Bharat Rang Mahotsav is a unique opportunity to watch several plays by renowned directors, actors, and theatre groups from India and overseas.
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Night, Mother – A Play That Evokes Many Questions
‘Night, Mother, a play directed by Vamika Sachar, has been adapted from a Pulitzer prizewinning drama by Marsha Norman. It deals with some difficult issues that we face, directly or vicariously. Given the heavy topic of the play, we were skeptical about the treatment. All we knew was that we had to watch it.
You can’t afford to miss this International Theatre Festival in Delhi
It’s that time of the year that we wait with baited breath. Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM) – The International Theatre Festival of India is being held from 01- 21 February 2019 at the auditoriums of National School of Drama (NSD) as well as Kamani, Shriram and LTG Auditoriums. It’s a unique opportunity to watch several plays by renowned directors, actors and theatre groups from India and overseas.
Relive the circus – Bazzar by Cirque du Soleil
Bazzar by Cirque du Soleil is now in Delhi at Aerocity. We managed to catch the show over the weekend and here’s what to expect from the show.
Samantak Teerth – A play by Aadyantara
Radhashtami – the divine Consort Radha’s birthday was celebrated last weekend mainly in Barsana and Vrindavan. We landed up celebrating this event dramatically. We watched Samantak Teerth, a play based on the life of Shri Krishna. Staged by Adadyantara and scripted and directed by Dr. Madhuri Subodh, the venue was LTG Auditorium.
Bazzar – A unique show by world’s biggest live entertainment company
Cirque du Soleil is the largest theatrical producer in the world. They are coming to India for the first time to stage the show Bazzar under their huge iconic top tent in Delhi. We were invited to an up close and personal interaction with the teams of Cirque du Soleil and their India collaborators BookMyShow. Here is a scoop about this unique event.
Dreamz – Sehar A play by Pankaj Kapur
Thespian Pankaj Kapur has planned a selection of plays on dreams and the first in this series, Dreamz Sehar, was recently staged at Siri Fort, New Delhi. The theme had us all excited and we had to watch Sehar. But we were not alone in our dream journey. Serpentine queues at the Siri Fort entry that evening proved that we had enough co-passengers sharing our aspirations.
Amavas se Amaltas – Pammi Aunty in a different avatar
Amavas se Amaltas is a bilingual play in Hindi and English written and directed by Smita Bharti. It has a stellar cast – Jayati Bhatia, Ssumier Pasricha, Ankita Bhargava and Chitrashi Rawat. We were invited to watch this play and were most excited to see the pro thespians at their acts!
Sir Sir Sarla – Play by Zee Theatre
Zee TV’s theatre wing Zee Theater was back with its second presentation “Sir Sir Sarla”, a play written and directed by Makrand Deshpande. The 2 hours 15 minutes play was a most off beat production that cannot be identified in the common classifications of theater that we ordinarily get to see in Delhi. We look forward to their next production in March 2017.
Mohe Piya – Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017
Mohe Piya, directed by Prof. Waman Kendre and performed by the group Rangpeeth from Mumbai, was based on Mahabharat during Bharat Rang Mahotsav by National School of Drama. The epics were the theme this year. Consequently we saw many such productions that involved some of the lesser known episodes from the epics.
Aadha Chand – Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017
National School of Drama Repertory Company staged their play Aadha Chand during Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017. The plot deals with people who work in call centre/BPO sector and is a walk through their boulevard of broken dreams. The play had potential but long duration and a major Bollywood hangover got in the way.
Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017 closes curtains
19th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, the annual theatre festival organized by National School of Drama dropped its curtains after a 21 days long histrionic extravaganza. We enjoyed watching a host of beautiful plays and performances in this period. Delhi-Fun-Dos was also invited to attend the closing ceremony and here is our report.
A Stranger Guest – Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017
Can you ever be prepared to let someone dear go. The helplessness of a family that is going to loose one of their members is portrayed in a beautiful and subtle way in Israeli play – A Stranger Guest. A Stranger Guest is part of the ongoing Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017 organised by NSD.
NSD’s theatre extravaganza – Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017
Bharat Rang Mahotsav, the largest theatre festival is being held from 1st to 21st Feb 2017. National School of Drama invited us to the press conference that was addressed by Professor Waman Kendre of NSD. We can’t wait to attend this theatre extravaganza.
Zee Theatre “Internal Affairs” – English play
Zee TV has embarked on a new journey- theatre and Zee Theatre is bringing a host of plays all over the country. The series started on 14 January, 2017 with the play “Internal Affairs”. We were invited for this play and are so glad that we attended
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