‘Meera — the Soul Divine’ combined artistry and aesthetics, writes Jagyaseni Chatterjee

A play without a director and a different actor for each show, a search for identity through language and a coming-of-age tale are on offer in the latest edition of The Hindu Theatre Festival in Bengaluru

Sayeed Alam’s "Ghalib" speaks little, conveys a lot.

The politics of Mallige is limited and straightforward

Puppet theatre is much more than the doll with strings says Anurupa Roy as she and her team from Katkatha prepare for their production, The Mahabharata

The Frisky Suspenders, a farcical play, makes fun of the human weakness of jumping to conclusions

Tamil theatre can be a powerful social tool and has so much to offer, but sadly it has been given a short shrift says Dharani Dharan

The idea of a performance like Blank Page, directed by Sunil Shanbhag, came out of Tamaasha Theatre troupe’s exercises where poetry is employed to understand multiplicity of meaning

Attempting to caricaturise the prevailing decline in the field of culture “Duvidha Urf@Taj Mahal Ke Lutere” fails to live up to the expectations.

The unique appeal of Pouranic verse drama came alive in the staging of ‘Bhaktha Prahlada’.

‘Crazy Thieves in Palavakkam’ was the first play to be made into audio tape format.

Over three decades and approaching its 600th show, the Kannada play Mukhyamantri has made its mark as a classic. The play, with its meaning contemporary and dynamic, is a fine example of top notch acting, direction and content

The four plays staged at “Hriday Manch-2016” were comic expositions exuding local flavour and style, writes Diwan Singh Bajeli

Timeri Murari talks about his new play and how Shakespeare’s works are still relevant today

Four years, and 100 shows, Mandya Ramesh’s Chama Chaluve continues to play to a full house. The highly skilled performance in the folk idiom borrows dynamically from several other genres

The rarely staged first part of ‘Subhadraharanam’ was performed in Edappally by a group of competent artistes.

Actress Neena Gupta on the special camaraderie of theatre and playing Hema Roy in Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha, to be staged in the city on September 18

‘Meevente Memuntam’ enacted the tussle between youthful independence and experience of parents.

Yuki Ellias gave the story a human and humorous touch

‘Maniyosai’ recounted Palghat Mani Iyer’s musical journey. Suganthy Krishnamachari writes

Shraddha’s ‘Aurangazeb’, for the lovers of history

Mohan Agashe tells us what pushed him to back “Atsu”, which deals with the growing problem of elderly care.

Hanu Yadav’s “Karmanasha Ki Haar” is a severe indictment of superstition and feudal values, says Diwan Singh Bajeli

As Saif Hyder Hasan brings "Mr. and Mrs. Murarilal" to the city, SWATI DAFTUAR takes stock of commercial theatre in the Capital

Anupam Kher speaks about the emotional core of Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha, to be staged this weekend in the city

In a conversation that veers from nostalgia to cultural politics, Rajit Kapur reflects on his craft and concerns

An unabridged version of ‘Kuchelavritham’ was staged in Palakkad, to the delight of rasikas.

Ninasam Tirugata staged two plays -- Kalandugeya Kathe and Atta Dari Itta Puli. One reads the contemporary into classical, and the other bares the present itself

Fifty years of Stage Creations’ existence will be marked with the play ‘Dowri Kalyana Vaibogamey’. Malathi Rangarajan attends a rehearsal.

Ramchandra Singh and Himani Shivpuri, recipients of this year’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for theatre, moved the Delhi audience with their talent at the National Festival of Performing Arts, says Diwan Singh Bajeli

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream staged by E.M.G.Yadava Women’s College students brought to fore Elizabethan society, sense and sensibilities

Music is not a separate identity in Kathakali, says ace Kathakali musician Kalanilayam Rajeevan.

Laugh non-stop, that’s what the audience did watching ‘Crazy Thieves...’

Visu’s play, enacted by Stage Creations, underlined greed and hypocrisy.

'Kimartham Draupathy', Aswathy Vijayan’s Sanskrit play, is about predicaments that women face even in the present day. The drama will be staged today

Y Gee Mahendran’s ‘Soppana Vazhvil’ is a witty commentary on the unruly ways of society, writes Srivathsan Nadadhur.

Theatre aspirants in Visakhapatnam were exposed to technical and histrionic trends from across the country.

The 28th Urdu Drama Festival charmed the audience with the variety of themes and presentational styles.

Lillete Dubey’s ‘Gauhar’ is a terrific ode to one of the first singing sensations in the country

Sreemoyee Dasgupta’s “7 Raison d'etre” is an experimental dramatic piece which projects a dark and bitter vision of contemporary society

Nimmy Raphel and Sharanya Ramprakash discuss the challenges theatre faces after the pandemic

Hints for rate cut and weak economic data triggers the fall

Meanwhile, the dollar index gained 0.16 per cent to 102.85 points

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.86 but soon pared the gains to trade at 83.92, unchanged from its previous close

Rupee weighed down by a firm dollar, geopolitical tensions in West Asia

While traders expect the rupee to weaken below 84, interventions from RBI have kept the currency well-supported above the psychologically important level

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.03 per cent lower at 103.17

Market players eye release of domestic macroeconomic data