Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 16 Feb 2019 - 17 Feb 2019
“DETECTIVE 9-2-11” A Comic Noir Synopsis Set in the mesmerizing Mumbai of the black and white era, Shekhar Kumar’s shocking adventure tale is a ridiculous whirlwind of romance, murder, deceit and suspense. A casual evening at the theatre quickly turns into a fast-paced chase sequence for the unsuspecting hero when gun shots are fired at the legendary Opera House during a performance. A mysterious and beautiful woman lands in his arms pleading for help amid mob chaos and he reluctantly agrees, walking right into an International spy ring primed and ready to unleash a treacherous scheme that will disarm the nation and give away control of a vital defense secret. Without any warning or heroic intentions, Shekhar Kumar finds that he is the only one who can stop this outrageous plan. Detective 9-2-11 is a gripping, nerve-wracking but thoroughly exhilarating escape drama where the events are always poised at the cusp of impossibility and yet, within the faint shadow of ‘probable’. Shekhar Kumar is the man of the hour, racing against time and hunted by both, the good and bad guys all over land and sea. He remains incognito for sleazy sleuths and irresistible to femme fatales. Wrapped up in the enigmatic visual and narrative style of ‘Noir’, Shekhar is an ordinary man with an extraordinary story to tell.
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 16 Feb 2019 - 17 Feb 2019
“DETECTIVE 9-2-11” A Comic Noir Synopsis Set in the mesmerizing Mumbai of the black and white era, Shekhar Kumar’s shocking adventure tale is a ridiculous whirlwind of romance, murder, deceit and suspense. A casual evening at the theatre quickly turns into a fast-paced chase sequence for the unsuspecting hero when gun shots are fired at the legendary Opera House during a performance. A mysterious and beautiful woman lands in his arms pleading for help amid mob chaos and he reluctantly agrees, walking right into an International spy ring primed and ready to unleash a treacherous scheme that will disarm the nation and give away control of a vital defense secret. Without any warning or heroic intentions, Shekhar Kumar finds that he is the only one who can stop this outrageous plan. Detective 9-2-11 is a gripping, nerve-wracking but thoroughly exhilarating escape drama where the events are always poised at the cusp of impossibility and yet, within the faint shadow of ‘probable’. Shekhar Kumar is the man of the hour, racing against time and hunted by both, the good and bad guys all over land and sea. He remains incognito for sleazy sleuths and irresistible to femme fatales. Wrapped up in the enigmatic visual and narrative style of ‘Noir’, Shekhar is an ordinary man with an extraordinary story to tell.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 19 Feb 2019 - 19 Feb 2019
A group of excited dasi's anticipate the impending war with excitement and awe, celebrating the bravery of the men who will fight the war, until they are influenced by Gandhari's perspective of war. On the other hand, Krishna comes to meet Duryodhana to convince him, one last time, to sign a treaty of peace. Placing choice as central to life, we look at the play from the perspective of the Dasi's - who are the least consulted and most affected by the Kurukshetra war. Are we gender sensitive as a society /system? Are we aware of who this system / society is that we constantly fear? Who sets the rules and who perpetuates them? As much as women are the victims of a patriarchal system, so are the men. Despite the harm patriarchy bears on us, both genders can be perpetrators of this system. One of the ways in which we are party to it is by upholding and enforcing a set of false images of an "Ideal Woman" and an "Ideal Man."
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 20 Feb 2019 - 21 Feb 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?
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 20 Feb 2019 - 21 Feb 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?
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 22 Feb 2019 - 22 Feb 2019
Scripted after research into Sri.G.P.Rajaratnam’s life and works, and interviews with his family and friends, ‘Ratnan Parpancha’ is a tribute to the noted Kannada writer on the occasion of his birth centenary. The play includes interesting anecdotes from the life and works of the author, some of his most popular songs and his most famous comedy, ‘Kambliseve’.
