories

Singhasaner Kshayrog: A Daring Production of a Play, Relevant At All Times

Classic Scripts, New Writing, And Diverse Subjects At The NCPA’s Pratibimb Marathi Theatre Festival

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