theatre

The Holy Holocaust

Suhit Kelkar

A stage adaptation of a poem that retells a Mahabharata myth in a modern context

Irom in Her Soul

Aarthi Gunnupuri

Theatre artiste Ojas SV has taken Irom Sharmila’s story to 15 states with her moving solo production

How the Stage Got Upstaged

Anjum Katyal

With his Third Theatre, pioneer Badal Sircar (1925—2011) took the art of drama off the conventional stage, straight to the people

The Constant Travellers

Avantika Bhuyan

For forty years, Footsbarn has been travelling the world, performing. They live in homes-on-wheels as an itinerant little community. Now they’re pitching tent in India

BenQ MX 880 UST

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

This ultra short throw (UST) projector can turn your bedroom into a mini theatre

And Roles for All

Jaideep Mazumdar

Inviting the audience to perform, a Bengal theatre group has galvanised activism in Indian villages. And engineered the scrapping of a Reliance SEZ in Maharashtra

The Mystery of Genius

Shubhangi Swarup

Actor-director Simon McBurney explores the ‘romantic’ relationship between mathematicians GH Hardy and Srinivas Ramanujan.

Confessions of a Theatre Actress

arindam

“Once, a chaiwallah at Prithvi Theatre unknowingly walked on to the stage during a performance and asked, ‘Who had asked for tea?’ The actor answered ‘no one’”

Fighting to Tell a Tale

Anil B. Lulla

For 125 years, the families of Surabhi have been making sacrifices just to ensure that the show goes on. But now, they won’t last much longer without some help.