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I Killed My Mother/ It Wasn't My Fault #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #Theatrewala #TheatrePlayReview

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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #Theatrewala #TheatrePlayReview Play Title: #IKilledMyMotherItWasntMyFault Cast: #ShreyaSharma #AsthaGulati #Dusha #MeghnaManglani #AnoushkaZaveri #MithilRajGoswami Writer/Director: #MallikaShah Producer: #MeghanaAT #PaytmInsider #BhashaCentre #TheOtherCirclePR #Manch Rating: * * * Runtime: 65 min Writer-Director Mallika Shah’s drama on overthinking and the post-millenial generation is as insightful as it is humorous. The 65 min comedy-drama, makes cognitive coherence it’s coming-of-age yardstick. The play is likely to resonate with young urban women and men through its fairly compelling narrative. The story brings to the fore, troubles young adults have while navigating society both online and offline. In today’s dynamic work-life landscape, Gen Z and Millennials have to deal with pressures that often have them grappling with overthinking. They have to navigate complex digital environments while being bombarded with information - making
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Happy New Year 2024

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As Bees in Honey Drown #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #TheatrePlayReview #Theatrewala

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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #TheatrePlayReview #Theatrewala Johnson Thomas Title: As Bees in Honey Drown Cast: Aditya Rawal, Shikha Talsania, Tavish Bhattacharya, Ashwin Mushran, Meher Acharia Dar, Chakori Dwivedi, Zeus Paranjpe Director: Anahita Uberoi Producer: Devika Shahani Playwright: Doughlas Carter Beane Indian Adaptation: Akarsh Khurana #AadyamTheatre #TheDragonRoseProject #AdityaBirlaGroup #InterrobangCreative Light Design- Arghya Lahiri & Gurleen Judge Sound Design: Kaizad Gherda Sund Engineer: Varrunn Bangera Asst. Director: Rhea Amin Costume Design: Pallavi Patel Hair and Make-up : Anisa Uberoi Projection Design : Percival Crasto Production Manager: Spriha Nakhare Rating: * * * Runtime: 150 mins Set in the contemporary world, this play adaptation by Akarsh Khurana from Doughlas Carter Beane’s original dark comedy about celebrity, is a glib, fast-talking work that mixes visual imagery, fast moving set-changes and fluid acting to convey it’s point. Bean
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MY WIFE's 8th VACHAN #PicksAndPiques #TheatrePlayReviews #JohnsonThomas #ArtBuzzInternational #Theatrewala

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#PicksAndPiques #TheatrePlayReviews #JohnsonThomas #ArtBuzzInternational #Theatrewala An entertainer with a timely and potent message Play Title: MY WIFE's 8th VACHAN Cast: Anup Soni, Vinay Jain and Monisha Singh Katiyal Director/ Writer: Atul Sathya Koushik Rating: * * * Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy (premiered on 12th February 2023 at St Andrews Auditorium, Bandra) One of India’s leading theatre group, The Films and Theatre Society, premiered playwright/Director Atul Sathya Koushik’s latest, a comedic family entertainer apparently inspired by marriages, with Anup Soni, Vinay Jain and Monisha Singh Katial in the lead roles. Koushik has been quite prolific and very successful on the theatre circuit, writing and directing plays from various genres including Historicals, Musicals, mythological and social satires. This time, a first for him, he sets out a curious triangle between a bored and floundering married couple Madhur and Mahek played by Anup Soni and Moni
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MY WIFE's 8th VACHAN a new Hindi comedy play premiered on 12th February 2023 at St Andrews Auditorium, Bandra

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MY WIFE's 8th VACHAN a new Hindi comedy play premiered on 12th February 2023 at St Andrews Auditorium, Bandra Hindi play will feature Actor Anup Soni, Actor Vinay Jain and Monisha Singh Katial India’s leading theatre group The Films and Theatre Society is all set to bring a new Hindi Comedy play “My Wife’s 8th Vachan” for the audience of Mumbai. Atul Satya Koushik is widely known for creating a brand value in grand Historical productions, Musicals, mythological, Social Satires and My Wife’s 8th Vachan is his first attempt in the genre of comedy and family entertainment at this scale. My Wife’s 8th Vachan is an eighty-five-minute comedy and family play inspired by marriages. The play is about a mystery called "marriage" that has deepened with each effort of solving it. This play, at most, is another ambitious (read failed) attempt in doing so. Madhur and Mahak are no different from any married couple who have been co-existing in each other’s lives for fifteen
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Bhagi Hui Ladkiyan #PicksAndPiques #HindiEnglishTheatrePlayReview #JohnsonThomas #Theatrewala

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#PicksAndPiques #HindiEnglishTheatrePlayReview #JohnsonThomas #Theatrewala #GoetheInstituteBangalore #RefunctionGrant #SandboxCollective #AagaazTheatreTrust #TheOtherCirclePR #PaytmInsider #Harkat Theatre Play Review Johnson Thomas A peculiar look within the crucible of Expectations Title: Bhagi Hui Ladkiyan Cast: Nagina, Jasmine, Nagma, Zainab Director: Dhwani Vij Rating: * * ½ Runtime: 50 mins Does this play have anything to do with Alok Dhanwa’s famous poem? The title is the same and reports have it that the poem was the springboard for devising this play. But this play has nothing much to do with the poem in terms of dramatic content. The fledgling efforts at feminism are mini-rebellions in the context of ‘personal life.’ Bhagi Hui Ladkiyan was commissioned as a part of Gender Bender 2016, supported by Goethe Institut Bangalore and Sandbox Collective. Initially, Dhwani Vij collaborated with Aagaaz Theatre Trust to develop a 15 minute long
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Dhappa - An ambitious Experiment #PicksAndPiques #HindiEnglishTheatrePlay #JohnsonThomas #Theatrewala

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#PicksAndPiques #HindiEnglishTheatrePlayReview #JohnsonThomas #Theatrewala #AumTheatreProduction #NikitaKamdarPR An ambitious experiment Play: Dhappa (Hide & Seek) Genre: Musical mystery Cast: Puneet Issar, Sharon Chandra , Pavitra Sarkar , Anuradha Athlekar Singers & Musicians : Ajitkumar Shrivastava, Amit Ranjan Srivastava, Radha Srivastava. Director/Writer/Producer : Akshay Mishra Rating: * * ½ Runtime : 180 mins Aum Theatre Production’s musical mystery ‘Dhappa’ Written, produced and directed by Akshay Mishra is an ambitious effort no doubt – set as it is in the 1950’s and influenced by the paranormal mystery films of Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar and Sadhana. But not only that – the play focuses on a developing bond between a failed actor whose disrepute is far more widely publicized than his films or acting prowess and a writer whose idealistic outlook inspires him to make films that do justice to his vision. The narrative goes back and forth into the past an
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