Show Timings : 15.30 PM Schedule date : 18 Apr 2021 - 18 Apr 2021
NOTE - Entry free. Screening at 3 30 PM. Ranga Shankara’s 'Theatre for Children', under the banner AHA!, the universal expression for wonder, staged the Kannada production ‘Gumma Banda Gumma’ as its first in 2006. Clearly a favourite from the first show, the play has been passed down from one generation of actors and directors to the next. The latest version is directed by the well-known theatre and TV actor and director, Sundar, and later revived by Surendranath S. 'Gumma Banda Gumma' is an adaptation of the original German play, 'Max Und Milli', and focuses on the ability of a child to communicate and bond with another regardless of all the barriers adults create. It is about unconditional friendship, sibling love and rivalry, parent-child relationships and how all of these can be quite full of fun and happiness.
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Show Timings : Schedule date : 20 Apr 2021 - 20 Apr 2021
NOTE - Entry free. Screening at 6 30 PM. Boy with A Suitcase is the story of the 12 year old Naz, who undertakes a long and dangerous journey to be with his sister in London. He carries with him only a small suitcase and a treasure of stories from his childhood. Like his hero, Sinbad the Sailor, who went on many dangerous voyages in search of his fortune, Naz must travel half-way around the world to reach his sister in London. On the road, Naz meets Krysia, a young girl in similar circumstances, who helps him find safe passage over mountains, across seas and through the dangers of a city slum. With the help of Krysia and his stories, Naz finds his way to London and his sister. But is it the ‘heaven on earth’ that he expects?
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 21 Apr 2021 - 21 Apr 2021
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 22 Apr 2021 - 22 Apr 2021
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 23 Apr 2021 - 23 Apr 2021
An effort to understand women.
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM Schedule date : 24 Apr 2021 - 24 Apr 2021
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM Schedule date : 25 Apr 2021 - 25 Apr 2021
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
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 27 Apr 2021 - 27 Apr 2021
An agrarian village/society loses its rationality and sanity when confronted by a prolonged drought. Meanwhile, dark internal politics in play to attain the position of the pontiff strains the functioning of a monastery that represents the society religiously, academically, and culturally. A socially conscious monk, who is in a position of authority, takes up the responsibility of imparting scientific knowledge among the people to counter the drought, instilling environmental awareness in the process.
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Show Timings : Schedule date : 28 Apr 2021 - 28 Apr 2021
NOTE - Free entry for the screening. Screening at 6 30 PM. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredibility, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us." ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, Charles Dickens Craving food, a simple meal, but only managing a sandwich that perhaps was donated in a food packet. Humanity asserts itself, when the protagonist shares his frugal meal with a stray dog. Imagining the taste of home-cooked food as he munches on a sandwich, salivating at the memory of his mother's cooking, playing at eating his favourite foods, realising that everything is shut, and no one is spared. A solo performance without text can be tough. Words, numbers, dates became the text and the running leitmotif of the play. Numbers created conversation that ranged from anger, to wonderment, humour, loss, helplessness, disgust - a language of numbers was created. “Let’s go for a walk”. “Hello, is anyone there?” were played and replayed, layered and stripped made to collate and collide with emotions of loss, desperation, yearning, touch, smell and sound. But within that the actor creates affirmations, sets up a stage - what else can an actor do? Storytelling - songs of kings and courtiers, of deals within deals, anything and everything to keep the imagination and sanity intact and alive. His audience is the dog and the sparrow. To touch the rain and feel it on his skin, he simulates rain, keeps sanity, insanity sanitised and alive. Survival, hope, and dreams, need to be constantly negotiated, no matter how dark the times.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 29 Apr 2021 - 29 Apr 2021
