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Plucky portrayal of intense emotions
The play leaves you pondering about the decisions we make in our own lives
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An unsung hero
The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, one of Girish Karnad's most well-known plays, portrays the inner life of a misunderstood hero — Tipu Sultan. It is being staged at Jagriti this month
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The urge to laugh
Aamir Raza Husain is quite clear about why he does theatre. "Theatre is for entertainment; it is not a vehicle for directors to make a statement, not a platform for them to achieve nirvana but help the audience attain it."
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May 10, 2012
Time to raise the bar
This year, Kartik Fine Arts' summer drama festival had 12 plays. A festival, needless to say, means celebration. This writer was unable to see the inaugural play, but saw the others, and couldn't...
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May 10, 2012
Experiments with tradition
Sadanam K. Harikumar's versatility and expertise have helped him make a mark by daring to experiment and innovate in a tradition bound art form like Kathakali. He has written and choreographed aro...
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Bangalore,
May 9, 2012
Unbridled campus humour
The stereotypical PhD student, especially out of Bangalore's prestigious IISc campus for most of us, would be a nerdy, humourless geek, overly intellectual, with no interest in the arts. Instead,...
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May 5, 2012
Showcase: A warrior's dreams
The fifth play in the Jagriti Season opened on the 213th death anniversary of Mysore's best known warrior prince. Girish Karnad's ‘The Dreams of Tipu Sultan' takes on a new stage avatar and portray...
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May 3, 2012
Bonding beyond boardrooms
It's a furniture-free space. A man in his late 50s appears in a pair of Bermuda shorts, his torso and legs splattered with mud. Accompanying him is a woman and a man in his 30s, who plays the role...
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May 1, 2012
Around the world in 80 laughs
Paul Myrehaug was funny since the time he can remember, except in the morning, “I'm at my worst in the mornings.” However, he carries the comedy off with a natural flair, in a manner so effortless...
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April 26, 2012
‘Naadagam’ 60
United Amateur Artists (UAA) is staging the 60th show of their play, ‘Nadagam,’ at Vani Mahal (Maha Swamigal Hall), on April 28, 6.30 p.m. The play is written by ‘Chitralaya’ Sriram and dramatis...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
April 26, 2012
Rowji memorial awardpresented to Chatla
Renowned theatre personality Chatla Sriramulu was honoured with theatre doyen Rowji memorial award at the Visakha Public Library here on Wednesday. Noted playwright and cine actor Gollapudi...
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Chennai,
April 24, 2012
A modern fairytale
‘Once upon a time in a land far far away, there lived a little boy.' It's a strangely reassuring line. Despite ogres, witches and menacing forests, fairytales have the ability to transport people...
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April 21, 2012
When the tables turn
Life often brings us to situations when we hurt each other and can't seem to help ourselves. On this truism hinges well-known theatreperson Bubbles Sabharwal's play “The See Saw”. Bubbles had penne...
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Lyrical prose
Devotion conquers pride
The three who made the cut
Midlife crisis
Art for change
Stage for Tagore
Laugh away
Shirdi springs to melodious life
Meeting with the devil
May 10, 2012
Recalling an artistic association
When the Tamil play ‘Vietnam Veedu' starring Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role, was staged for the first time way back in the 1960s, it was an instant hit. The story was written by a newcomer, Sunda...
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Bangalore,
May 9, 2012
Building on ruins
Corrine Jaber, a French theatre actor, who has also had several television and movie performances, went to Afghanistan for a project in 2005. After it's completion she returned to Paris — her home...
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May 7, 2012
Conveying the message of recycling
It is not often that people step out of their homes to watch a street play in the evening hours. But on Thursday last, a good number of residents of Krishna Nagar in Pammal took a break from their...
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May 4, 2012
Inside Story— The stage's all their world
“Did you see those trees, madam?” asked my driver as I looked out to see a road lined with a few trees with stunted and bare branches. “It was such a beautiful stretch, now the trees have all gone...
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CHENNAI,
May 3, 2012
Lifetime service to art comes in for praise
Over 30 eminent artistes received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna and Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Puraskar at an event organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, here on Wednesday.
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CHENNAI,
April 29, 2012
Remembering a theatre legend
When Kamal Haasan starred as a woman, Avvai Shanmugi, in the Tamil adaptation of Hollywood blockbuster Mrs Doubtfire, it was the actor's tribute to his teacher and thespian T.K. Shanmugam (...
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April 26, 2012
Catch up with KFA's drama fest
The Tamil drama festival (7 p.m. at the Narada Gana Sabha) hosted by Kartik Fine Arts picks up momentum with popular troupes inaugurating their plays. Today, Chennai Drama House stage...
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April 25, 2012
An unusual bond
Chennai-based freelance writer Nandini Krishnan's ‘Baby' plunges into the unsettling world of incest in its examination of the psychological motivations underpinning a father-daughter relations...
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Chennai,
April 24, 2012
A matter of choice
Prashanth Kumar Nair's “Romeo & Juliet — No Strings Attached”, an irreverent reboot of the Shakespearian tragedy of the star-crossed lovers, is on the MetroPlus Playwright Award shor...
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Bangalore,
April 19, 2012
Sublime voices
Opera is considered the most elitist of arts. Production costs of full-scale opera performances are exorbitant, making tickets very expensive. Full formal dress is also often de rigueur, perpetuati...
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