Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 15 Dec 2018 - 15 Dec 2018
Death, they say, reveals our true selves and shows up earthly reality for what it is. What we perceive as an accomplished life is but an illusion that is ironically revealed in our dying moments when we are seeking solace. Written by Mahesh Elkunchwar, Vasani Jirnani, directed by Chandini P., spins around a terminal patient who watches the world change around him as he degenerates and begs for his soul to be released earlier than it should.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 16 Dec 2018 - 16 Dec 2018
Dharmaputra is a dark exploration of relationships- man-woman, husband-wife, parent-child. Originally written in Marathi, professor Mahesh Elkunchwar's Dharmaputra takes a morbid look at the sexual life of a couple who vent out their individual frustrations on their adopted young son. The play is a chilling commentary on the ruthlessness that familial relationships are capable of generating. At the same time, it questions the very ethical framework that people take for granted.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 18 Dec 2018 - 18 Dec 2018
Taledanda, is a Kannada play written by Dr. Girish Karnad, about the rise of the radical protest and reform movement, Lingayatism, in the 12th century Karnataka. Written in 1990 in the backdrop of mandir-mandal conflict, the play draws a parallel between the socio-religious-political and economic condition of existing times and southern India in the 12th century A.D. during the Bhakthi movement. Eight Hundred years ago, during the reign of King Bijjala of the Kalachurya dynasty, in the city of Kalyana, a man called Basavanna assembled a congregation of poets, mystics, social revolutionaries and philosophers, unmatched for their creativity and social commitment in the history of Karnataka, even perhaps of India itself. They opposed idolatry, rejected temple worship, upheld equality of sexes, and condemned the caste system. But events take a violent turn when they act on their beliefs and a Brahmin girl marries a ‘low caste’ boy. The build-up to the aforesaid event and what happens thereafter is the play Taledanda, which deals with times during which a vibrant, prosperous society plunged into anarchy and terror. This play has fetched Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award (1993) and the Sahitya Akademi Award in the Kannada language in 1994 and later was awarded the Jnanpitha, for Sri. Girish Karnad’s literature work in 1998.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 19 Dec 2018 - 19 Dec 2018
NAAYI KATHE A Kannada Play Witten by Gnana Peeth Awardee Sri Chandrashekhar Kambar about Thirty Years Back is Still Relevant to the Day. It Deals subtly with The Women-centric Issues and the Plight of a Nomadic group. The Story starts with a narrator and a Group of People who argue among themselves about the Importance of Love and Money in Life. However, the Narrator settles down to Narrate the Story off Village Chieftain and a Nomadic Group. The Story goes around with a lot of Twists and Turns, depicting the Importance of Love and Money in One's Life.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 20 Dec 2018 - 20 Dec 2018
The play, based on a novel by Kannada humourist, Na.Kasturi, is designed and directed by Joseph, a Ninasam graduate known for his innovative productions. While Na.Kasturi's language, full of pun and wit, tickles your funny bones, the absurd caricatures he creates keep you grinning and guffawing throughout the play. The ten characters in the play are played by just two actors, Sundar and Laxmi Chandrashekar. With H.N.Bhaskar, a violinist of international repute, playing Gajanana Naik's tunes, the play offers an extraordinary fusion of various sorts. The transformations Ramakrishna Kannarapadi brings about through his skillful make-up are a real treat to watch.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 21 Dec 2018 - 21 Dec 2018
Tsuuiinnn Tapak, that’s the name of the new AHA! performance for children (4-6yrs). The performance, like a rocket, will transport you into a universe of sound, rhythm, and bursts of magic where language is truly no barrier, as there is none. The performance is non-verbal and yet filled with physical expression and unbound imagination. Through play, the audience will be invited to participate in a series of experiences - ranging from the manic to the calm, from din to silence, from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Minimalist in its form, the performance relies on the body of the performer to create an engagement that is both, joyful and thoughtful.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 22 Dec 2018 - 22 Dec 2018
Tsuuiinnn Tapak, that’s the name of the new AHA! performance for children (4-6yrs). The performance, like a rocket, will transport you into a universe of sound, rhythm, and bursts of magic where language is truly no barrier, as there is none. The performance is non-verbal and yet filled with physical expression and unbound imagination. Through play, the audience will be invited to participate in a series of experiences - ranging from the manic to the calm, from din to silence, from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Minimalist in its form, the performance relies on the body of the performer to create an engagement that is both, joyful and thoughtful.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 23 Dec 2018 - 23 Dec 2018
Yes, the play is an episodic collage of socio-political events having taken place in the recent past decades in Kashmir in which the women and children of Kashmir have become the primary victims. There was no pre-written script for the play but the entire script has been evolved from the multiple scenes conceived and structured with a dramatic element during the process of the production. In the fitness of things, the history of Kashmir has witnessed many black eras, days and dates which are marked and remembered as black. And in the recent almost during last over 60 years Kashmiris have gone through an unabated turmoil which has shattered our socio-cultural ethos. The most agonized irony is that all through this era, the women and children of Kashmir became the first and foremost suffering victims which have shaken not only the mass psychic of Kashmiris but has broken the social-structure of Kashmir as well in their political strife of nation in making. The 100 minutes duration of the play is a dramatic portrayal of multiple scenes, which have black shade in color and character, aimed at to build a debate to enrich the wisdom of the suffering people of Kashmir in general and create a narrative of the victimized women folk of Kashmir in particular and at the same time to put to the acid-test, conscience of the people at the helm of affairs on multiple levels of power and socio-political and cultural arenas in Kashmir.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 25 Dec 2018 - 25 Dec 2018
This musical play is based on a talk by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on how Kaikayi and Manthra have been depicted through the ages in the classic epic Ramayana.