ಭಾರತೀಯ ಇತಿಹಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಪೂರ್ವ 4ನೆಯ ಶತಮಾನದ ಉತ್ತರಾರ್ಧವು ಸಣ್ಣ ಪುಟ್ಟ ತುಂಡು ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು ಒಂದಾಗಿ ಬಲಿಷ್ಠ ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯವೊಂದು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾದ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಸಂಧಿಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೌರ್ಯ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಅದರ ರೂವಾರಿ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಚಾಣಕ್ಯನೆಂದು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಗುರುತಿಸಿದೆ. ಅರ್ಥಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಕಾರನಾದ ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ ವಿಷ್ಣುಶರ್ಮನು ನಂದರನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸಿ ಚಂದ್ರಗುಪ್ತನನ್ನು ಪಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದು, ರಾಜ್ಯತಂತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ಪಳಗಿಸಿ, ಅವನ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಲು ನಂದನಿಷ್ಠೆಯ ಅಮಾತ್ಯ ರಾಕ್ಷಸನನ್ನು ಪಲ್ಲಟಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಚಂದ್ರನಿಷ್ಠನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸುವ ಕಥಾವಸ್ತುವುಳ್ಳ ಈ ನಾಟಕವನ್ನು ವಿಶಾಖದತ್ತನು ಬರೆದ ‘ಮುದ್ರಾರಾಕ್ಷಸ’ ಎಂಬ ಸಂಸ್ಕøತ ನಾಟಕದಿಂದ ಆಧರಿಸಿ ಕೆ.ವಿ.ಸುಬ್ಬಣ್ಣನವರು ಮರುರೂಪಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 30 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಇತರ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಸಹಜ ಬದುಕಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಹಸ್ತಕ್ಷೇಪ ಎಂಥದ್ದು ಮತ್ತು ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಕೊಡುವ ತಿರುಗೇಟಿನ ಉತ್ತರ ಯಾವ ತರಹವಿರಬಹುದು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಈ ನಾಟಕ ನಮಗೆ ಮನಗಾಣಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ತನ್ನ ಬದುಕು ಮಾತ್ರ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯವೆನಿಸಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟಾಗ ಆತ ಉಳಿದ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಬದುಕನ್ನು ಅಸಡ್ಡೆಯಿಂದ ನೋಡತೊಡಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಸಹಜತೆಗೆ ಅಡ್ಡಿ ಬರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಹಕ್ಕಿಯ ಸುಂದರ ಬದುಕು ಸಹ್ಯಾದ್ರಿಯ ದಟ್ಟ ಹಸಿರಿನಲಿ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಆ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟಗಳ ಮೇಲಾಗುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಯಂತ್ರ ದಾಳಿಗೆ ಹೆದರಿ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗಳು ಕಾಡು ಬಿಡುತ್ತವೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಶುರುವಾಗುವ ಆ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಬದುಕು ದಾರುಣವಾಗುತ್ತಾ ಬರುವ ಚಿತ್ರಣ ಈ ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆಯ ವಿಷದ ಹೊಗೆ, ಡೈನಾಮೇಟ್ಗಳ ಸ್ಫೋಟ, ಮುಳುಗಡೆಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಿಂದಾಗುವ ಆವಾಂತರ ಹೀಗೆ ಒಂದಾದ ಮೇಲೊಂದು ಅವಘಡಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಿಲುಕಿ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗಳು ಸಾಯುತ್ತವೆ. ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮರಗಳ ಕೇಡಿಗೆ ಹೆದರಿ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಟವರುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಗೂಡು ಕಟ್ಟುವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಆಧುನಿಕ ಬದುಕಿನ ಕ್ರೌರ್ಯವನ್ನು ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯವಾಗಿ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೂ ಬರುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ ಬುದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ತನ್ನದೇ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿ ಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಹಕ್ಕಿಯ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಯಾರನ್ನೇ, ಯಾವುದನ್ನೇ ಇಟ್ಟರೂ ಇದು ಅವರ ಅಥವಾ ಅದರ ಕತೆಯಾಗಿ ಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಪ್ರೇಮದಿಂದ ಮಾತ್ರ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯ. ಬೇರೆ ಮಾರ್ಗವೇ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುವುದು ಈ ನಾಟಕದ ಕಥಾ ಸಾರಾಂಶ.
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May
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 01 May 2021 - 01 May 2021
The play won The Hindu Playwright Award 2019 and premiered at Natarani, Ahmedabad in March 2020. Sordid explores the dynamics of being water-wives in water-parched India. It talks about sexual politics as a weapon of exploitation against women who have no recourse to water except for common wells and rivulets. Tukaram, a farmer and his three wives, of whom only the first has conjugal rights, strive to survive in a water-parched village. While the youngest wife Kali excels in farming, she has to take over the back-breaking work of fetching water from fifteen miles away, as that is the only way she can guarantee her food and a roof over her head. As she embarks to fetch water, she realises that the water comes at a cost, the cost of her dignity.
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 02 May 2021 - 02 May 2021
Margazhi traces the life of a Bharatanatyam dancer and the turmoil of the exploitative culture that dictates the quest for dancers to achieve awards, accolades, scholarships and worthy stages to perform on. Vaidehi, an accomplished dancer realises that her accomplishments and hard work are not enough to enter the big league, where foreign juntas, major festivals and awards are all for sale. She faces the conundrum of striking a deal with the devil for what she rightly deserves against being relegated to oblivion like many other dancers like her in the past.
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May
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