How a cosmic event 1.3 billion years ago inspired an Indian artist’s new play

In her play ‘Black Hole’, Jyoti Dogra attempts to build a bridge between science and the human condition.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jan 15, 2019 · 03:30 pm

An Indian puppeteer is trying to firmly knot fringe narratives to mainstream audiences

Anurapa Roy and her Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust are ensuring puppets do their bit in ‘talking about what is not right’.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Sep 21, 2018 · 11:30 am

Agent Provocateur: A new dance theatre production challenges ideas of political conformity

The performers explore our capacity for brutality and the tendency to conform.

Annie Ancheri

· Oct 03, 2017 · 03:30 pm

‘Hamlet: The Clown Prince’: Imbuing sombre Shakespearean characters with joviality and colour

Rajat Kapoor’s plays present a meta and surreal interpretation of the Bard.

Damini Kulkarni

· Dec 14, 2016 · 11:30 am

Remixing the Bard: Forty-eight new ways to watch Romeo and Juliet

The Mix The Play website lets viewers direct the world's most famous star-crossed lovers (if only Romeo would get off the phone).

Chanpreet Khurana

· Dec 01, 2016 · 11:30 am

A woman haunted by the ghost of a man dressed as a woman: What is the play ‘Lady Anandi’ all about?

Anuja Ghosalkar’s theatre production unsettles and amuses its audience while weaving together the story of her great-grandfather.

Damini Kulkarni

· Oct 29, 2016 · 05:30 pm

Six

This English play is about two formers lovers, a cricketer and the owner of an Indian Premier League team. They’re brought together after one of them is raped.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 13, 2016 · 05:50 pm

All you need to know about the Sex Workers' Opera

Verbatim theatre is being adopted more and more to give a voice to marginalised communities in the hope of instigating social change.

Luke Davies, The Conversation

· May 28, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Bus becomes stage as Kerala troupe takes performing arts to the people

The experiment is the subject of a film that will be screened at the International Documentary Festival in Thiruvananthapuram later this month.

Anuradha Nagaraj

· Jul 09, 2014 · 08:31 am