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The Ishara International Puppet Festival is delighted to celebrate its 12th anniversary  in 2014 across Delhi, Gurgaon and Chandigarh, with a more vibrant and international lineup than ever before. The festival showcases both modern and traditional forms of puppetry - ranging from rod and string to shadow puppets - alongside performances of dance, theatre, music and more. Join us from Feb 24th - March 4th at The Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi Epicentre, Gurgaon Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh Visit the  Festival Website for the Schedule Book tickets at  kyazoonga.com/ishara

PIERROT’S TROUPE   ( Delhi )  and  KIRDAAR ART ACADEMY  (Mumbai) are going to hold  “Class ‘n’ Comedy” Theatre Festival”  from  Feb 28  to  March 2 ,  2014; at  RANGSHARDA Auditorium,  K C Marg, Bandra Reclamation,  Bandra  (West), Mumbai.   The above-mentioned festival comprises  three highly popular plays  by  Pierrot’s Troupe  (all written and directed by  Dr M Sayeed Alam ): BIG B  (Hind-lish Comedy)  Feb 28, 8 pm K L SAIGAL  (Hindi- Urdu Musical)  March 1 , 7:30 pm GHALIB IN NEW DELHI  (Urdu – Hindi Comedy)  March 2, 7:30 pm "BIG B" -- , however, has nothing to do with Mr Amitabh Bachchan. It is, rather, concerned with Mr Premchan(d): For, the play is the first ever presentation of his celebrated  Hindi- Urdu  short story – "Bade Bhai Sahib"  in  'Broken English'  or what we call  Hind-lish  (Not Hinglish) K L SAIGAL  features India’s noted Stage and Screen artist  Tom Alter  narrating, in his impeccable Urdu and inimitable style, the life story of 

Azim Premji University is pleased to present a theatre performance by Sushama Deshpande Haan, Main Savitribai Phule The story of an extraordinary woman, Savitribai Phule ‘Haan, Main Savitribai Phule’  is based on the life and work of the educationist Savitribai Phule. This powerful solo play is written, directed and performed by Sushama Deshpande. In this play, Sushama brings Savitri to the present day; Savitri appears to be genuinely puzzled – “Why are things so much the same after 100 years? Why have you not taken the movement forward?” This is the Hindi version of the play, originally written in Marathi as ‘ Vhay, Mee Savitribai ’ (‘Yes, I am Savitribai’). The play charts the journey of Savitri’s life, telling her story from her perspective. Sushama Deshpande has been performing it for 25 years, and has done more than 3000 performances in different parts of India as well as in many countries like USA, China, and so on. The play has travelled far and wide in the in

After an acclaimed premiere at the Pukaar festival in Pune, The Arshinagar Project presents ' This Side of the Truth - A Piece for a Flute and a Hat ' in Kolkata on February 22nd. This Side of the Truth - A Piece for a Flute and a Hat   is a landscape of sounds and images, based on fragments of Dylan Thomas' poetry. It is a sort of poem of and in space, reaching simultaneously out to the shadows of our own past and future selves. Drawing upon a process of rigorous research on the organic connections between breath, musicality, body and text, the piece excavates the surface of Thomas' wordscapes, to create a montage of fragmentary, non-linear images, where the shadows of the man crash into the ghosts of the father and the son, skittering off each other across time and memory.  The piece is devised and performed by Arka Mukhopadhyay and musician Pradip (Bula) Chaterji. Date: 22/02/2014   Time: 7:30 PM Contribution: 150/-   Call:  9836509386    e-mail:  th