“Still and still moving” explores relationship between two men. An author in his 40s and a young college going guy. Along with these two characters Delhi-Gurgaon metro also plays an integral and somewhat comic role in the play.
The play depicts the life of Gandhari-The queen with a blindfold and mother of Kauravas, the villains in epic Mahabharata. Presented through Kathak on Guitar, this performance sets the tone for META 2015 (Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards) and we look forward to some great lineup of plays this year.
Man vs. machine / US vs. the world – An NSD student production “Civilisation on trial” deals with such sensitive issues in an abstract but comic and entertaining way.
LE CHANTS DE I’ UMAI is an abstract performance that combines chants, music and dance with technology. The audience were spellbound after the show.
Club Desire – Another offering from Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2015 talks about the fragile nature of relationships in current times. Living in metros and dabbling with love, career and family is challenging in its own and when one has to handle the insecurities of a romantic relationship along with that, things tend to go out of control.
Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2015
A festival of handpicked plays from India and abroad during a time span of two weeks. The plays are held at various locations like Kamani, Sri Ram Center, LTG, NSD open lawns etc at different time slots. Check NSD website for schedule of plays.
Its not everyday that Delhi audience gets to see Shabana Azmi live on stage. After “Tumhari Amrita” which was staged quite some time back in Delhi Shabana Azmi performed again in “Happy Birthday Sunita” with an all NRI cast and crew at IHC. The play was a light comedy and had all ingredients and quality of a professionally done celebrity play.
A women oriented play that has been translated in various languages and performed over the world. The professionalism makes this play worth watching.
An abstract but interesting play in Hindi, English, Bengali, French, written and enacted by Kalki Koechlin and directed by Manav Kaul. The theme is demystifying Tagore in contemporary times.
Plaza suite a multilingual play in three acts. It is about a certain suite in a posh hotel and the incidents there. Entertaining and most suitable for weekend watch.
Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is arguably the most performed play in the world. In an era of male domination, this play charts the journey of a housewife, living under the shadows of her father and husband. It was disappointing that the theatre group made a shoddy show of this classic.
Khushwant Singh’s Tyger Tyger was enacted by the team of Saksham Theatre Group. The play is based on the responses of the tourists and the guest house staff at a forest bungalow when a man eater was on the prowl.
Though puppet theater added variety to Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Taming of the Wild wasn’t very impressive as the focus was all on the looks of the puppets, not much on the storyline or execution. Puppet theater is not just for kids… It can communicate much more and to a wider gamut of audience.
Saudagar (Based on Brecht’s Exception and the Rule) failed to impress. The bad rich man vs the nice poor guy is a topic even Bollywood shunned a couple of decades back. We wonder why theater folks are still hanging on to these age old topics.
Undoubtedly the best offering of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2014 – Utsushi – a piece from Sankai Juku is a whole new way of creative expression. It’s like an art show in motion, abstract and surreal.
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