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File Photo: Theatre doyen and legendary teacher Ebrahim Alkazi was 94 years old.

Theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkazi passes away at 94

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He was the longest-serving director of the National School of Drama

Samarpana’s initiatives for folk arts and artistes

Abhirami Rao Conversations, performances and workshops — social media accounts of arts organisations are buzzing with activity. However, popular classical art forms have occupied centre stage in the digital medium too, while folk forms remain in the shadows. Samarpana for Arts and Wellbeing has taken several initiatives to not only turn the focus on folk arts, but has been extending support to these artistes through timely fundraisers. .Folk art is not just a window to local cultures and traditions but

A poetic call to remain humane

Ruth Dhanaraj Art Cross Theatre Main is presenting a collection of poems online in the hopes they will rekindle feelings of benevolence among mankind

Gayathri Govind on stage as the titular character in ‘Hidimbi’

Kalanilayam’s drama ‘Hidimbi’ to stream live on August 1

Athira M The play is presented in English by Gayathri Govind who essays the titular character

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Blending Bundelkhandi art forms: A scene from “Saadhu Aur Sundari”

Celebration of theatre

Diwan Singh Bajeli At the five-day Bikaner Theatre Festival, varied themes and styles entertained the audience

Evoking nostalgia: Danish Iqbal

Know your Ghalib from Danish Iqbal

S. RAVI Danish Iqbal’s “Dastan-e-Ghalib” combines prose and poetry to highlight the multifaceted personality of the people’s poet

Familiar concerns: A scene from the engrossing play

K.S. Rajendran’s ‘Ghosts’ explores human relations

Diwan Singh Bajeli Directed by K.S. Rajendran, “Ghosts” explores the moral dilemmas of a dysfunctional family

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The Big Fat Company (BFC) was founded in Bangalore by Anuradha H.R. in 2017

Watch | The Big Fat Company shows us theatre comes in all shapes and sizes

Girish Raghunath Karnad, veteran playwright, actor, filmmaker, and theatre personality, passed away on June 10, 2019.

Girish Karnad: life in pictures

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Theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkazi passes away at 94

Sound is making waves on the theatre front

Samarpana’s initiatives for folk arts and artistes

A poetic call to remain humane

Kalanilayam’s drama ‘Hidimbi’ to stream live on August 1

This children’s play from Seoul narrates the Korean legend of ‘Choon Hyang’

Watch a rehearsed reading of murder mystery ‘Three Candles for the Dead’ on July 26

The reading is being presented under Bangalore Little Theatre’s New Voices programme

Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: William Shakespeare

QTP’s ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ takes to the digital medium as a live storytelling performance

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ is an interactive performance that initiates conversations around hope and coping together while dealing with the topic of mental health

Join the HandleBards as they take on Romeo and Juliet on July 18

Join the HandleBards in a live streaming event held in association with Imbroglio Productions on July 18. Actors Lucy, Tom, and Paul will explore the

Storyboard Productions’ virtual play reading: What’s the ‘Good Answer’

Hyderabad-based Storyboard Productions brings a virtual play reading on July 25 and 26

Venu’s Navarasa Sadhana workshop goes online

A look at the origins of the 15-day course in Kerala’s Irinjalakuda that teaches performers to dig deep inside to emote

Theatre artist Subhadramma Mansur dies aged 81

State Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa condoled her death.

Through daily live sessions, Mumbai’s Coconut Theatre keeps conversations on the genre active

Coconut Theatre brings national and international theatre veterans to keep the dialogue on the artform going, through live sessions on Facebook

Gear up for ‘Yaun Rog’, a light-hearted monologue on July 18

Hyderabad-based KissaGo Theatre group hopes to keep the audience engaged virtually during the staging

‘Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show’, comprising science demonstrations for children, will stream online

Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show is a physical show comprising simple yet fascinating science experiments for children above the age of four

‘Koothu’ comes home: How group of shadow puppeteers in Salem streamed a play live on Facebook

A terrace turns into a stage for a group of shadow puppeteers in Salem, who, for the first time in their 50 years of theatre, stream a play live on Facebook

Chennai-based The Little Theatre introduces ArtsLab, a new alternative learning initiative

ArtsLab explores the phenomenon of ‘light’ in its first module through theatre, art, music and dance

Ali Milles’ emotional ghost story, ‘The Croft’, is set to stream online

‘The Croft’ travels between time schemes and is based on the stories of families displaced in the Highland Clearances

Network of Artistic Theatre Activists Kerala (NATAK) is keeping the theatre scene in Kerala active through social media