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 23 Feb 2019 - 24 Feb 2019
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 23 Feb 2019 - 24 Feb 2019
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 26 Feb 2019 - 26 Feb 2019
“ಮೀಡಿಯ” ಗ್ರೀಕ್ ನಾಟಕಕಾರ ಯುರಿಪಿಡೀಸ್ ನ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ನಾಟಕ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಾಲದ ಮಹಾನ್ ಟ್ರಾಜಿಡಿ, ಇದು ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ತೀವ್ರ ಭಾವೋದ್ವೇಗವುಳ್ಳ ಹೆಣ್ಣೊಬ್ಬಳ ಕಥೆ. ತನಗೆ ಮೋಸವಾದಾಗ ಅವಳಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಪ್ರೀತಿ, ಒಲುಮೆಗಳೆಲ್ಲ ದ್ವೇಷ,ಸೇಡುಗಳಾಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ ಹೊಂದುವುದನ್ನು ಈ ನಾಟಕ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಗ್ರೀಕ್ ತತ್ವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಮಿತಿಯರಿತ ಬದುಕು, ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವೇಕಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯ - ಇಂಥ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಗಾಳಿಗೆ ತೂರಿ ಈ ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಯುರಿಪಿಡೀಸ್ ತೀವ್ರ ಭಾವಗಳ ಉಜ್ವಲತೆಯನ್ನು ಆರಾಧಿಸುವಂತೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾನೆ. ತನಗೆ ದ್ರೋಹವೆಸೆಗಿ ಮರುಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ಜೇಸನನ ಮೇಲೆ, ಮತ್ತವನ ವಧು ಗ್ಲಾಶೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವಳ ತಂದೆ ಕ್ರೆಯಾನನ ಮೇಲೆ ಮೀಡಿಯಾ ಸೇಡು ತೀರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡದ್ದರ ಕಥೆಯೇ ಈ ನಾಟಕದ ವಸ್ತು.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 27 Feb 2019 - 27 Feb 2019
Adapted from the Pullitzer prize winning Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee The play is about people - People who have soldiered through fiercely demanding regimens to survive; people who have endured with them and the people who have worked to increase our understanding of cancer. The play takes you through the history of cancer treatment and research across time with stories of frustration and energy, structure and leadership, grief and survival, hope and risk, failure and endurance, isolation and confidence. The stories, personal and clinical will be brought alive through Sidney Farber, Gordon Zubrod Carla Reed and a few more.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 28 Feb 2019 - 01 Mar 2019
The play opens as Ahalya and her academic husband, Dr Aravind Mulgund, return from honeymoon and immediately it is clear that Ahalya is neither happy nor satisfied in her new role as Aravind’s wife. Soon after their return, Ahalya is reacquainted with an old school friend, Malati and the brilliant wayward writer Jayaprakash. It becomes clear that Hedda has personal history with Jayaprakash and she was deeply in love with Malati. Ahalya comes to know about the happy and changed life Jayaprakash is leading and sharing with Malati. She persuades the conflicted writer to take his own life. However, she finds herself under the control of their imposing friend, Nagabhushana, a highly pompous and corrupt police officer, who makes it clear that he knows she gave the gun with which Jayaprakash has killed himself. He has the power to socially destroy her if he so desired. Trapped under his control, Ahalya retreats in to the her shell and shoots herself.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 28 Feb 2019 - 01 Mar 2019
The play opens as Ahalya and her academic husband, Dr Aravind Mulgund, return from honeymoon and immediately it is clear that Ahalya is neither happy nor satisfied in her new role as Aravind’s wife. Soon after their return, Ahalya is reacquainted with an old school friend, Malati and the brilliant wayward writer Jayaprakash. It becomes clear that Hedda has personal history with Jayaprakash and she was deeply in love with Malati. Ahalya comes to know about the happy and changed life Jayaprakash is leading and sharing with Malati. She persuades the conflicted writer to take his own life. However, she finds herself under the control of their imposing friend, Nagabhushana, a highly pompous and corrupt police officer, who makes it clear that he knows she gave the gun with which Jayaprakash has killed himself. He has the power to socially destroy her if he so desired. Trapped under his control, Ahalya retreats in to the her shell and shoots herself.
