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Stage Craft A scene from Baghdad Wedding

Four plays and a festival

Life, love and human foibles unfolded at the recently concluded The Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Fest through four plays »
Djinns of Eidgah. Photo: S. R. Raghunathan

Citizen Reviews: The Djinns of Eidgah

Mind-numbingBeing an engineering student, I was never interested in theatre. I attended The Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Fest only because a friend urged me to. But, those 100 minut... »
Atul Kumar in ' Nothing Like Lear' by Cinematograph and The Company Theatre Photo:K.Ananthan.

Citizen Reviews: Nothing Like Lear

Held spellbound It was amazing to see the artiste hold forth a spoof on King Lear, for a non-stop 80 minutes, so effortlessly and seamlessly segueing from being a clown to a pathos... »
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From The Green Room Photo: S.R.Raghunathan
Chennai, August 19, 2012

Citizen Reviews: The Green Room

Caught in a dilemma The Green Room is all about the inner life of Anamika, a stage actor. The green room serves as a metaphor for what goes on in her mind. Anamika is ambitious, b... »
Coimbatore, August 17, 2012

Baghdad Wedding - citizen reviews

Complex answers My first theatre experience answered a question that has perplexed me often, “Why Jihad?” The answer is complex, for it is the story of friendship and betrayal, of... »
A still from 'The Green Room'
Chennai, August 16, 2012

Now Showing: The Green Room

The play The Green Room that will be staged at 7.30 p.m. on Friday evening deals with the predicament of English-educated Indian artistes in this country. Aditya Sudarshan won the MetroPlus... »
Woyzeck
August 15, 2012

Now Showing

The play “Woyzeck” will be staged on Thursday at 7.30 p.m. as part of the MetroPlus Theatre Fest. The story of a poor German soldier, driven to madness by brutal military discipline, inspired Geor... »
COMING TOGETHER FOR THEATRE: (From left) Arshia Sattar, theatre enthusiast; Nissar Allana, sceneographer; Amal Allana, chairperson, National School of Drama; Ravi Dubey, founder member, theatre action group; and Anmol Vellani, founder and executive director of the India Foundation For The Arts. Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
CHENNAI, August 14, 2012

Let’s talk theatre

The Importance Of Being A Festival raised a pertinent question — do festivals enrich a theatre community? »
Radical rebellion...Photo: Special Arrangement
Bangalore, August 18, 2012

Showcase: Battle of wills

A play that explores the boundaries between conformism and individuality, sanity and madness. »
From Woyzeck Photo: S. R. Raghunathan
August 17, 2012

Citizen Reviews of Woyzeck

Sheer magic Woyzeck was sheer magic. Soothing music, spotlight on a surreal chair, darkness all around… Suddenly from the darkness emerged people who tore the chair to piece... »
CULTURAL CONNECT Dobout An Bout
August 15, 2012

Circus with a twist

EVENT A sidelight of the MetroPlus Theatre Fest will be a contemporary circus show on August 17, 9 p.m. »
VARIETY, THE SPICE A Temporary Matter. Photo: S. R. Ragunathan
August 14, 2012

Citizen Reviews: Four Plays

Mixed feelings A Temporary Matter was a feel good play with a mix a of humour and sentiments. The narration was good enough for a layman to understand what the actors were t... »
Bombay Talkies. Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
August 13, 2012

Citizen Reviews: Bombay Talkies

Concern of the country Eight people, eight lives, eight monologues representative of the dreams and delusions, joys and sorrows of the 20 million heartbeats of the megapolis... »
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