Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 21 Nov 2018 - 21 Nov 2018
"When we reject a single story about a person & realise there's never a single story we regain its true beauty ". Ravana's sister, Shoorpanakha, the brazen and deformed, demonic figure- a character from the epic of Ramayana whom we are accustomed to vilify and dislike.. Society has always ridiculed her. We take her role in Ramayana so lightly, when in fact she is such a crucial character. And then she has been side-lined through the rest of the epic. It is that we all have only heard about a single story of Shoorpanakha.. Coming to any conclusions based on a single story is always dangerous. So, through this play it's an effort to humanise her and make her real to people and not simply justifying her. Hence looking at the Shoorpanakha character through different dimensions. There were people with flaws and that's the beauty of mythology. Every character has shades of grey and they make us think and question. This play is presented in a unique style using different techniques of yakshagana and a tinge of classical forms like Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Koodiyattam, Kalarippayattu
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 22 Nov 2018 - 23 Nov 2018
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 22 Nov 2018 - 23 Nov 2018
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 24 Nov 2018 - 24 Nov 2018
QTP brings to Bangalore the internationally acclaimed, award winning show Foreign Body by Imogen Butler-Cole. Foreign Body is the beautifully crafted solo show about hope, healing, and forgiveness after sexual assault. Uniquely told from the perspective of the survivor and perpetrator of the same assault, using a charged combination of verbatim, physical theatre, and a stunning original soundtrack, Foreign Body is a brave, liberating and life-affirming story. "a profoundly moving and sophisticated piece of theatre" - Exeunt “Always engrossing… formidable … we all deserve to see more work like Foreign Body.” - A Younger Theatre * Trigger warning: contains descriptions of sexual assault that some may find triggering * Age Suitability: 18+
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 : 25 Nov 2018 - 25 Nov 2018
QTP brings to Bangalore the internationally acclaimed I, Malvolio by Tim Crouch. I, Malvolio re-imagines Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night from the point of view of its most notoriously abused steward. It’s a charged, hilarious and sometimes unsettling rant from a man adrift in front of a cruel audience. Part abject clown, part theatre-hating disciplinarian, Malvolio asks his audience to explore the pleasure we take in other people’s suffering. I, Malvolio has toured the world since it opened in 2010 - from Shanghai to Sydney, from Moscow to Manila. This is a rare chance to see a performance by one of the UK’s most original theatre-makers. Tim Crouch is an Obie-award winning performer, playwright, and director. His plays include An Oak Tree, The Author, and Adler & Gibb. “Immaculate, moving, funny, wise” – The Times “I, Malvolio is incredibly funny, utterly heart-breaking, deeply sophisticated, beguilingly simple, hugely compassionate, completely uncompromising and incredibly intricate. All at the same time.” – Postcards from the Gods
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 Nov 2018 - 27 Nov 2018
Bookbinder Sakharam thinks he has the system by the tail and he can disregard the cultural and societal values as long as he is truthful. That system is the enslavement of women in post-colonial India. He picks up other men's discarded women—castoff wives who would otherwise be homeless, destitute or murdered with impunity, and takes them in as domestic servants and sex partners. He rules his home like a tin-pot tyrant. What he does not anticipate are the moral and emotional complications of this arrangement, which prove heartbreakingly ruinous to everyone involved. "Chuski Natak Ki" is an event conducted by "Theatre On Your Own" who plan to read classic plays in a dramatic manner, discuss the work of renowned playwrights, figure out the craft used in the great plays. It all happens over a chuski of tea and some snacks. This time we are revisiting Vijay Tendulkar’s "Sakharam Binder", incorporating a theme based dramatic reading. We would love to play with the audience mind by using different forms as the storytelling will be engaging and challenging at the same time. The target audience for the event is everyone who appreciates theatre and literature and everyone who like us gets inspired by a good piece of art. We have staged "Chuski Naatak ki " once every month starting from December 2015 at various location in Bangalore and got a very positive and appreciative response from the audience for our shows which encourages us immensely
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 Nov 2018 - 28 Nov 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.
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 29 Nov 2018 - 30 Nov 2018
Meet Shilpa, an attractive, interactive and user-friendly mobile phone app that has been projected to be the most popular app of 2018. Created using the latest technology, Shilpa will sing for you – in the flesh. She will sing the songs you want to hear with her sugary and husky voice, and shake her hips when you want her to as she dances to your favorite tune. Best of all, she behaves exactly the way women are supposed to behave in the eyes of men; that is until the next update is released. Starring singer-actress MD Pallavi in her first ever solo performance, this one-woman show is a witty, humorous and satirical interrogation of what it is like being a woman in the entertainment industry today. The Indo-German collaboration explores the realms of digital dramaturgy, repetition and user choices to create a new hybrid form of theatre-meets-performance art. Try the app for yourself in a beta test that will have you roaring with laughter as Shilpa charms you with her sparkling personality.
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 Nov 2018 - 30 Nov 2018
Meet Shilpa, an attractive, interactive and user-friendly mobile phone app that has been projected to be the most popular app of 2018. Created using the latest technology, Shilpa will sing for you – in the flesh. She will sing the songs you want to hear with her sugary and husky voice, and shake her hips when you want her to as she dances to your favorite tune. Best of all, she behaves exactly the way women are supposed to behave in the eyes of men; that is until the next update is released. Starring singer-actress MD Pallavi in her first ever solo performance, this one-woman show is a witty, humorous and satirical interrogation of what it is like being a woman in the entertainment industry today. The Indo-German collaboration explores the realms of digital dramaturgy, repetition and user choices to create a new hybrid form of theatre-meets-performance art. Try the app for yourself in a beta test that will have you roaring with laughter as Shilpa charms you with her sparkling personality.
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)
Dec
Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 01 Dec 2018 - 01 Dec 2018
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Show Timings : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 02 Dec 2018 - 02 Dec 2018
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 04 Dec 2018 - 05 Dec 2018
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 : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 04 Dec 2018 - 05 Dec 2018
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 : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 06 Dec 2018 - 06 Dec 2018
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Show Timings : 19.30 PM Schedule date : 07 Dec 2018 - 07 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,19.30 PM Schedule date : 08 Dec 2018 - 09 Dec 2018
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 : 15.30 PM,19.30 PM Schedule date : 08 Dec 2018 - 09 Dec 2018
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 : 11 Dec 2018 - 16 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 : 11 Dec 2018 - 16 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 : 11 Dec 2018 - 16 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 : 11 Dec 2018 - 16 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 : 11 Dec 2018 - 16 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 : 11 Dec 2018 - 16 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 : 18 Dec 2018 - 18 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 : 19 Dec 2018 - 19 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 : 20 Dec 2018 - 20 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 : 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
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
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 - 27 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 : 28 Dec 2018 - 28 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,19.30 PM Schedule date : 29 Dec 2018 - 29 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,19.30 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)
December
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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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