INDIA THEATER REVIEWS

After a long spell of corporate monotony, I found myself in a small theatre space in the by lanes of Versova on Independence Day eve. The coming day meant not a sausage to any of us here, it was just another late night play before a holiday, a lullaby before a warm empty day to laze and never attemp...

If you are looking for a serious meditation of history through the eyes of a conflicted actor, don’t miss the upcoming productions of Hind 1957....

Monodramas must be trodden upon carefully. They lie on a thin line between self-indulgence and fear of lack of control. If you let one character do all the thinking, all the talking, all the “being” and all the feeling – there are fewer chances of you making mistakes in empathy, and of course,...

I caught QTP’s penultimate production of their veteran play, Project S.T.R.I.P. starring Dilnaz Irani, Harssh Singh, Keith Antony Sequeira, Neil Bhoopalam and Shruti Sridharan, on an Easter weekend at the Prithvi Theatre of Mumbai, India....

'Jaat UtPaat' chronicles the story of three characters chasing each other in the maze of love in a world drenched in casteism. Their fate is tied to their birth and the story does not attempt to subvert it. Throughout my viewing of the production, I was unable to forget the archaic notions perpetuat...

It’s Christmas and Mumbai is lining up to watch the latest offering from Broadway at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre - MAMMA MIA! This musical promises to take us off our seats and right to Greece, where we witness a very British coterie discover love, friendship and family. ...

What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at NMACC?...

What did our critic think of THE DIVINE LEELA at Metamorphosis Theatre And Films?...

What did our critic think of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) BY DAFNEY PRODUCTIONS at Dafney Productions?...

April of 2023 ended with four productions of Metamorphosis Theatre and Films' latest offering - 'Morning Star'. I got the opportunity to witness one of these productions on a houseful Sunday evening at the SAPP Auditorium in Mumbai....

This edition of Prithvi's theatre festival welcomed Adishakti's long-running play Bhoomi. The play is directed by Vinay Kumar, who also adapted the play from Sara Joseph's Malayalam play titled Bhoomirakshasam. The theatre troop arrived from Auroville, and a brief glimpse at their repertoire reveals...

'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' is a political satire that arrived on the NCPA stage for a rare performance. This spectacle was written by Tom Stoppard - the story of a political dissident in the Soviet Union. The play is accompanied by a 45-piece orchestra, performed by the Symphony Orchestra of I...

A few days ago, I had the chance to catch a screening of 'The Devil Wears Bataa' at the NCPA. I had previously seen listings of the show and stopped myself from catching a production of the same....