Super Seven The experiment of putting together an evening of monologues worked well in Gujarati. In the first production of Saat Teri Ekvees (7X3=21) by Manhar Gadhia, audiences got to see…
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Looking For Roots The Sindhis, known for their entrepreneurial skills, have spread all over the world to expand their businesses; but it was not too long ago that many of…
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When Danish Husain introduces his stage production of Akhtari: Dastan Bai Se Begum Tak, he says the storytelling and music format was chosen as a tribute to Begum Akhtar, because the…
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How can a play about depression be warm, funny and inspiring? Duncan Macmillan and Johnny Donahue come up with the answer through Every Brilliant Thing—a one-man show that’s simple, yet complex,…
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Three To Tango The plays Abhishek Pattnaik writes have unusual ideas, but he is an excellent actor too. His performance as a middle-aged Oriya professor in Two Adorable Losers was brilliant, even…
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The Devil Wears Bataa is a catchy title, and those familiar with the work of playwright-director Meherzad Patel would already know that the play is a comedy, and this genre tops…
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There was a hit Gujarati play called Aandhlo Pato (Blind Man’s Buff) written by Aatish Kapadia about twenty years ago, that was turned into the Hindi filmAankhen (starring Amitabh Bachchan), about a group…
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Emil And The Detectives is a classic story for children, written by German writer Erich Kastner in 1929, and illustrated by Water Trier. The Nazis burnt most of Kastner’s books, for…
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A Woman Scorned Delhi-based theatre producer, director and writer, Atul Satya Koushik has been bringing his productions to Mumbai regularly. His plays, belonging to diverse genres from mythologicals to comedies…
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Soyare Sakal is the fifty-seventh production by Bhadrakali Productions, the group established by the late Macchindra Kambli, over three decades ago, with a Malwani play Chakrapani. After his death in 2007, his…