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- Chandigarh theatre festival drawing huge crowd
Chandigarh, July 26: With veterans like Shabana Azmi and Tom Alter in town with their plays, audiences in the city are revelling in the ongoing Chandigarh Theatre Festival.
"The t....
- Prithvi Theatre is an oasis in a crazy city: Sanjna Kapoor
Mumbai, July 13: For her, Prithvi Theatre is an oasis in the midst of this crazy city. But Sanjna Kapoor, who has singlehandedly revived its glory, carrying forward the legacy of her parents an....
- From stage to screen, Barry John ready for the switch
New Delhi, May 18: The man who pioneered the English theatre movement in the Indian capital says "movies are a more powerful medium". British-born director and instructor Barry John is ....
- Street theatre more relevant than ever, say Bengal artists
Kolkata: From raising awareness on AIDS and child marriage to driving home political messages, street theatre has been used to telling effect over the years. The popularity of the genre continu....
- All women have Draupadi in them: South African director
New Delhi: South African director Tina Johnson, who is directing a modern-day take on Draupadi of the Hindu epic "Mahabharata", says she sees the queen of the five Pandava brothers as a....
- Jyoti Basu's life now in jatra
Kolkata: Less than a month after his death, India's communist legend Jyoti Basu's life has become the subject of jatra, West Bengal's popular folk theatre form.
Anjali Ope....
- Veteran Karnataka theatre personality Chindodi Leela dead
Bangalore: Veteran Karnataka theatre and film personality Chindodi Leela died on Thursday night in a Bangalore hospital after a brief illness, hospital sources said. She was 72.
Leela....
- Indian theatre music takes in more from the world
New Delhi: From Bal Gandharv, who gave the Marathi stage a definite musical genre in the early 20th century, to eminent music director Bhaskar Chandavarkar, who fused traditional Indian music w....
- Monsoon Wedding soon to be a Broadway musical
New Delhi: Film-maker Mira Nair has started working on a Broadway musical version of her 2001 crossover hit "Monsoon Wedding" that will combine circus acrobatics, aerial acting, theatre....
- Spotlight on theatre music at NSD's annual fest
New Delhi: The legacy of music in Indian theatre, experimental plays, creative forms of expressions and new wave theatre with an ethnic flavour from small towns will be the highlights of the an....
- Success is boring, failure is exciting: Anupam Kher
Mumbai: He has translated his failures into a thumping success. Anupam Kher's much lauded play "Kuchh Bhi Ho Sakta Hai", which encapsulates the failed moments of his life, will have....
- American artist looks at funny side of life in India
New Delhi: H.R. Britton, an American artist has narrated the experience of his tenure in India. He has expressed his memories of India in a monologue that lasts for an hour. India has always be....
- Youth theatre festival begins Sunday in Delhi
New Delhi: Theatre lovers in Delhi are in for a treat as the five-day new age theatre festival begins on Sunday.
The Youth Theatre Festival is presented by the Atelier's Theatre S....
- Assam's travelling theatre coming to Delhi
Guwahati: One of Assam's popular travelling theatre groups that play to packed houses in both urban and rural areas is all set to entertain crowds in the national capital.
The Nat....
- A play for Bangalore's underprivileged children
Bangalore: This is theatre with a purpose. The Bangalore Little Theatre (BLT) group's latest play "Ali oh Baba" will not only entertain but also raise funds for the city's und....
- Bangalore's public spaces turn into artist's stage
Bangalore: For these artists, the world is their stage. And a media house here is attempting to bring out the artists into open spaces and help them reach out to a wide range of audience in a 1....
- At Big Cinemas' Megaplex you can dine, lie back and watch a film
Mumbai: Ever thought of watching a movie on the big screen while dining in style or just lying back on an ultra comfortable 180-degree recliner? Well, Big Cinemas launched its nine-screen Megap....
- Theatre will never die: Rajnikant
Chennai: He started his career on stage and now Tamil superstar Rajnikant urges the film industry to encourage plays as he knows theatre will be there, always.
"Stage play will ne....
- Healthy food, hearty laugh: Supper theatre in Bangalore
Bangalore: How about some rib-tickling theatre and delectable dishes thereafter? Come August and that's what many Bangaloreans will do every weekend for six months.
The brainchild....
- New innings for Delhi's good old single theatres
New Delhi: Those who mourn the closure of Delhi's charming single screen cinema halls, take heart. Many of these such as Odeon, Savitri, Kumar and Deep are set to open their gates to movie ....
- Mayor calls for review on proposed theatre tax hike
New Delhi: Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain on Friday said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) would review a proposal to increase tax on capital's cinema halls.
There are around 50 s....
- Taj city remembers Habib Tanvir for 'Agra Bazar'
Agra: More than 50 years after "Agra Bazaar" was first staged by Habib Tanvir, theatre lovers here say the play was a faithful chronicle of times past and the city should build a fittin....
- Noted playwright Habib Tanvir dead
Bhopal: Veteran theatre personality Habib Tanvir died here early today after prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 85.
Tanvir died at about 6.30 a.m. at the National Hospital....
- Strike over, multiplex' in two minds over telecasting T20 matches
New Delhi: A slew of Bollywood biggies are lined up for release with the row between producers and multiplex owners having ended. Multiplex owners are now doing a re-think on whether to go ahea....
- Anupam Kher hunts for 'Saaransh' premier
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has decided to relive his debut performance by holding a premier of "Saaransh" on Sunday 25 years after the film was released. He is reuniting the en....
- Playwright Habib Tanvir's condition improving: doctors
Bhopal: The condition of veteran theatre personality Habib Tanvir, who was admitted to a private hospital here in critical condition after developing respiratory problems, is fast improving, do....
- Randeep Hooda : back to theatrical passion
New Delhi: After failed efforts for commercial success in Bollywood, actor Randeep Hooda is planning to go back to his passion
- theatre.
"I am going to go back to theatre an....
- India's 10 best plays on show at Mahindra theatre fest
New Delhi: Theatre enthusiasts in the capital enjoy a weeklong treat as 10 best plays chosen from across the country, including those by Swanand Kirkire and K.N. Pannikkar, are being staged....
- Kerala to host national drama festival
Thiruvananthapuram: Theatre buffs in Kerala would be treated to more than a dozen award-winning plays at the fifth National Drama Festival that starts here Monday.
The festival will be i....
- Dominique Lapierre recalls brush with Gandhi's killers
New Delhi: How about a re-enactment of Mahatma Gandhi's murder 61 years after his death? It sure is eerie, but compelling.
As the country observed the 61st death anniversary of the father ....
- Tagore revisited in new contexts, formats at NSD festival
New Delhi: Participants in the ongoing 11th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, the annual theatre festival of the National School of Drama (NSD), revisited classics by Rabindranath Tagore to take them t....
- Assam theatre overwhelms Nina and Rajendra
Guwahati: On their visit to Assam, well known film and TV actors Nina Gupta and Rajendra Gupta set the stage on fire with their sensual acting in the play "Surya ki Antim Kiran Se, Surya ki Pe....
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