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 02 Mar 2019 - 03 Mar 2019
From childhood to old age, a human life goes through various stages - physically and emotionally. A child becoming an old man or an old man becoming a child, thus completing the circle of life, is a miracle in life as each stage of life has its own unique gift to give to humanity. Let us remember that at each stage of our life, we are protected and nurtured by nature. We ought to take the same attitude toward nurturing the human life cycle as we do toward saving environment. Be it a child or a boy or an old man, life at every stage is precious, very very precious.
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 02 Mar 2019 - 03 Mar 2019
From childhood to old age, a human life goes through various stages - physically and emotionally. A child becoming an old man or an old man becoming a child, thus completing the circle of life, is a miracle in life as each stage of life has its own unique gift to give to humanity. Let us remember that at each stage of our life, we are protected and nurtured by nature. We ought to take the same attitude toward nurturing the human life cycle as we do toward saving environment. Be it a child or a boy or an old man, life at every stage is precious, very very precious.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 05 Mar 2019 - 05 Mar 2019
'Atheetha' Kannada play is an effort to explore the capacity of human brain which brazens out the relentless caution of conscience despite being aware that, the basic purpose of life is just living and nothing beyond. It is conscience that should guide a civilized life and not the brain.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 06 Mar 2019 - 06 Mar 2019
Dr. KY Narayanaswamy’s Pampa Bharatha is an alternate retelling of Pampa’s Vikramarjuna Vijaya (also called Pampa Bharatha). Pampa’s 10th century epic deifies the Vassal king Arikesari as Arjuna of the Mahabharatha; it is a retelling of the Mahabharatha through the eyes of Arjuna. Dr. KYN follows in the footsteps of Pampa, and he revisits Mahabharata through the eyes of the enigmatic Karna. Karna is one of the many grey characters that populate the pages of the epic, and he is a noble hero and villain extraordinaire in the same breath. However, with Dr. KYN, it is not a mere retelling, it is a story that leads to introspection and re-examination of recorded history and mythology. It unifies history, mythology, and contemporary times in a surprisingly coherent manner, while also showing how human nature with its sublimity and baseness never changes.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 07 Mar 2019 - 08 Mar 2019
What happens when roles are reversed in a male-dominated theatre practice like yakshagana? India Foundation for the Arts grantee and theatre practitioner Sharanya Ramprakash’s Akshayambara explores the conflicts in tradition, gender, power and morality that are inherent in yakshagana. The experimental play uses both modern theatrical tools and the dance drama to create a contemporary narrative that raises questions on female representation and male ownership. Drawing from research and personal experience, the performance imagines a reversal of roles in the popular yakshagana plot of Draupadi Vastrapaharana. A male artist in streevesha (female costume) plays the virtuous Draupadi and espouses the cause of women, while in a tradition-defying move, a woman dons the pradhana purusha vesha (masculine form) of Kaurava (a legendary king from the Mahabharatha) who is driven by lust and power. What happens to the interpretation and performance of gender when a man plays a woman and when a man is played by a woman? Who is the real woman and who is the real man? We see a constant shift in power between the actors, as they shift from the cauki (green room) to stage, engaged in a tussle that blurs the boundaries of stage and reality, male and female, thereby examining the conflicts in tradition, gender, power and morality. Written and directed by Sharanya Ramprakash, Akshayambara received several nominations at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) 2016, winning Best Original Script (Sharanya Ramprakash) and Best Actor in a Lead Role – Male (Prasad Cherkady).
