Call for VISION 2020 – No Blackouts

Bangalore’s biggest theatre production VISION 2020 ‘No Blackouts’ will be staged on 27 March. This time the production will again feature 100 + actors and the focus will be to re-present the life of Alexander the Great. The objective will be to draw inspiration from the life of the greatest conqueror history has recorded and provide a source of [...]

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Point Blank

Student director Adithi Kalkunte directed Point Blank, based on an original script prepared by student author Elsa Mathew, this production was staged by the Commerce and Law students of Christ College. The play based on gun culture in campuses got into the final round of Abhinaya – a national level theatre competition. The finals will be [...]

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A shadow play and mime

The students of Acharya Pathashala have been staging shadow plays and mime performances over the last couple of years under our training. On 21st Feb they staged two shadow plays – Mission 2020 and ‘The Life of Alexander’. In addition the students also staged a series of mime sketches. The entire programme lasted for 1 [...]

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Her name is Bharati

Rajesh.P.I directed the students of Jyoti Nivas College in Joydeep Bhattacharya’s ”Her name is Bharati”. The script focuses on a traumatic incident involving a woman who is brutally assaulted by a mob, and the impact it has on the lives of a family of four who are onlookers. A very powerful script, the students who were mostly first-timers to the theatre did [...]

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