1 A new canvas in Bandra
A defunct canteen-turned -junkyard at the St Andrew's College campus in Bandra received a new lease of life in May when the space was cleared up for summer school classes on theatre, writing and philosophy. They received a good response and queries kept coming in even after school was over. "So, we thought why not create something for the long term. We merged these spaces into one large entity and that's how the St Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts was born," says founder Omkar Bhatkar. Envisioned as a performing arts space, the centre has had a fairly packed schedule with readings and workshops during weekdays, and plays staged over the weekend. Apart from a collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay for translated readings and staging of French plays, the centre has hosted productions by Divya Jagdale, Gagandev Riar and Shruthi Vishwanath.