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 07 Mar 2019 - 08 Mar 2019
What happens when roles are reversed in a male-dominated theatre practice like yakshagana? India Foundation for the Arts grantee and theatre practitioner Sharanya Ramprakash’s Akshayambara explores the conflicts in tradition, gender, power and morality that are inherent in yakshagana. The experimental play uses both modern theatrical tools and the dance drama to create a contemporary narrative that raises questions on female representation and male ownership. Drawing from research and personal experience, the performance imagines a reversal of roles in the popular yakshagana plot of Draupadi Vastrapaharana. A male artist in streevesha (female costume) plays the virtuous Draupadi and espouses the cause of women, while in a tradition-defying move, a woman dons the pradhana purusha vesha (masculine form) of Kaurava (a legendary king from the Mahabharatha) who is driven by lust and power. What happens to the interpretation and performance of gender when a man plays a woman and when a man is played by a woman? Who is the real woman and who is the real man? We see a constant shift in power between the actors, as they shift from the cauki (green room) to stage, engaged in a tussle that blurs the boundaries of stage and reality, male and female, thereby examining the conflicts in tradition, gender, power and morality. Written and directed by Sharanya Ramprakash, Akshayambara received several nominations at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) 2016, winning Best Original Script (Sharanya Ramprakash) and Best Actor in a Lead Role – Male (Prasad Cherkady).
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 09 Mar 2019 - 09 Mar 2019
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 10 Mar 2019 - 10 Mar 2019
Sattavara Neralu is a sui generis creative theatre expression of G.B.Joshi popularly known in theatre circle as “Jadabharatha”. Subtly pulling a philosophical string and delineating a dreadful tune, Sattavara Neralu shakes the stable philosophical base and intellectually inquires into the eternally rooted firm beliefs in our society. Narayana is forcibly pulled into Sanyasa and made seer of a Mutt. A ventri vogue of king maker Diwan Krishnacharya, the seer is ashamed of his pretentious celibacy unable to suppress his un-satiated worldly desires and suffering the onslaught of intellectuals thronging at Mutt seeking philosophical and spiritual clarity subjected to scrutiny and judgement. Diwan, in pursuit of his ulterior motifs, manages to send seer on a pilgrimage and receives news that seer moved heavenward. Diwan immediately builds a Vrindavan in the name of the deceased seer and carries on Mutt activities. But seer turned Narayana, actually alive, returns to confront Diwan. Diwan manages to maintain that dead seer is in Vrindavan. Frustrated seer, reverted to mortal Narayana, threatens to reveal the truth. But incorrigible Diwan challenges that devotees would blindly believe what they practice for ages totally rejecting what Narayana blabbers, because mortal Narayana is now no the seer any more.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 12 Mar 2019 - 12 Mar 2019
ಈ ನಾಟಕ ಕಥಾ ವಸ್ತುವು ಬಾಲ್ಯದಲ್ಲೇ ತನ್ನ ಪೋಷಕರನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ಬಾದರಾಯಣನ ಸುತ್ತ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಪೋಷಕರನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡ ನಾಯಕನು ತನ್ನ ಸೋದರಮಾವನ ಮನೆ ಬೆಳೆದು ಅವರ ಸಹಾಯದಿಂದ ವಿದ್ಯಾವಂತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಕೆಲಸ ಸಿಗದೆ ಸೋದರಮಾವ ಹಾಗೂ ಸೋದರತ್ತೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಅವಮಾನವನ್ನು ಕಷ್ಟವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ವರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಹಣಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರ ಅವರು ನಾಯಕನನ್ನು ಮನೆ ಅಳಿಯನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡ ಹೊರಡುವ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕೆಂದು ಹೊರಟ ಬಾದರಾಯಣನಿಗೆ ಒಬ್ಬ ವೃದ್ದ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವನ ಹತ್ತಿರವಿರುವ ಮಾಯಾ ಹೆಣ್ಣಿನ ಪರಿಚಯವಾಗಿ ಅವರ ಸಹಾಯದಿಂದ ಅವನು ತನ್ನನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಕಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಹಾಗೂ ಅಲೌಕಿಕ ಹಸ್ತಕ್ಷೇಪದ ಮೂಲಕ ಹೇಗೆ ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ಅನ್ಯಾಯದ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ತಿರುಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಎಂಬುದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಈ ನಾಟಕವು ಇದೆ. ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಅವನು ಧೈರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಮಾಯಾ ಹೆಣ್ಣಿನ ಸಹಾಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಸ್ವತಃ ತಾನೇ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಮಾಯೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಯಾವುದೇ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯನ್ನು ತರಲಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.ನಮ್ಮ ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಮೂಲಕ ಯಾವುನ್ನೂ ಸಾಧಿಸಬಹುದು ಎಂಬುದು ಈ ನಾಟಕದ ಮೂಲ ಆಶಯ.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 13 Mar 2019 - 13 Mar 2019
