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  Theatre Play Review Johnson Thomas Title: Taking Sides Language: English Cast: Sukant Goel, Atul Kumar, Mallika Singh, Kashish Saluja, Kashin Shetty, Richa Jain Asst.Director, Music, Sound : Vara Raturi Light Design & Operation: Rahul Joglekar Production: Vara Raturi, Kanchan Khilare, Rahul Kumar, Naman Seth Videography: Akash Waghachoure Volunteers: Vicky Rana, Ranjeet Singh, Nikhil Nagpal, Ganesh Pendurkar Director: Atul Kumar Written by: Ronald Harwood Rating: * * ½ Runtime: 120 mins Taking Sides, a 1995 play by British playwright Ronald Harwood, directed by Atul Kumar for the Indian Audience, is about the post-war United States denazification investigation of the German conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtwängler on charges of having served the Nazi regime. The play had its first run in Mumbai at an intimate boutique theatre setting, Lé Chakallas Studios, Andheri (W) from 10th February 2022 to 13th February 2022.  Ronald Harwood’s “Taking...

   'Lifeline 99 99', an interactive theatre performance that takes place over a phone call at home. This is an experimental performance that brings one audience member and one performer together, so there are many moving parts to this. S taged as part of the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival's online section,  It's a unique performance that connects one audience member to a living, breathing character on the other end of the telephone for a conversation.  You can experience any or more out of the seven dial-in performances available. One of them is called  Mritunjay  (English: one who triumphs over death). Performed by Vanshika Verma. Here is a short synopsis of this story:  You pick up the phone and hear the emotionless, straight-laced voice of a life insurance agent. Meet Anjali , who is here to introduce you to a new life insurance scheme called Mrityunjay , which literally translates to ‘one who triumphs over death’ . Whilst she introduces and outli...

Prism Theatre Society is all set to launch the play “Khidki” a family entertainer in Mumbai, featuring Netflix series Sacred Games Fame Bunty aka Actor Jatin Sharma and Actress Priyanka Sharma. Vikas Bahari known for his modern style of writing has directed and designed various productions under the same banner on stage. After performing successful shows all over in India, now Prism Theatre Society is taking its newly existed theatrical extravaganza 39th show of play "Khidki" in Mumbai on 24th November 2019. Khidki story revolves around the hell hole of the struggling writer who is facing a writer's block and dealing with a deadline at the same time. Now he is left with no option but to look around and find characters, by guessing about their lives and actions..."Guesses" with infinite possibilities...will make plan entertaining. But what if even by a slight chance... One of these possibilities comes true? Come and discover life with action an...

About ANTARANG Season 3 An initiative by The Actor’s Truth, the third edition of Antarang Theatre Festival is celebrating equality in love as we mark 50 years of ‘Pride’ and acceptance of the LGBTQI community across the world. Starting August 16-18, this three-day festival comprises portrayals and narrations that act as a mirror to those aspects of our society that we choose to remain oblivious to. Not just that, the festival aims to address various other issues that are of utmost importance and often a topic of discussion in the society, like female foeticide, child abuse, sexual molestation, marital rape, homophobia. At the same time talking about mental illness, that is often shoved under the carpet. Mr. Saurabh Sachdeva, acting coach, and curator of the Antarang Theatre festival dedicate this festival to the courage of the LGBTQ community for their unshakable conviction. “Since we started this festival in 2017, each year we bring plays that talk about or address social ...

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#PicksAndPiques #EnglishHindiTheatrePlayReview #TheatreCriticJohnsonThomas #BadeMiyanDeewane Rating: * * * #ImranRasheed #MuzammilQureshi #YasirKhan #BarkhaSaxena #HarpreetSingh #NishaDhar #AkritiSingh #KhaleeqChaudhary #KhushbooAtre #VarunKumar #NischalSharma Play: Bade Miyan Deewane Cast: Imran Rasheed, Muzammil Qureshi, Yasir Khan, Barkha Saxena, Harpreet Singh, Nisha Dhar, Akriti Singh, Khaleeq Chaudhary, Khushboo Atre, Varun Kumar and Nishchal Sharma, Mohd Khaleeq Director: Imran Rasheed Rating: * * * Runtime: 120 mins Amongst the funniest and most popular Hindi Urdu romantic comedy plays to be staged in India, Rangbaaz’s ‘Bade Miyan Deewane’ directed by ace theatre exponent Imran Rasheed begins its latest re-rerun on the Indian theatre circuit in moth eaten overalls. The production values are not up to the mark and neither are the costuming, the singing or the dancing. The entire shoddy production has a rather antiquated and decadent low-brow feel to it. And...

BY POPULAR DEMAND, ITS BACK IN MUMBAI…. 10 years, 80 shows on….and still running to packed houses Rangbaaz Presents India's Best Hindi Musical Comedy Play By popular demand, one of India’s leading professional theatre groups, Rangbaaz Productions is back in Mumbai to delight theatre lovers across the city! Rangbaaz will stage their runaway hit musical comedy play -- ''BADE MIYAN DEEWANE'' – that has been enjoying a successful 10-year, 80 show run to packed houses across the country! It is being staged on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at St. Andrew’s Auditorium Bandra (W) at 7.30pm. It is suitable for children Aged 10 years and above. Bade Miyan Deewane is one of the funniest Hindi Urdu romantic comedy plays to be staged in India and it is based on Shaukat Thanvi's novel Budbhas. The popular musical stars Imran Rasheed, Muzammil Qureshi, Yasir Khan, Barkha Saxena, Harpreet Singh, Nisha Dhar, Akriti Singh, Khaleeq Chaudhary, Khushboo Atre, Varun Kumar and Ni...