Wednesday 10 February '10
Dressed in white, with a wide smile playing on his face, he stands alone holding aloft a placard. Fifty-year-old Krishna Das is always in the heart of the rush-hour crowd, from Juhu Circle in Mumbai to the ITO crossing in Delhi.Wednesday 10 February '10
Dressed in white, a wide smile on his face, he stands alone holding aloft a placard. He’s always in the heart of the rush hour crowd, from Juhu Circle in Mumbai to ITO crossing in Delhi.Sunday
7 February '10Thumbelina Rawat, the beauty queen of 2007, has her trousseau ready for this year’s fashion show. There are two new outfits — a pink polka number and a pink-and-white zig-zag bikini— a pair of delicate shoes to match, white clips to keeps her long hair in place and a special vial of Elizabeth Arden perfume.Sunday
7 February '10MK Raina, theatre director and actor, on how Shambu Mitra’s performance moved him towards playsTuesday
2 February '10As the Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre troupe from New Zealand prepares for their first India performance in many years, the stress is less on mock combat movements, and more on stylized skill.Wednesday
20 January '10KN Panikkar, the grand old man of theatre, remains fascinated by ancient Indian mythology. From the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the plays of Kalidasa, he draws out vignettes of modern India.Tuesday
19 January '10A maze is a clever roadmap. Confounded? French graffiti artist L’Atlas lives up to his name as he finds meaning even in the madness of catacombs.Monday
18 January '10On January 30 in Tel Aviv, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will render the first two chapters of the Bhagvad Gita through music conducted by Zubin Mehta.Monday
18 January '10On January 30 in Tel Aviv, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will render the first two chapters of the Bhagvad Gita, with Zubin Mehta as the conductor.Sunday
17 January '10It looks so mundane that it’s hard to believe that Mandi House is all about fire. If you don’t burn, you don’t belong. You go out with the spark.Saturday
16 January '10For more than 30 years, British playwright Peter Shaffer’s Equus has challenged directors and fascinated audiences in equal measure.Thursday
14 January '10It’s about three people from India —a woman, her husband and her mysterious uncle —who live in Linz, Austria. It’s about Indians trying to gain new identities in foreign countries.Monday
11 January '10Last week is a long, long time ago in Kabul, which is when the last bomb explosion happened in the capital of Afghanistan.Sunday
10 January '10There was never a silent era in theatre. The stage has always throbbed with sounds and songs and simulating actions.Sunday
10 January '10It’s about three people from India —a woman, her husband and her mysterious uncle —who live in Linz, Austria.Saturday
9 January '10Last week is a long, long time ago in Kabul, which is when the last bomb explosion happened in the capital of Afghanistan. But members of Parwaz, a puppet theatre group from Kabul are wholly immersed in play rehearsals.Tuesday
5 January '10At the National School of Drama at Mandi House, the lines at the ticket counter are getting longer, the smiles broader.Sunday
3 January '10A small but growing number of eco-conscious Indians is choosing to own homes made of mudThursday
31 December '09When a theatre group calls itself Mostly Harmless Inc, you know they want your attention. Ditto for another one called Free Parking Theatre Company.Sunday
27 December '09At the Amity Polo Cup at the Jaipur Polo Grounds recently, an exhibition match has just got over. As the teams gather before a packed gallery, one player draws curious looks. Carine Barbe...Tuesday
15 December '09Music maniacs have a fun weekend coming up. Twenty-seven electronic music acts will meet in Delhi on December 19 and 20 as part of the Global Groove festival.Saturday
12 December '09Visit India once and life, every westerner will tell you, will never be the same again. HR Britton spent five months in 1995.Friday
11 December '09Critics have often referred to Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler as a female Hamlet, and like the Shakespearean tragedy, it is considered a classic on the world stage.Thursday
10 December '09Visit India once and life, every westerner will tell you, will never be the same again. HR Britton spent five months in 1995.Sunday
6 December '09A few weeks ago, a ramshackle night shelter in Fatehpuri in Old Delhi hosted an unlikely event—a theatre performance.
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