BAKA – the story of Bakasura – a demon who tormented the city of Ekachakra nagara with his power and might. The city of Ekachakranagara experiences the turbulence post Bakasura’s entry and what the city experiences – politically and economically forms the crux of the story. A play relevant to all times.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 14 Mar 2019 - 14 Mar 2019
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 15 Mar 2019 - 15 Mar 2019
Ever thought what a clown does when he is depressed? It sure is tough being a clown. Here is one who hasn’t stopped crying for days.. And he has plenty of reasons for it. The one he loved the most has left him and gone away… for good. And now he has NOTHING. Then, he is not getting any younger. In fact- he is old. But more than anything else, he is depressed because he has been forced to perform this play. No wonder he is depressed!
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 16 Mar 2019 - 17 Mar 2019
Ever thought what a clown does when he is depressed? It sure is tough being a clown. Here is one who hasn’t stopped crying for days.. And he has plenty of reasons for it. The one he loved the most has left him and gone away… for good. And now he has NOTHING. Then, he is not getting any younger. In fact- he is old. But more than anything else, he is depressed because he has been forced to perform this play. No wonder he is depressed!
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 16 Mar 2019 - 17 Mar 2019
Ever thought what a clown does when he is depressed? It sure is tough being a clown. Here is one who hasn’t stopped crying for days.. And he has plenty of reasons for it. The one he loved the most has left him and gone away… for good. And now he has NOTHING. Then, he is not getting any younger. In fact- he is old. But more than anything else, he is depressed because he has been forced to perform this play. No wonder he is depressed!
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 Mar 2019 - 19 Mar 2019
ಮಹಾಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ವಣಿ೯ಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಚರಿತ್ರಗಳೊಳಗೆ ಕಣ೯ನ ಚರಿತ್ರವು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹೃದಯಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಯೂ, ಮನೋವೇಧಕವೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದೂ, ಆತನ ಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮನಸೋಲದವರಾರೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಕಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಣಿ೯ತವಾಗಿರುವ ವೀರರೊಳಗೆಲ್ಲ ಕ್ಷಾತ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸವೋ೯ಚ್ಚನಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗೂ ದೌರ್ಭಾಗ್ಯವನ್ನೇ ಕಣ೯ನು ಪಡೆದುದಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾರು ಹೊಣೆ? - ಅವನ ತಾಯಿಯೋ, ಅವನ ಶಸ್ತ್ರವಿದ್ಯಾಗುರುವೋ ಅಥವಾ ಅಜು೯ನನ ಕ್ಷಾತ್ರಕುಲ ದುರಭಿಮಾನವೋ, ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಭೇದೋಪಾಯವೋ, ತಾನು ಕುಲಹೀನನೆಂಬ ಭಾವನೆಯಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾದ ಅವನ ಕೀಳರಿಮೆಯೋ, ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ಮುಗ್ದ ಕನ್ಯೆಗೆ ಮಂತ್ರೋಪದೇಶ ಮಾಡಿದ ದುವಾ೯ಸನ ಅಚಾತುರ್ಯವೋ- ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ನಿಶ್ಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುವುದು ಪ್ರಾಯಶಃ ಅಸಾಧ್ಯ. ಆದರೆ ಶ್ರೀ ಅಂಬಾತನಯ ಮುದ್ರಾಡಿಯವರು, ‘ಪರಿತ್ಯಕ್ತ’ ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ
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 Mar 2019 - 21 Mar 2019
Algorithms is a theatrical performance inspired from the life stories of migrant cab drivers that seem to drive a large part of the population in urban cities. The lure and appeal of the app-based economy drive the exodus of semi-skilled workers -from neighbouring towns and conventional jobs- leading to a new way of looking at the future of work in cities. The performance takes a closer peek into the lives of the drivers, who are as controlled by the app as the passengers and allows spectators to encounter this technology-mediated world in fragments and experience the impact that it has on privacy, freedom, choice and the human connection.
