The Script, November 2009 - Issue 11

Diwali may be over, but the festival season has just started across the theatre scene. The Prithvi Theatre Festival kicks off on the 7th of November with plays from various groups across India. The international Women Playwrights Conference and Festival is also happening at Mumbai University's Kalina Campus. Also in Bangalore, the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival begins from the 5th of November. And of course, Thespo 11 is a mere 4 weeks away and it promises to be one of our best ever.

November sees the return of some popular plays like Rage's 'Class of '84' and 'Love Letters'. While the brand new Skeleton Woman makes its NCPA debut at the end of the month.

On the QTP front, things are getting crazier. We are traveling to 2 different cities with 2 of our plays. Some Girl(s) will be traveling to Kolkata on the 29th of November and Project S.T.R.I.P. has been invited to be a part of the Ranga Shankara Festival on the 13th of November. Also, yours truly and Amruta Sant have returned from globe - trotting (India actually) and are in the process of seleting the plays that are to be a part of Thespo 11.

Here's what we are carrying in this month's edition of The Script.

Click on any of them or navigate your way through the links on the right.

Trivia Time: An ode to theatre terms.
Project S.T.R.I.P.: We're Back!!
Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace: Back After 2 years.
Some Girl(s): We're Traveling!
Thespo at Prithvi: Your chance to get involved in coming months.
Thespo 11: How you can get involved in India's most exciting theatre festival.
Great Texts: What are we going to read next month?
4 Corners: Aakash Parekh shares his lessons from him England 'theatre trip'.
AK's Various Thoughts: A trip to Bangalore, building a set in brothel and other random ruminations.
Up & Coming: Complete schedule of what to catch in November
Curtain Call: W.R. Inge on the relationship between life and theatre.

Thank You,

Yours Sincerely,
On Behalf of Q Theatre Productions,
Himanshu.

Trivia Time - A Theatre Ode

Theatrical Logic

In is down, down is front,

out is up, up is back,

off is out, on is in,

and of course -

right is left, and left is right.

A drop shouldn't and a

block and fall does neither.

A prop doesn't and

a cove has no water.

Tripping is O.K.

A running crew rarely gets anywhere.

A purchase line will buy you nothing.

A trap will not catch anything.

A gridiron has nothing to do with football.

A Strike is work

(in fact a lot of work).

And a green room, thank God, usually isn't.

Now that you are fully versed in theatrical terms,

Break a leg...

but not really!

Project S.T.R.I.P. - We're back!!

Project S.T.R.I.P.
Ranga Shankara Theatre, Bangalore - 13th November at 2:30 & 7:30pm

We know we said we would only do 17 shows and wrap it up...but when you get a chance to perform in the playwright's hometown, and that too at the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival, it's really hard to say 'No'.

So we are back with are 'other' new play, that like Lazarus has risen up from the dead. Q Theatre Productions proudly presents the return "Project S.T.R.I.P.", a comic satire written by Ram Ganesh Kamatham and directed by Q. The play tells the story of the discovery of a native island community and their contribution towards the ‘progress and trade’ of the modern world.

The cast includes Neil Bhoopalam, Gulshan Devivah, Dilnaz Irani, Harssh A. Singh, Shruti Sridharan and Tariq Vasudeva.

For tickets: Call 080 - 26592777

or log on to: www.indianstage.in

Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace

Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace

After two years away, Jayati Bhatia donned the green saree to reprise her unforgettable role as the orphan girl who grows to become the matriarch of one of the more powerful families in newly Independent India. The play about love, family, responsibility and the strength of a woman who 'wraps the family in the web of her providing' has been directed by Q.

Our return to Prithvi on the 13th and 14th of October were greeted with full houses. It left us wondering why we had let the play take that sabbatical in the first place. A very big thank you to all the mothers in the audience in who came in to join Khatija on her trip down memory lane.

We also performed at the International Women's Writer's Conference at the Mumbai University's Kalina Campus. We played in the lovely Guzdar Auditorium in Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan, and were thrilled with the response. The festival is a great idea and we hope these venues continue to stage work from across the city.

Now that we have tasted blood, it looks like Khatija will be on the road a bit more. Watch out for a special show where we serve her famous Khichda at the end! Keep an eye on this space for more details.

Some Girl(s) - QTP's New Play

SOME GIRL(S)
19 November 2009, Celebrate Bandra
29 November 2009, Odeon Theatre Festival, G.D. Birla, Calcutta

So it was a noisy Diwali inside the Prithvi theatre. But the sound of the crackers outside were soon drowned out by the guffaws and applause of the audience. A big thank you to everyone who made our Diwali so special, by sharing it with us, in a theatre.

Spurred on by the great response we are performing at a beautiful outdoor venue at the Celebrate Bandra festival, on the 19th of November, off Turner Road, near Anthony's Garage. Show starts at 7:30pm sharp.

We also are heading Eastwards to the city of mishti doi and rasogullas. The girls descend on Cal on the 29th of November, at the G.D. Birla Auditorium, as part of the Odeon Fest. In fact we are doing two shows there. One at 3:30pm and another at 7:30pm. So if you happen to be in the neighbourhood, drop in.

