Empty stage, rush of thoughts by P. Anima

Director Eirik Stubo interprets Ibsen through Greek sensibilities.

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East-West meet onstage by K.k. Gopalakrishnan

OTHELLO staged at the Kalakshetra's five-day Kathakali festival. Sadanam Balakrishnan plays Othello to Leela Samson's Desdemona

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A date with drama by P. Anima

“I am no good, but Bjornson is worse.” Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian playwright, apparently commented after seeing his statue unveiled in front of the National Theater in Oslo. &#…

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Song of the spirit by Manjari Sinha

Like the protagonist of his solo play on Swami Vivekananda, singer-actor Shekhar Sen won the hearts of one and all.

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Stage for Bhakti by Manu Remakant

“It is sad that young people nowadays do not read much about their own culture,” says Meenambalam Santhosh, director of the play.

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The road to goodness by P. Anima

Arvind Gaur believes in the theatre of causes/issues. And Bertolt Brecht's “The Good Woman of Schezwan” is a potent text.

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Comic timing by Nikhil Varma

"Imaginary Invalid" is a play inspired by a French comedy penned by Moleire. The play has been directed and set in a South Indian family by Nakul Sangolli, and was showcased at Alliance Fran…

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The stage is set by Shonali Muthalaly

Actor-director-set designer Michael Muthu speaks to Shonali Muthalaly on theatre in the city, the Boardwalkers and the enduring magic of Jesus Christ Superstar.

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The real Thiyam by P. Anima

There are myriad faces to Ratan Thiyam, but, theatre is the most predominant. He talks about his latest venture, his journey, and his new role

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Playing with numbers by Sumanaspati Reddy

These guys were trying to somehow meld into a two-hour theatrical show the rarefied world of pure mathematics with the vulnerabilities of daily human existence.

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Nonsense, sensibly by P. Anima

Theatre tests Anushka Ravishankar. Her latest work "Coat Tales" to be staged in Delhi this month, directed by Australian Pauline Furlong, is no different. Anushka digs deep into the mine of …

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Call of the curtain by Janhavi Acharekar

After a lull during the 1990s, there's been a rejuvenation of theatre in recent years. If big names dominated the scene earlier, today there's a spurt in the number of small groups. Janhavi …

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A journey into numbers by Sangeetha Devi Dundoo

As part of the International Congress of Mathematicians, UK-based theatre company Complicite will stage A Disappearing Number that looks at the collaboration between Srinivas Ramanujan and G…

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Solitary storyteller by P. Anima

Mike Daisey is determined to quell notions. The building blocks of his theatre rest on the idea of freedom. His stage knows no paraphernalia -- there are no sets, further there is no script,…

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