Watch Hamlet turn into a clown prince On: Today, 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 6 pm and 9 pm Where: Prithvi Theatre, 20, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Call: 26149546 Tickets: Rs 200 (today) and Rs 250 (on Saturday and Sunday) Let's start with a warning. If you are a hardcore Shakespearean purist, you'd rather give this play a miss. But for those who appreciate good theatre with a contemporary twist, Hamlet: The Clown Prince is a must-watch. Enacted in a bizarre yet humorous mix of English and gibberish, the play follows a bunch of clowns putting up the tragedy, and making an utter mess of it by forgetting mid-way that they are enacting the play, adding their own life's misgivings to it and even involving the audience. Directed by Rajat Kapoor, the adaptation has its poignant moments and will leave you in splits. <img height="432" alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/mar/Clown.jpg" width="400" border="5" /> Why have filter coffee at a nightclub? On: Tonight, 9 pm onwards Where: Soul Fry Casa, Currimjee Building, opposite Mumbai University, Fort. Call: 22671421 Because the year-old fusion band will bring earthy sounds to your neighbourhood pub. Filter Coffee is a team of pucca coffee addicts, but they don't mind if you guzzle beer while listening to their music. The band likes to "folk things up" and counts Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Mynta, Trilok Gurtu, Shakti, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Amit Heri, Lubo and AR Rahman as their inspiration. So, expect a lot of Fusion, Folk and World Music at this gig. The four-member band includes Swarupa Ananth Sawkar on Tabla and "s**t loads of" Percussions as well as Vocals, Shriram Sampat on Bamboo Flute, Metal Flute, Bamboo Saxophone, Rajendra Vallury on Guitars and Ninad Kawale on Bass Guitar.u00a0 First off, we understand why the band christened itself thus. "What else do you expect when you have three 'Madrasis' in a band," jokes Sriram. Swarupa adds, "We jam at my place and every time we are stuck, I ask mom to make filter coffee. We realised it was the filter coffee that was making things work, so there..." The band that has six original songs to its credit, wants to create Fusion music with a strong Indian Classical base. For tonight's gig, they will be playing two sets of 40 minutes each. "The first session is a warm-up set, and the second will get the crowd dancing. The music is groovy, raw and focused. The crowd seems to like that," says Sriram. Watch out for their song One, which fuses Mahatma Gandhi's speech with a distinctly Arabic tone, and a Jazz version of Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan. See a brit anthropologist take the tribal route On: Saturday, 6 pm Where: Queen's Mansion, third floor, G Talwatkar Marg, Fort. Call: 22072974 / 22072975 Gond, Bondo, Adi, Tagin, Saorau2026 while these might simply be Adivasi tribes for the "civilised world", they were the raison d'u00eatre for Dr Verrier Elwin. Elwin, a British anthropologist, first came to India in 1927 as a Christian evangelist. He gradually got interested in the Mahatma's teachings and later became a tribal activist. Director Biswajit Bora has made this controversial figure his muse for the documentary titled Angel of the Aboriginals: Dr Verrier Elwin, which will be screened by Jnanapravaha tomorrow. Watch the intricate mosaic of tribal culture as seen from the eyes of the man who fought for the tribals to become citizens of free India. Pay homage to Lord Natraja this weekend Till: March 16, 6.30 pm onwards Where: Subramania Samaj Temple Complex, Chheda Nagar, Chembur (E). Call: 25250303 / 25254106 In the holy city of Chidambaram, Mahashivratri is the time to pay homage to Lord Natraja through a dance festival, Natyanjali. If you have missed the Chennai dance fest (held in February), fret not. A festival inspired by the same name is on inside a temple in the verdant bylanes of Chembur. Watch the classical dance gurus take centre stage and encourage newbies in their pursuit. Today, Srinath S Madholkar, Vineeta Srinandan and a group of Kalasadan students perform Bharatanatyam solos while the Navsara Dance Academy will demonstrate the difference between Mohiniattam and Kerala Natanam. Log on to <a href="http://www.mid-day.com/">http://www.mid-day.com/</a> for the complete schedule of the fest. Do your good deed of the day at a restobar On: Saturday, 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm Where: Zenzi Bandra, 183, Waterfield Road, Bandra (W). Call: 40332300 Entry: Rs 700 per person The way you picture life from your skyscraper might be tangentially different from one who is spending his childhood growing up in a mosquito-infested slum. Get Framed, a photography and painting exhibition at this nightclub, might just open your eyes to the reality faced by 18 million of our city's inhabitants who reside in slums. Oasis India, a group that works with people in poverty, engaged 20 kids aged 10 to 16 in workshops on digital photography. Hailing from Dyaneshwar Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Mira Road and Igatpuri, these kids were encouraged to shoot their surroundings, and take photographs revolving around themes like water, faces and community. See the outcome, let the colour and vivaciousness take you by surprise and buy one as a keepsake. The moolah you spend on the prints will be used to help the child photographers.

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