India’s first photographer-king Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II’s hitherto unseen works are on display, which lay bare his introspective personality Straight from the archives of the Jaipur’s City Palace Museum, some unseen photographs reveal Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II’s early engagement with photography as India’s first known photographer-king. These rare images will be on display […]

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A troupe from Bangalore that has only plus-sized actors is giving a new twist to Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana “A fat person can never be Shakuntala in a play about her”, Anuradha HR says categorically. There seems some truth in this for when was the last time you saw a plus-sized actor playing the protagonist of […]

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Plot twist What:  An apt take on complicated relationships, Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts is all set to stage the acclaimed ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Nayana Sagar, the play is a farcical black comedy revolving around the D’Silva family of Vasai who were the original settlers of this suburb, […]

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As the Devnagri script sits comfortably on various technical platforms, this exhibition looks at what is lost and what remains Ever wondered about what happened to our Indian letterform, from the time legacies were written on stone? This digital exhibition has the answer, as it tracks the development of Devnagri letterform from its earliest stone  […]

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Set in Connaught Place, This play tells the story of Delhi’s evolution as a city through the eyes of a couple of typists doing a 9-to-5 job From playing Bahadur Shah Zafar in a school drama, to starring in as well as directing plays, Vishal Sharma has made a mark in Delhi’s theatre scene. Sharma […]

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Krishna in Dastaan  What: Perhaps the first ever Urdu play on the life and times of Lord Krishna, Hazrat-e-Krishna is Pierrot’s Troupe’s latest production. The play is performed in Dastaangoi format, by not one but a host of artists. The most unique feature of the play is the portrayal of Old Krishna – arguably for […]

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With the hope of building a more inclusive society, Bindi Sheth’s shots of special kids from Ahmedabad is on display at this exhibition “Their laughter, hope, joy, tears and pain are just like ours,” says photographer Bindi Sheth. Her photographs on children with special needs convey this very sentiment and are on display at the […]

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Classic conundrum What: An exciting contemporary take on the classic, Rajneesh Gautam’s Hindi play ‘The Curse of Hamlet’ is woven around William Shakespeare’s famous play. Produced by Akshara Theatre, it’s an 80-minute play where a clever ‘whodunit’ is woven into the play-within-a-play, set in a theatre company comprised of brilliant, flawed actors beset by internal […]

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