Social worker Nitin Das believes in using theatre as a tool for bringing about change. Following this philosophy, he has turned children from different NGOs he works with, into actors. Together, they will put up Nukkad Natak, a theatre fest to celebrate Republic Day. The line-up includes four comedy skits.
Today from 4 pm to 6 pm, opposite National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point
Read a play over chai-pani
On every last Monday of the month, Q Theatre Productions gets theatre and non-theatre folk together to read plays, as part of its The Great Text Reading initiative. This meeting of minds culminates in discussions about the playwright in question, enacting of characters and critical dissections, over chai-pani.
This month’s reading is Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters In Search Of An Author. Entry is free and open to all.
On Monday at 7.30 pm at Anukool Building, Seven Bungalows Garden, near Daljit Gym, Andheri (W) (Tel: 26392688)
WHAT’S NEW
As part of the ongoing Yatri Rangotsav 2008, Om Katare is staging a new production, Chinta Chhod Chintamani, written by Vasant Kanitkar. The play explores both sides of a generation gap between father and son.
At Prithvi Theatre, Juhu. Daily shows from January
30 to February 3 (Tel: 26149546)
Manul Bharadwaja’s Experimental Theatre Foundation (ETF) is hosting Mumbai Natya Utsav, to mark the completion of 15 years of theatre of relevance. Celebrate with plays and talks by veterans in the field.
From January 29 to 31 at 6.30 pm at Keshav Gore Smarak Trust,
Aarey Road, Goregoan (W)
(Tel: 9820391859) log on to www.etfindia.org
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Date: 2008-1-26
