The following is a list of shows you should watch out for this month. The code to it's deciphering is as follows:
in blue are QTP events.
Those with an (R) next to them means that we have reviewed it, and if you require a review simply email us at qtheatreproductions@gmail.com asking for it.
Those with an (PP) next to them means that it is a platform performance, entry free!
Date, Day | Time & Venue | Play | Notes |
6, Fri | |||
6:30pm, NCPA Exp. | Life, Love and Other Madness | Will a second honeymoon bring a couple closer? Will two husbands return to the wives they fled? | |
7, Sat | 4 & 7pm, NCPA Exp. | Class of '84 | A roller-coaster ride about friendship, filled with pathos and humour. |
11am, Prithvi | Charandas Chor | The story of Charandas, a loveable chor who takes 4 vows in jest. | |
8, Sun | 4 & 7pm, NCPA Exp | Love Letters | A tender sketch of the bond between two people who cannot live with or without each other. |
6:30pm, Tata Theatre | Cyrusitis | With Cyrus Broacha and Kunal Vijayakar. | |
8pm, Horniman Circle Garden | Charandas Chor | A Naya Theatre Presentation. | |
9:30pm, Prithvi | Sahyande Makan - The Elephant Project | Based on the Malayalam poem by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, the play depicts the conflicts between the external and internal realities as symbolized by an elephant. | |
9, Mon | |||
6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | The Hamlet Quartet | An Amitesh Grover Presentation. | |
10, Tue | |||
6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Neelkanth Nirala | The play celebrates the life of eminent Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi Nirala who is revered as one of the stalwarts of Hindi literature. | |
8pm, Horniman Circle Garden | Sahyande Makan - The Elephant Project | A Theatre Roots and Wings Presentation. | |
8pm, Karnataka Sangha | The Hamlet Quartet | Raw theatre and live multimedia come together for this fascinating exploration. | |
11, Wed | |||
6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Harsingar | The play refers to a small white flower which lasts for a very short time, and is considered to be a favourite of Lord Shiva’s. | |
8pm, Horniman Circle Garden | Sahyande Makan - The Elephant Project | Directed by Sankar Venkateswaran | |
8pm, Karnataka Sangha | Equus | An intriguing exploration of normalcy and insanity, passion and pain, worship and religion | |
12, Thu | 6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Kahan Gaye Mere Ugna | A Nirman Kala Manch Presentation. |
8pm, Horniman Circle Garden | Equus | Directed by Vikram Iyengar. | |
8pm, Karnataka Sangha | Venissina Vyaapaara | A Ninasam Tirugata Presentation. | |
13, Fri | |||
7pm , NCPA Exp. | Hum Kahein Aap Suney | An Ekjute Presentation. | |
6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | The Flying Wallas - Opera Noir | Directed by Jeet Thayil & Suman Sridhar | |
8pm, Horniman Circle Garden | Aakaashabheri | A Kannada adaptation of Piyush Mishra’s Hindi play, Gagan Damama Bajau. | |
8pm, Karnataka Sangha | Bidesia | The story revolves around a woman’s determination to get her wayward husband back, after he migrates to Calcutta in search of work and takes up with another woman. | |
14, Sat | 6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Equus | An intriguing exploration of normalcy and insanity, passion and pain, worship and religion. |
8pm, Karnataka Sangha | Aakaashabutti | Directed by S. Raghunandana. | |
7pm, NCPA Exp. | Yumraj Ji, Kuchh Kariye!! | With Ankur Parekh, Kamna Ranawat, Ishrat Khan, Vijay Singh, Mithilesh Maihar, Ghafeer Husain, Raj Yadav and others | |
15, Sun | |||
11am, Prithvi | Aakaashabheri | Directed by Sanjay Upadhyay. | |
3pm, Prithvi | Yakshagana : Vidyunmati Kalyaana | Based on a traditional prasanga by Halasinahalli Narasimha Shastry | |
8pm, Prithvi | Venissina Vyaapaara | Directed by Akshara K.V. | |
8pm, Horniman Circle Garden | Dharti Aaba | The story of Birsa Munda, a tribal leader who struggled to save his land and people from exploitation by the zamindars and British rulers. | |
6:30pm, Tata Theatre | Oye Band Baj Gaye! | A Pravaah Production. | |
16, Mon | 8pm, Horniman Circle Garden | The Flying Wallas - Opera Noir | A lyrical conversation between a soprano and a ghost about God, murder and showbiz. |
17, Tue | 6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | The Hare and the Tortoise | A dramatic meditation on the ethical possibilities inherent in the notion of contemporaneity. |
18, Wed | |||
6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Ganapati | Directed by Veenapani Chawla. | |
19, Thu | |||
6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Impressions of Bhima | A deconstruction of this hero, where the man of physical power and strength becomes in the end a psychological hero. | |
20, Fri | 6 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Rhinoceros | An Adhishakti Presentation. |
21, Sat | 6 & 9pm, Prithvi | Hadh Kar di Apne | A Yatri Presentation. |
7pm, NCPA Exp. | Salaam India | Written by Nicholas Khargaonkar. Directed by Lushin Dubey | |
22, Sun | |||
6 & 9pm, Prithvi | Bhaag Chalein | Directed by Om Katare. | |
24, Tue | |||
9pm, Prithvi | Anandbhog Mall | The play is a story of a couple living in one of the small cities in India. | |
25, Wed | |||
6:30 & 9pm, Prithvi | Legitimate Hooey | The play reveals 17 nights in the life of a modern-day young urban couple Nilu and Anju. | |
26, Thu | 6:30 & 9pm, Prithvi | Kashmir Kashmir | An Aasakta Pune Presentation. |
27, Fri | 7 & 9:30pm, Prithvi | Brief Candle | With Amar Talwar, Joy Sengupta, Suchitra Pillai, Zafar Karachiwala, Manasi Parekh and Satchit Puranik |
28, Sat | 7pm, NCPA Exp. | The Skeleton Woman | A young writer with a potent imagination finds himself enmeshed between fantasy and reality. |
6 & 9pm, Prithvi | Wedding Album | Written by Girish Karnad. Directed by Lillete Dubey. | |
29, Sun | 6:30pm, NCPA Exp. | The Skeleton Woman | A Quaff Theatre Presentation. |
6 & 9pm, Prithvi | Brief Candle | A Prime Time Theatre Presentation. |
You can also check the following websites for more information:
Prithvi Theatre: http://www.prithvitheatre.org/
NCPA: http://www.ncpamumbai.com/home/home.asp
Mumbai Theatre Guide: http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/
Best of Bombay: www.bestofbombay.com/calendar.php
Online Ticket Booking: www.bookmyshow.com