Theatre

Shruti Aggarwal, co-founder and creative director of Theatre.xyz, responded to Jocie Juritz's accusations publicly and admitted that the she had found the design online and used it. 'I really did not intend for it to be like this,' Aggarwal said.

World Parkinson’s Day: Ludhiana’s Kathak Rockers & a play on Parkinson’s come to Delhi

In Delhi NCR, on the weekend of World Parkinson’s Day, April 11-13, witness a unique stage production 'Still Dancing – A Story of a Parkinson’s Hero', directed by Dubai's Sanjeev Dixit and produced by Movement Mantra coach Vonita Singh, that shows how dance holds a therapeutic key to alleviating Parkinson's disease.

Zahan Kapoor — An actor prepares; ‘I don’t feel crushed, I feel inspired’

The young Kapoor scion, Atlas-like, shoulders the weight of two mammoth legacies of his two grandfathers — the legendary Shashi Kapoor and Ramesh Sippy. The ‘Black Warrant’ actor, who’s one of the trustees of Bombay’s Prithvi Theatre, champions both theatre and cinema.

World Theatre Day: Why Sumeet Vyas, Kumud Mishra and Shubhrajyoti Barat are reprising a 55-year-old play about male ego

Two men brought together by their interest in the same woman clash in a new Hindi play coming to Delhi on March 29-30. Excerpts from an interview with director Shubhrajyoti Barat, and actors Sumeet Vyas and Kumud Mishra.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 177-year-old love story goes desi in new play by Purva Naresh

A meet cute, a familiar city, love and loneliness, many dates over four nights and one decision: Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'White Nights' (1848) is a story with lots of big feelings and little plot. Here's why Purva Naresh adapted it for the 2025 Aadyam Theatre Festival.

India's theatre is growing again because of technology, mobility: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time director Atul Kumar

Aadyam Theatre Festival Season 7: Theatre director Atul Kumar on using artificial intelligence for live theatre productions, why he hopes to explore the potential of cinema and virtual reality for stage, and his latest production - 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'.

BookMyShow profit up 28% in FY24 at Rs 108 crore

The company's revenue from operations increased 43.2% YoY to Rs 1,396.86 crore.

Ramayana's Kumbhakaran, Lakshman and Urmila; risqué comedy in Kannada theatre; & a witch hunt: what to expect at Manam Theatre Festival 2024

Manam Theatre Festival 2024 will have workshops and panel discussions as well as plays about Lakshman and Kumbhakaran; Lakshman and Urmila; women with superpowers; and a female comic character who ran riot in Kannada theatre for decades before being sidelined and forgotten by history.

MAMI Taak Review: Jyoti Dogra knocks it out of the park as a failed athlete turned bouncer in Kafkaesque surveillance state

MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: Cinematographer Udit Khurana's directorial debut, the mid-length 'Taak', on female bouncers at a Delhi nightclub, starring theatre actor Jyoti Dogra & Ambika Kamal, is a meditation on women's lives & acts of surveillance impinging on individual rights.

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art ventures into drama, brings to Delhi the new KNMA Theatre Festival

KNMA Theatre Festival: Curated by Bengaluru actor, director and filmmaker Kirtana Kumar, the inaugural edition of the theatre festival, to be held in Delhi's Sunder Nursery from October 16-20, will deep dive into contemporary theatre, in form, style and content.

Thalapathy Vijay fans throng cinema halls, offer milk on his poster as GOAT hits theatres

Fans went all out to celebrate the release of GOAT, gathering outside a Chennai theatre to offer milk to Vijay's poster in a display of devotion. Excited fans flocked to theatres, eager to experience the magic of the superstar in this highly anticipated film.

6 cities in India and abroad to introduce children to theatre

Theatre is an excellent way to spark children's imaginations, introduce them to storytelling, and foster a love for the performing arts.

World Theatre Day | Yodha actor Vishal Sudarshanwar: Stepping onto the stage has always felt like stepping into a familiar world

Actor Vishal Sudarshanwar, who was recently seen in Yodha, talks about theatre shaping him as an actor and learning from Naseeruddin Shah, among others.

META 2024: 10 nominated plays; 13 awards to be given to the best in Indian theatre

The 19th edition of the awards will be held on March 20 in New Delhi to celebrate the finest in Indian theatre. Ten plays have been nominated across 13 categories for the same.

NSD chairperson Paresh Rawal: ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav is like the Mahakumbh of drama’

Over 150 plays will be staged across 15 cities during the annual theatre festival of National School of Drama, India’s premier theatre institute in the national capital, that is in its 25th year now.

5 plays to watch at the inaugural edition of Hyderabad’s Manam Theatre Festival

The month-long festival will be spread across four weekends and different venues in the city, starting from November 24.

Bookmark this theatre festival in Hyderabad for some of the finest plays from around the world

‘Elephant In The Room’ by Durse Brothers, ‘Shakkar Ke Paach Daane’ by Manav Kaul, puppeteer Anurupa Roy’s latest ‘The Nights’, and docu-play ‘Afghanistan Is Not Funny’ by British comedian Henry Naylor are some of acts at the inaugural edition of Manam Theatre Festival in Hyderabad.

Prithvi Theatre Festival 2023 | Actor-director Sumeet Vyas: ‘Doing Purane Chawal has enriched me as an artist’

The Tripling actor on directing a new play for Prithvi Festival 2023, playing Mikesh in Permanent Roommates season 3 and future projects.

Prithvi Theatre Festival 2023: 6 new productions that are a must-watch

A quick look at what’s on at the annual theatre festival which is taking place till November 13.

Ratna Pathak Shah: ‘I spent many years being a very poor actor and I am glad I didn’t get much work then’

The 'Dhak Dhak' actress reflects on her acting career spanning 40 years, the significant impact husband Naseeruddin Shah has had on her craft, and their new play 'Old World'.

Hip Hip Hurray fame actor Zafar Karachiwala on new solo play: ‘I’ve learnt to be ugly on stage; life is ugly’

Ahead of his first solo performance on stage at NCPA this weekend, Zafar Karachiwala talks about playing a theatre critic amid vampires.

Great Expectations: new theatrical adaptation sets Dickens novel in partition-era Bengal

Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Great Expectations is set in Bengal in 1899, where alarming rumours of an imminent partition of the province have spread.

Mumbai theatre: A Small Family Business returns to the NCPA for its second run

Adapted from Alan Aycbourn's play and directed by Akvarious Production's Adhaar Khurana, A Small Family Business is centred around a Goan man being groomed to take over his Punjabi in-laws' business.

Rajat Kapoor and Joy Sengupta bring their plays to the Delhi Theatre Festival 2023

Rajat Kapoor and Joy Sengupta's plays 'Nothing Like Lear' and 'Vodka & No Tonic', respectively, are being showcased at the Delhi Theatre Festival, which returns after a hiatus, from August 4-6.

Tom Alter’s unfinished endings

A reflection on the life and journey of Mussourie-born Bollywood actor and Indian theatre icon Tom Alter, who would have turned 73 on June 22.