Want to have fun with maths?

That sounds like the perfect example of a paradox. But the guys at Prithvi Theatre have plans on making the daunting subject enjoyable

That sounds like the perfect example of a paradox. But the guys at Prithvi Theatre have plans on making the daunting subject enjoyable

The creative team at Prithvi Theatre are mighty excited about getting UK-based theatre group Complicite's A Disappearing Number, a play on the collaboration between mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and Cambridge university don GH Hardy.
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Until now, the team has been organising maths-related talks, readings and film screenings. From today onwards, they will troop around city schools and colleges with the Maths Mela.

Prithvi Theatre is all decked up for the Maths Month.

The Mela will be a day-long affair open to all. It will include the Maths Lab, which is a laboratory of mathematical games and puzzles for students and teachers set up by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE).

There will be workshops, reading and visual displays by members of PEN, live performances such as juggling, performed readings, magic, music and interactive lecture-demonstrations to encourage students to learn maths. Apartu00a0 from that, there will also be an exhibition of exciting stories about the math-genius Ramanujan.

Two films by Professor Marcus du Sautoy, the maths advisor for A Disappearing Number, will be the highlight of the Mela.

"Activities will differ in various institutions and there are chances that we will add to the list of activities because we're still in the process of finalising the schedules," said Sameera Iyengar, director of Prithvi Theatre.

Maths Mela Schedule

Date	Time	Location
Today	11 am to 5.30 pm	State Department, Bal Bhavan, Charni Road.
July 20	11 am to 5.30 pm	State Department Bal Bhavan, Charni Road.
July 21	9 am to 2 pm	Jai Hind College, Churchgate.
July 23	9 am to 3.30 pm	Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navy Nagar, Colaba.
July 24	9 am to 12.30 pm	Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navy Nagar, Colaba.
July 26	10 am to 4 pm	Gopi Birla School, Peddar Road.
July 27	10 am to 4 pm	Gopi Birla School, Peddar Road.
July 28	10 am to 4 pm	Children's Academy Kandivali.
July 29	10 am to 4 pm	Children's Academy Kandivali.
July 30	10 am to 4 pm	Rustomjee Cambridge School, Dahisar.
July 31	10 am to 4 pm	Rustomjee Cambridge School, Dahisar.
August 2	10 am to 4 pm	Avalon Height, Vashi.
August 3	10 am to 4 pm	Avalon Height, Vashi.
August 5	9.30 am to 3.30 pm	Jamnabai Narsee School, Juhu.
August 6	9.30 am to 3.30 pm	Jamnabai Narsee School, Juhu.