Sunday, January 16, 2005

Bangalore Theatre Update

Monologues - @ Rangashankara, Jan 21, 7:30pm

Creeps - @ Grasshopper (Bannerghata Road), Jan 21, 7:30pm, and @ Rangashankara, Jan 22 & 23, 7:30pm

A shocking comedy on the increasing influence of media and a commercialised society in shaping the personaly being, relationships, desires and aspirations of "Generation Next".


Katha Collage - @ Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Jan 22 & 23, 7:30pm

Directed and enacted by Naseerudin Shah, Katha Collage is a collection of three plays based on Munshi Premchand's renowned works Shatranj ke khiladi and Bade bhai sahib and Kamtanath's Sankraman.

The stories are essentially about the circle of life, told in Hindustani through a middle class family in Uttar Pradesh.


Stand Up Noah Small - @ Rangashankara, Jan 26 & 27, 7:30pm

With a cast of 47 children, "Stand up, Noah Small!" is a large scale musical that has been performed extensively in UK and is being produced for the first time in India by Hippocampus Children’s Company. The play has written by Nick Stimson and the music is by Chris Williams.

The director of the production is Bangalorean Vivek Madan who has to his credit plays like Children of a Lesser God and Yavamajakka. The Composer, Musical Direction and adaptation for Indian audiences for this production is done by Chris Williams. Chris Williams is a theatrical entrepreneur, who has made a name for himself in UK and Europe as a composer and a musical director, especially for his work with young people.

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