District and zonal units of NATAK are busy conducting drama contests and festivals, radio plays, discussions, interviews…

A five-minute Kathakali play to raise awareness about measures to prevent spread of COVID-19

Jagratha, a five-minute play in the Kathakali format, written and choreographed by Margi Vijayakumar, details the precautions and measures to be taken against COVID-19

English playwright Alan Bennett’s ‘The Habit of Art’ is now streaming online

The play imagines an encounter between composer Benjamin Britten and poet WH Auden

British Council and The Queer Muslim Project present the Digital Pride Festival

The festival, which will be held from June 15 to 28, will feature film screenings, discussions and performances

Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation provides relief to theatre professionals in eight states

Mohammad Ali Baig says that this endeavour to support artistes and workers is a token of appreciation

Virtual experiences in lockdown times

In 1971, in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, a site-specific dance performance — one in which the ‘site’ in question encompassed a dozen rooftops over a

Theatre for Change presents a tribute to Safdar Hashmi

The tribute will include readings from his collection of poems ‘Duniya Sabki’ and a rehearsed reading of ‘Machine’

‘Crazy’ memories

Looking back, on his first anniversary

Red Polka Productions' English play 'Chitraa' based on Rabindranath Tagore's work goes viral

The play is a millennial, English rendition of Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Chitrangada’

Here’s how Swatantra Theatre’s ‘Rang-e-Dastaan’ virtual festival unfolds

Depicting human interest stories, the 13-day festival features 13 plays and 70 artistes from across India

How Hyderabad’s Nori Art and Puppet Centre will keep kids engaged at home amid the pandemic

Hyderabad-based Ratnamala Nori of Nori Art and Puppet Centre brings puppets to life with things available at home

COVID-19: Online reading session for the 36th anniversary of (late) Qadir Ali Baig

Mohd Ali Baig will read ‘Alone’, a story set during lockdown

Anupam Kher to launch his play ‘Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai’ digitally

Anupam Kher’s autobiographical play ‘Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai’ directed by Feroz Abbas Khan has been staged more than 450 times in 15 years

Larry Kramer’s visionary crusades

Playwright and pioneering AIDS activist Larry Kramer passed away on May 27. He was 84. His body of work includes the seminal play, The Normal Heart,

‘Wellness check’ during lockdown

A virtual play with three students and a drama teacher focuses on mental health care

New radio adaptation of PG Wodehouse’s ‘Leave it to Psmith’ released

The show, directed by the husband-wife duo of Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis, is part of BBC Radio 4’s programming

All you need to know about the ongoing Telangana Online Theatre Festival

The festival, which kicked off on May 12, has opened new doors for Telugu theatre lovers

Bangalore Hindi Theatre pays tribute to Girish Karnad with the Karnad Monologue Contest

This theatre contest is open to everyone, of all age groups, irrespective of their experience in theatre or acting

Ranga Shankara launches play streaming programme

Watch plays such as ‘Fish Tree Moon’, ‘Circle of Life’, and ‘Chippi the Chipkali’, and more on YouTube

Tribute: Phillip Zarrilli (1947-2020) — The mindful thespian

He came to India at 29 to learn Kathakali but discovered kalaripayattu, and went on to make the integration of mind and body the core of his practice

UK-based Flute Theatre takes to Instagram to help those in the autistic spectrum

Flute Theatre’s team comes live on Instagram to play an interactive game called Heartbeat Hellos

Online listening circle for health care workers

Caretharsis is a safe space where doctors and nurses share their experiences freely, without judgement

Ruby Patel, first lady of the Parsi Gujarati stage

A theatre veteran, she was equally at home with both popular light-hearted fare and characters with more gravitas

These online improv formats have clicked with Bengaluru audiences

Improv artistes Balasree Viswanathan and Laxmi Priya talk about the creative spin they have given to their performances

Narrative monologues by women on marginalised voices

The digital version of The Rainbow is Enough, presented by Theatre for Change, is a series of performances that bring to the fore stories of people we know little about

Drama troupe raises the bar

Stage Creations presents a full-fledged play on digital platform

Theatre enthusiasts, check out this multifaceted voice workshop

Udaan Performing Arts is in charge of this online voice workshop, which kicks off on May 15

Stand-up comedian Dr Anil Abraham talks about his videos of a well-meaning uncle offering humorous advice

This ‘ungle’ offers lockdown advice on YouTube

The give and take of Phillip Zarrilli’s art

The far-sighted internationally renowned theatre personality, Phillip Zarrilli, passed away on April 28, after a fourteen-year battle with cancer that

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