March Newsletter - Ranga Shankara

Dear Friends:

March is upon us. And no, there is no Julius Caesar in sight yet.
After Footsbarn and countless celebrations at Ranga Shankara where we celebrated everything under the sun from music to films, it's yet another month with some fabulous productions to look forward to. March begins with one of our most admired directors Prasanna, whose play –“Cupid's Broken Arrow ” opens the proceedings at Ranga Shankara this month. Friends from Mumbai come back with two spectacular productions, a double-bill featuring “The Blue Mug” and “C for Clown”, with a stellar star cast. Look forward to Girish Karnad's “Odakalu Bimba” and “A Heap of Broken Images” that will premiere at Ranga Shankara this month. Arundhati Rao plays protagonist in the Kannada production, while Arundhati Raja features in the English production of the play. Making their presence in absentia at Ranga Shankara this month are greats such as Molière, Dario Fo and Franca Ramé, Pu ti Na, Tagore and Ibsen...may there be more.

And finally, Gokula Nirgama by Benaka will bring the month to an end. This play carries with it the undiminished halo of B V Karanth.

Come one, come all, like they say in MTV language.. YENJOY!

RANGA SHANKARA MARCH 2005 SCHEDULE
SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
		1 CUPID'S BROKEN ARROW English Prasanna	2 CUPID'S BROKEN ARROW English Prasanna	3 CUPID'S BROKEN ARROW English Prasanna	4 KURI Kannada M S Sathyu	5 KURI Kannada M S Sathyu
6 PAMPA BHARATHA Kannada Pramod Shiggao	7 THEATRE CLOSED	8 "An evening with Mary" An adaptation from the musical "Mary Poppins", English, Myrthi Surendra	9 "An evening with Mary" An adaptation from the musical "Mary Poppins", English, Myrthi Surendra	10 THE BLUE MUG English & Hindi Atul Kumar	11 THE BLUE MUG English & Hindi Atul Kumar	12 C FOR CLOWN Gibberish Rajat Kapoor
13 C FOR CLOWN Gibberish Rajat Kapoor	14 THEATRE CLOSED	15 "Odakalu Bimba" Kannada,Girish Karnad	16 "Odakalu Bimba" Kannada,Girish Karnad	17 BIMBA&IMAGES Kannada,English Girish Karnad	18 BRIDES OF GOD English, Hindi, Kannada, Brij Bhasha, Aliyeh Rizvi	19 BRIDES OF GOD English, Hindi, Kannada, Brij Bhasha, Aliyeh Rizvi
20 THEFT English E K Ram	21 THEATRE CLOSED	22 BIMBA&IMAGES Kannada,English Girish Karnad	23 BIMBA&IMAGES Kannada,English Girish Karnad	24 BIMBA&IMAGES Kannada,English Girish Karnad	25 WAAH! DOCTOR Hindi Vinay Ohja	26 WAAH! DOCTOR Hindi Vinay Ohja
27 WAAH! DOCTOR Hindi Vinay Ohja	28 THEATRE CLOSED	29 a) ROULETTE English (45 mins) Sharath Kowligi b) CUT English (45 mins) Pramod Ninan	30* a) A year in the Death of Eddie Jester - English (45 mins) Spandan Mishra	31 GOKULA NIRGAMANNA Kannada Pu.Ti.Na. B.V.Karanth		* b) The Open Couple English (45 mins) Nisha S & Sharath Kowligi

THEATRE LESSON
Robert Wilson, one of America’s most admired theatre persons constructs visual theatre
where repetition and slow movement are deliberate. Stunningly one’s sense of timing is altered, therefore a simple crossing of the stage can take as much as ONE HOUR!