Contrary to the story, they were the most crucial characters in Ramayan who became the instruments for Rama’s attainment of immortality. Kaikayi ensured that Rama went into exile and in the process became the epitome of evil such that in the thousands of years of our civilization, no one has ever dared to name their daughters Kaikayi and Manthra.
The play weaves into its fabric the threads of knowledge, several original musical compositions, political satire, topical humor and lots of Fun !!!
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 26 Dec 2018 - 26 Dec 2018
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 27 Dec 2018 - 28 Dec 2018
'Beediyolagondu Maneya Maadi', written in Marathi by Cham.Pra. Deshapande, translated by Surendranath S., and Sripathi Manjinabail; directed by Mohit Takalkar, in a satirical and a humorous vein comments on the degenerating nature of religious festivals and disproves traditional dogma in a realistic setting. The occasion is the much celebrated Ganesh Chathurti right in the thick of Pune's middle-class, Maharashtrain-Brahmin dominated locality where the protagonist, Shreepad and his wife Sukanya have come to an agreement that every alternate year the razzmatazz of the Ganesh Chathurti will not disturb the sanctity of their home which in simple terms mean, no celebrating the festival and not even allowing its slightest sound or whiff to penetrate their house. Despite Sukanya's minor complaints all seems to go well until Shreepad's old aunt, her son and daughter-in-law unexpectedly turn up with their infant son with the solitary intent of watching the procession. The aunts voracious desire to witness the procession and Shreepad's staunch refusal to allow her to do so sets the tone of this humorous and remarkably pertinent play. As aunt and nephew take turns to explain each other’s situation with the aunt often scheming with the others to sneakily see the procession, the plot thickens. Shreepad's logical, reflective and philosophical rationalizations are balanced by the more immediate necessity of the situation that is both habit and religion driven. The processions approaching tenacity becomes a barometer for the muted tension that the characters begin to reel under and resonate the fallacious arguments of the brigade. The play also successfully evokes the mores of a middle-class, Kannada household as everybody await the final outcome of the battle of ideologies.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 27 Dec 2018 - 28 Dec 2018
'Beediyolagondu Maneya Maadi', written in Marathi by Cham.Pra. Deshapande, translated by Surendranath S., and Sripathi Manjinabail; directed by Mohit Takalkar, in a satirical and a humorous vein comments on the degenerating nature of religious festivals and disproves traditional dogma in a realistic setting. The occasion is the much celebrated Ganesh Chathurti right in the thick of Pune's middle-class, Maharashtrain-Brahmin dominated locality where the protagonist, Shreepad and his wife Sukanya have come to an agreement that every alternate year the razzmatazz of the Ganesh Chathurti will not disturb the sanctity of their home which in simple terms mean, no celebrating the festival and not even allowing its slightest sound or whiff to penetrate their house. Despite Sukanya's minor complaints all seems to go well until Shreepad's old aunt, her son and daughter-in-law unexpectedly turn up with their infant son with the solitary intent of watching the procession. The aunts voracious desire to witness the procession and Shreepad's staunch refusal to allow her to do so sets the tone of this humorous and remarkably pertinent play. As aunt and nephew take turns to explain each other’s situation with the aunt often scheming with the others to sneakily see the procession, the plot thickens. Shreepad's logical, reflective and philosophical rationalizations are balanced by the more immediate necessity of the situation that is both habit and religion driven. The processions approaching tenacity becomes a barometer for the muted tension that the characters begin to reel under and resonate the fallacious arguments of the brigade. The play also successfully evokes the mores of a middle-class, Kannada household as everybody await the final outcome of the battle of ideologies.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 29 Dec 2018 - 29 Dec 2018
The play foregrounds a young girl, her journey to self-discovery and the coming-out story of a young girl by name Preethi, and the life-changing moments in Preethi's struggle to cope with being "different."The intriguing play is set in a college and is a stark commentary on love. The play focuses primarily on Preethi's love affair but narrated through the eyes of her friend, Ajay, the central character. Their friendship goes through a succession of quick, dramatic growth spurts that reveal the complexity of friendship and show that Ajay ultimately comes to represent: a homophobic society that keeps its blinders on to naturalize straight relationships as the norm. The gradual unraveling of her sexuality, her confusion regarding her sexual identity, her violent attraction towards her love and the blossoming friendship between her and a male friend, form the central points of the play. The play is weaved into a complex character with intricate plotlines that break the taboo on lesbian identities.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 30 Dec 2018 - 30 Dec 2018
