Aasif Mandvi on why his 20-year-old play is still relevant in Trump’s America

‘Sakina’s Restaurant is counter to what’s going on in our culture right now, where we want to dehumanise immigrants.’

Lavina Melwani

· Oct 29, 2018 · 11:30 am

Shurpanakha as an anti-hero: In Kerala’s theatre and classic texts, an epic wrong is set right

In a staging of the play ‘Shurpanakhankam’ in Delhi, the character was not a cardboard vamp – but the centrepiece.

Malini Nair

· Sep 26, 2018 · 11:30 am

‘Mahabharata’ doesn’t belong to one country or race – Peter Brook’s nine-hour play is proof of that

In the 1980s, when Indian audiences were watching BR Chopra’s TV series, a critically-acclaimed stage adaptation of the epic was touring the world.

Sanjukta Sharma

· Jun 14, 2018 · 11:30 am

The Jewish refugee who composed AIR’s theme is at the heart of a play about identity and music

‘The Music in our Blood’ examines modernity, tradition, motherhood, and human relationships through the characters of Walter Kauffman and Prema.

Sharanya Deepak

· Jun 06, 2018 · 11:30 am

On 125th anniversary of tiatr, a caricaturist looks back at the greats of Goa’s beloved theatre form

Tiatr has had a good run for more than a century. What might the future hold in store for it?

Arti Das

· May 10, 2018 · 11:50 am

Reality with a side of fun: Why Safdar Hashmi’s plays for children are still so loved and relevant

One of his plays tours Delhi government schools this month to mark National Street Theatre Day.

Malini Nair

· Apr 18, 2018 · 11:30 am

A director took a play about a violent yogi and an army of fanatics right to Adityanath’s Gorakhpur

Abhishek Majumdar’s ‘Muktidham’ is set in the 8th century AD and draws parallels between the past and the present.

Malini Nair

· Feb 22, 2018 · 11:30 am

Ursula the ‘Jungle Queen’: The extraordinary story of the Englishwoman who led Naga soldiers in WWII

Ursula Graham Bower’s remarkable story has been brought back to life in a play.

Neha Kirpal

· Jan 10, 2018 · 11:30 am

No lights, no sound systems: A unique theatre festival in Assam blends ecology and community life

Sukracharjya Rabha’s Under the Sal Tree is a distinctive project that might soon be left without its environmental quotient.

Arunabh Saikia

· Dec 20, 2017 · 03:30 pm

‘Everyone has one’: More and more Indian theatre groups are making online trailers for their plays

Theatre trailers are increasingly becoming more common, creative and adventurous.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Dec 19, 2017 · 11:30 am

The evolution of stage design, from ancient Greece to Italian renaissance to modern India

Stage design in India in the past 150 years has been influenced by Western concepts.

Nissar Allana

· Sep 12, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Dowry and arranged marriage: The first opera at Mumbai’s Opera House will remind you of Bollywood

This is the first full-length opera ever to be performed at the 105-year-old landmark.

Luis Dias

· Jul 26, 2017 · 03:30 pm