The City of Djinns has a different genie visiting these days. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is hosting the Disney production Aladdin in Delhi from 6th July to 15th July. We were fortunate to be able to catch the spectacular show on the opening evening.
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Wrong Number pulls the Right Chords
Celebrity plays in Delhi attract fans for their professionalism and entertainment. “Wrong Number,” directed by Raman Kumar, stars a stunning Tanaaz Karim in a hilarious, must-see show.
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.
Curtain Closes on 8th Theatre Olympics in India
The 51 days long theatre extravaganza – the 8th Theatre Olympics dropped curtains last evening. Theatre Olympics is held every 4 years and this year it was hosted by National School of Drama under the aegis of Ministry of Culture, Government of India. 51 days of theatre and how we say!
Across the Sea – Puppet Play at Theatre Olympics
NSD’s Theatre Olympics is a melange of plays in all possible genres – from comedy to tragedy – from nouveau experiments to traditional nautanki – from song and dance based musicals to non verbal plays. We managed to watch a multitude of styles in this theatre extravaganza this year. “Across the sea”, directed by Anurupa Roy was probably the first puppet play we watched in this festival. Puppets are a great story-telling medium and we welcome the inclusion of this genre in this annual theatre bonanza.
Julius Caesar Spared Parts – Play at Theatre Olympics
Bharat Rang Mahotsav, NSD, i.e., National School of Drama’s annual theatre festival is bigger this year. It is 8 Theatre Olympics and a host of plays from India and abroad is being held as part of the festival. We recently watched Julius Caesar Spared Parts – a production from Italy over the weekend.
National School of Drama all set to host Theatre Olympics 2018
National School of Drama announced the dates and other details about the Theatre Olympics 2018. We were invited to the press conference and here’s all you need to know about this biggest theatre festival in the world happening in India this year.
Daddy in Doubt – Comedy Play by Tamasha Entertainment
Daddy in doubt – a new comedy play by Tamasha Entertainment is a mix of verbal and non-verbal comedy. The play predominantly focus on a brand of physical humor infused with beautifully worded punchlines. The entire cast is an ensemble from different walks of life giving an interesting flare of characters on stage. Enjoy the laugh riot this Saturday at Akshara Theatre, Delhi.
Kingdom of Dreams brings Ice Theatre from Russia this winter
Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon has been committed to bringing Broadway like grandeur on stage for the audience in India. They have brought a new genre of entertainment, Theatre on Ice, this winter. These are presentations by performers of Ice Vision from Russia. The two grand productions Alice in Wonderland and Dracula reache to the kids, the young and the young at heart.
Anand Express – a trip down the memory lane with Aadyam
Aadyam’s presentation this time is Anand Express. The play is based on Keith Gray’s story Ostrich Boys that was later adapted by Karl Miller for stage. The Indian adaption by Adarsh Khurana was recently staged at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi. Directed for Aadyam by Nadir Khan, this is a Rage Productions presentation.
Theatre Olympics in India in 2018
The 8th edition of International Theatre Olympics is scheduled to be held in India during 17 February to 8 April 2018. A spectacular celebration of world theater is going to take place all over the country. We were invited to the press conference organised to announce this gala event and here is a curtain raiser.
Elephant in the Room – Ganesha as we don’t know him – META 2017
Mahendra Excellence Theatre Awards (META) this year had a host of mind-numbing beautiful plays and the jury would have had a very tough time in selecting the winners. A particularly interesting piece was ‘Elephant in the Room’ a soliloquy created out of an interesting topic. It is a quirky twist to the familiar story of Ganesha’s losing his head due to his father’s wrath and having an elephant head attached instead!
Outcaste – META plays 2017
OUTCASTE was a unique play in Hindi by Randhir Kumar in this year’s META. It represented a traditional genre of Indian theatre that was activist in nature. It involved a huge number of artists who ruled the stage with clockwork precision.
Loretta – An Aadyam play in Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017
Loretta, a play by Sunil Shanbag and a part of Aditya Birla Group’s theatre initiative Aadyam was also staged during NSD’s Bharat Rang Mahotsav. This was a musical with songs in Konkani and English. Musicals are still a rare breed in Indian theater and we were very excited.
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.
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