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM Schedule date : 30 Dec 2018 - 30 Dec 2018
Set in an atmosphere of swaying political loyalties, Mukhyamantri follows the protagonist who is intent on retaining his position through the approaching elections. The pace of the play is like a flowing river; only signifying the eternal continuance of the state of matters.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Jan
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 01 Jan 2019 - 01 Jan 2019
Set in an atmosphere of swaying political loyalties, Mukhyamantri follows the protagonist who is intent on retaining his position through the approaching elections. The pace of the play is like a flowing river; only signifying the eternal continuance of the state of matters.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 02 Jan 2019 - 02 Jan 2019
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 03 Jan 2019 - 03 Jan 2019
The play deals with six friends and the consequences of their reunion after six years. Struck by boredom, they decide to play a new game called 'Truth and Only Truth', where they promise to reveal one truth each. Just when emotions spike, they are treated to a surprise. What happens next is Anavarana
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 04 Jan 2019 - 04 Jan 2019
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 05 Jan 2019 - 05 Jan 2019
One day, Chippi, a baby lizard, while playing, is shooed away. People think it is scary and ugly. In the shock, Chippi loses her tail. And everyone starts teasing her, calling her names, as she is tailless now. She feels very sorry for herself and gets into a dark corner, crying. She knows that she has go get a tail. So what does she do to get her tail? Will she ever get her tail back? Will she become beautiful again?
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 06 Jan 2019 - 06 Jan 2019
Ultimate Kurukshetra is an outrageous comedy set against the backdrop of elephant behinds and the Mahabharata. The play won the Sultan Padamsee award for playwriting in 2011. It is the first day of the battle of Kurukshetra. Two massive armies face off. The end of an epoch is imminent. The battle charge is about to begin! And a warrior of great repute is having a moment of self-doubt. Off stage. Very far away from this central action, which is completely obfuscated by elephant bums, we meet Sudarshana – a warrior, Adi – his charioteer, Daksha – a mahout and Maya – a courtesan – the protagonists of our tale, who are at the rear-end… of the rear-guard. There are also some guest appearances, by very famous Mahabharata characters like Vyasa and (not-so-famous) warriors like Yuyutsu (that single Kaurava brother with a conscience!) Through the course of the play, we find out how all their lives are intertwined and how destiny has brought them all together, to this truly epic moment in time. For each of them must choose… the “right action”.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 08 Jan 2019 - 08 Jan 2019
Patanga Prabhava is literally the Butterfly Effect as conceptualised in the chaos theory, about how small changes can actually initiate a chain of events. It explores the concept of gender and love beyond barriers of social conformities through two characters traveling between time. A middle-aged woman struggling in an unhappy marriage, a transgender woman surviving the trials of life, Draupadi the wife of the Pandavas and her trans-brother Shikhandi have a conversation on one night. Philosophies of gender, love and time are viewed through the lens of quantum physics. The uncertainty principle, gravity, dual character of light, chaos theory and the search for a unified field theory are explored here in a different tangent. This play uses it's own devised performance language heavily influenced by the ancient Sanskrit Theater.
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 09 Jan 2019 - 09 Jan 2019
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : Schedule date : 10 Jan 2019 - 10 Jan 2019
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 11 Jan 2019 - 11 Jan 2019
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 12 Jan 2019 - 12 Jan 2019
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 13 Jan 2019 - 13 Jan 2019
BOOK NOWAll shows begin at 7.30 pm. Every Saturday and Sunday the shows are also at 3.30 pm. No late entry permitted. No refund on tickets. This programme is subject to change. Children below eight years not allowed (Unless a play has specific audience discretion)
January
EXPLORE !
'AHA!' is an expression of wonder, excitement and fulfillment across languages and cultures.
‘AHA! is Ranga Shankara’s most ambitious programme to date, bringing the magic of theatre in all its aspects to children. Launched in 2006, AHA! has grown organically adding programmes, dimensions, audiences, international collaborations and international festival, as one of the country’s most important and sustained Theatre for Children programmes.
At Ranga Shankara, we have over 400 performances a year in languages from across the city, across the country and across the world. Our monthly calendar ensures that there is something for every theatre enthusiast, catering to the cosmopolitan Bangalore with diversity of languages, age groups and interests.
READ MORE
If you are an amateur theatre troupe looking for the right space to bring your play to life, check out Ranga Shankara!
HIRE SPACE