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 Mar 2019 - 21 Mar 2019
Algorithms is a theatrical performance inspired from the life stories of migrant cab drivers that seem to drive a large part of the population in urban cities. The lure and appeal of the app-based economy drive the exodus of semi-skilled workers -from neighbouring towns and conventional jobs- leading to a new way of looking at the future of work in cities. The performance takes a closer peek into the lives of the drivers, who are as controlled by the app as the passengers and allows spectators to encounter this technology-mediated world in fragments and experience the impact that it has on privacy, freedom, choice and the human connection.
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 : 22 Mar 2019 - 22 Mar 2019
Written in 1989 in the backdrop of mandir-mandal conflict, the drama draws parallel between the Socio-Religious Political and Economic condition of existing times and southern India in 12th century A.D. during Bhakti Movement. Eight hundred years ago in the city of Kalyan a man called Basavanna assembled a congregation of poets, mystics, social revolutionaries and philosophers, unmatched for there 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 event took a violent turn when they acted on their beliefs and a brahmin girl married a 'low caste' boy.The movement ended in bloodshed .Rakt Kalyan (Tale-Danda) deals with few weeks during which a vibrant, prosperous society plunged into anarchy and terror. In Hindi its known as Rakt-Kalyan translated by Ram Gopal Bajaj.
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 Mar 2019 - 23 Mar 2019
Life is about small details than bigger definitions. Love, anticipation, desperation and dreams make life a well garnished experience and these smaller notes are what makes life worth living. The compilation of small stories in Vasudhendra's Mithuna, based on Telugu original by Sriramana is one such garnished experience and gives a sense of life fulfilled with these smaller elements without much pomp and glory of intellectual reasoning. Our effort with this play is a sincere try towards bringing on stage, these elements that make life beautiful, simplistic yet contented. Childhood lurings, teenage attractions, old age love and the memories these experiences leave behind in one's life is what makes the life of a common man. Our effort is to bring up these common yet special elements that make the common man's life an uncommon one.
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 24 Mar 2019 - 24 Mar 2019
Being a work of fiction; Hitler, having gone to Japan to acquire the formula to make an atom bomb, mistakenly descends at Bombilwadi while returning home. He gets into a police station there to use the wireless transmitter at the station but instead gets stuck there and gets dispatched to a drama company. The head of this drama company gets arrested, accused of hiding Hitler. To rescue their chief, the members of the drama company disguise themselves in different attires and after a lot of struggle somehow manage to complete their stage show. This play is filled with hilarious scenes from beginning to end and humorously depicts the preparation for the play & the confusion during the show, the banter between the drama loving British police officer & his subordinate (an Indian constable) and the struggles that Hitler goes through while attempting to go back to Germany.
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 Mar 2019 - 26 Mar 2019
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 : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 27 Mar 2019 - 27 Mar 2019
'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 : 28 Mar 2019 - 28 Mar 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 to go get a tail. So what does she do to get her tail? Will she ever get her tailback? 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 : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 29 Mar 2019 - 29 Mar 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 to go get a tail. So what does she do to get her tail? Will she ever get her tailback? 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 : 30 Mar 2019 - 30 Mar 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 : 31 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 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)
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'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.
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