Dear Readers,
German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig is acknowledged as one of the important playwrights of his generation. The 44 year old playwright has more than 20 plays to his credit and his work has been performed in more than 40 countries. His 2009 play, THE GOLDEN DRAGON, produced by the East London based ATC (Actors Touring Company), and directed by Ramin Gray, the company's Artistic Director, is touring India. The production, courtesy the British Council in India has had shows in Mumbai and in Delhi and is currently playing at the Jagriti theatre in Bangalore, after which there will be in one show on 2nd February in Thrissur, at the International theatre festival of Kerala. We share with you some reflections on the play and the production in our Feature for the week.
This is a week of Reviews given the showcase of 12 new plays at the third edition of the Writers' Bloc Festival. The festival concludes its run at Prithvi theatre this week and will now have shows at the NCPA. The two Marathi plays in the festival-Sagar Dehmukh's SHILLAK and Dharmakirti Sumant's NATAK NAKO will be performed again at the Yashwantrao Chavan auditorium in Matunga (W) this weekend. Updated reviews include the reviews of SHILLAK and NATAK NAKO along with Siddharth Kumar's SPUNK and Abhishek Majumdar's THE DJINNS OF EIDGAH.
Om Katare's Yatri will celebrate its 33rd anniversary at Prithvi Theatre next week. The festival features the 500th show of its popular comedy, HADH KAR-DI AAPNE. It opens with an inaugural ceremony on 24th January, followed by the play, GAJ FOOT INCH.
It has been our endeavor to engage you with events about Literature and the other Arts from time to time because Theatre is a multi-faceted art form. We believe that theatre makers can enrich their work from such engagement and audiences too can deepen their experience in the process.The Asia Society India Centre has organized a tour of an exhibition of the artist LN Tallur at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Byculla on Saturday, 21st January. The programme of the exhibition-tour says that 'Tallur's work delves deep into Indian culture, making witty and charged references to religious and political subjects. The exhibition features sculptures and room-sized installations that allude to the decay of traditional signifiers and icons, and to their uneasy integration with a world of industry, progress and development.' Tasneem Zakharia Mehta, the curator of the exhibition and artist Sharmila Samant will lead the tour. Registra! tion begins at 11 am and the two-hour tour starts at 11.30 am.
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