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Ebrahim Alkazi: Man on a mission
As Ebrahim Alkazi, theatre practitioner and director of the National School of Drama for 15 years, turns 90, a student pays tribute
Assam’s mobile theatre industry is under fire for rapidly shedding its traditional identity to embrace the contemporary. But it continues to thrive on popular demand
Indian theatre’s young Indian brigade
Spurring Indian theatre are the youngsters, who continue to face age-old obstacles but are finding creative ways of circumventing them
All the world’s a stage, but there are some venues that are special. The 18th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav — the annual festival of National School of Drama — started this week. For two more weeks, colours, moods, emotions and ideas will rule the Capital as artistes from across the country and the world take centre stage. Kamal Narang takes us through the festival’s first few days.
The Indian version of The Vagina Monologues completes 14 years on the stage next month
A shard of a play that is a political choice, a protest — one that fractures the conventional relationship between actor and spectactor
Opening act in the Western mountains
Attapadi is an unlikely setting for theatre. Sankar Venkateswaran roots his theatre in the tribal region and works to spread it to the local people
Control freak in reserved seats
Act One, Scene One of censorship is set in 1870s India — colonial rulers doing battle with national uprising-disguised-as-performance mela
The teaching of applied drama in India leaves a lot to be desired, but a few recent bright spots raise hopes for a pedagogic renaissance
The tradition of Konkani tiatr has strong historical roots in Goa, and is still doing an excellent job of providing meaningful, socially-conscious entertainment
Manipur’s experimental theatre, nurtured by doyens like Ratan Thiyam, H Kanhailal and Lokendra Arambam, awaits a wave of fresh energy and ideas
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