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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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A scene from 'Hamlet'. Photo: M. Periasamy
July 21, 2009

Bring on the clowns: ‘Hamlet — The Clown Prince’

‘Hamlet — The Clown Prince’ is Shakespeare with a funny twist »
A scene from 'Antigone'. Photo: R. Ravindran
July 21, 2009

Metaphor of the times: ‘Antigone'

A haunting and contemporary retelling of the great Greek epic, ‘Antigone’ remains as relevant today as ever »
'Chicago'. Photo: R. Ravindran
July 21, 2009

Chennai, next?: 'Chicago'

Average fare ‘Chicago’ Everybody likes song and dance, and that’s what redeemed ‘Chicago’ from its many flaws. Some of the dance routines in the play wer... »
‘Medea and its Double’. Photo: R. Ravindran
July 21, 2009

Of human struggle: 'Medea and its Double'

Fitting finale After a whole two weeks of some excellent and some other not-so-excellent theatre, ‘Medea and its Double seemed a fitting finale, with truly spectacular productio... »
'Hamlet'. Photo: M. Periasamy
July 21, 2009

‘Hamlet - The Clown Prince’

Captivating fare What do you get when you take a large portion of tragic Shakespeare and add six nonsensical and talented clowns, a large helping of gibberish, a smattering of deep an... »
A scene from 'Chicago'. Photo: R. Ravindran
July 21, 2009

And all that jazz..: 'Chicago'

Gritty and grungy, 'Chicago' is replete with song and scandal, colour and crime »
'Antigone'. Photo: R. Ravindran
July 21, 2009

Powerful portrayal: ‘Antigone’

Yes, maybe no The expectations were huge. It could not get bigger than this. There were legends involved — a Greek tragedy by Sophocles, adapted by Jean Anouilh, re-adapted by t... »
'Citizen Josh'. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
July 21, 2009

A commentary on democracy: ‘Citizen Josh’

Quixotic journey Used to the aggressive, gut wrenchingly funny monologues about American politics, I was at first disconcerted by the passive yet intellectual and often emotional argu... »
'The Skeleton Woman'. Photo: R. Ravindran.
July 21, 2009

A writer’s world: ‘The Skeleton Woman’

Imaginative ‘The Skeleton Woman’ – it was just about equivalent to what was expected. An almost-invincible writer’s block, a ‘nagging’ and somewhat... »
July 16, 2009

MetroPlus Theatre Fest 2009

We talk in English. We talk in Korean. We even talk in gibberish. All the world is on a stage at the newest edition of the MetroPlus Theatre Festival. It’s a babble of tongues.... »
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