Some Girl(s) is a sideways look at the typical, somewhat lost young man of today. A man, on the verge of getting married, sets off on a journey across India to meet his ex-girlfriends as a sort of penance. To bring closure to relationships he might have ruined. Is he just visiting ex girlfriends?
Or is he looking for the one that got away? Or is there more than meets the eye?

Written by Neil LaBute.

Adapted by Akarsh Khurana.

Directed by Nadir Khan.
The Cast: Mukul Chadda, Shivani Tanksale, Juhi Pande, Radhika Mital, Tarana Raja Kapoor.

Thespo at Prithvi

Thespo at Prithvi was started in 2007 to provide a more regular showcasing of the best youth theatre talent in the country. Thus every first Tuesday and Wednesday each month, the next generation of theatre wallahs stride across the hallowed Prithvi stage.

Thespo at Prithvi is also providing an opportunity for young theatre groups to showcase their short plays, as a pre show appetizer before the main show on each Thespo at Prithvi show day.

If you have a play that you think can work in the outdoor areas of Prithvi Theatre, email us at thespo@gmail.com

October saw Marathi Madness take over at Prithvi. Two strong Marathi plays performed, and the even the non-Marathi speaking audience seemed to enjoy the evenings. Unfortunately Prithvi doesn't quite attract enough of a Marathi audience, which is a pity because both Baby and Dalan are powerful plays with great performances. We hope to have more of these in the future, and maybe create a new hub for Marathi non-commercial theatre.
On the workshop from both Adam Dow and Faezeh Jalali enthralled us with their unique techniques and styles. Adam took us through the world of improvised theatre where there is no script and Faezeh introduced us to the intricacies of the Laban Movement. We hope to have more such workshops in the months to come, so watch this space for details.

In November Thespo at Prithvi takes a sabbatical. The two major reasons for this are the advent of the Prithvi Festival which dominates all space and resources of the theatre community; and our very own Thespo 11, with which we are incredibly busy with. It promises to be quite an exciting festival come December. But TAP will be back in January, with perhaps a new serving of the best that youth theatre has to offer. Hope to see you then.

THESPO 11 - The Festival is near!

The hunt is over!! It's finally done. After traveling, scavenging, nearly missing trains, sitting long hours and watching nearly 70 plays from across India, Amruta Sant and Himanshu Sitlani can finally sit down and begin curating the festival. This year, we had entries from Bombay, Bangalore, Delhi, Kanpur, Kodaikanal, Pilani, Pune and also Shimla. There even some late entrants from Goa, who were too late for the fest, but perhaps something can happen for Thespo at Prithvi.

All the details should be ready by next month's issues, so the curious cats among you will just have to wait!

To those who missed out, you can still be part of Thespo 11. You can get involved in any of the following activities:

PLATFORM PERFORMANCES Perform short pieces of around 15 minutes.

FILM MAKING Learn how to make a documentary on any aspect of theatre.

POSTER DESIGN Design posters for the short listed plays of Thespo 11.

WORKSHOPS On different disciplines of theatre. Conducted by the best in the field. Both during the festival and in the lead up.

LIVE BANDS Bands will be given an opportunity to perform a half hour acoustic set. Performances in any genre - rock, jazz, fusion, Indian classical, etc. are welcome.

MAGAZINE Contribute to the festival mouthpiece with an interesting story or feature about the theatre.

TEAM THESPO Get involved in event management, marketing & PR, promotions, graphic design, etc.

For further details, call: 26392688 / 9819024757 Or Email: thespo@gmail.com

Join the 'Thespo' group on Facebook for daily updates!

Great Text Reading - Come read a play with us.

Great Texts

On the last Monday of every month people meet in Q's drawing room to read a play they may have heard of but not necessarily have read. Writer's come to see how the greats wrote, actors come to play multiple parts and theatre lovers come because it keeps them in touch with the art form. It is open all and everyone takes turns in playing characters from the play. Discussions ensue after over tea and biscuits.

In the month of October, we read The Dispute by French master Marivaux. A play is in the Comedie Francaise style. The story of four children who are kept isolated, and what happens when they first meet each other. While bordering on farce, and first dismissed at almost frivolous, further discussion unearthed facets of the play that bordered on the genius. Questions about our own lives, our obsession with reality television, experiments, our attitudes towards relationships were all put under the microscope.

One of the shortest plays we've ever read at Great Texts, turned out to create the longest discussion. It seemed a very simple straight forward play, but deadly under the surface.

Unfortunately we won't be reading anything in November and December. Blame one on preparing for Thespo and the other on recovering from Thespo. However we will be back in January 2010. Let us know if there are any plays you want the group to read at Great Texts. Till then keep reading!!

4 Corners - Lessons from an England 'theatre trip'.

A Theatrical Education

Aakash Parekh, an IB Drama student from B.D. Somani school, shares a few insights from his experience at a devised theatre workshop in London and a few days with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Statford-Upon-Avon.

An enriching experience was on its way as I looked up at the edifice that held my seat for an exhilarating theatrical ride, scuttling through all sorts of genres and techniques, exercises and effective tools of the theatre that would broaden my outlook as an IB Theatre Arts candidate. I was at the American Church, Central London with over 130 young theatre enthusiasts from all over the world participating in the workshop organized by the International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA).

Focussed primarily on devised theatre, each day kicked off with exercises aimed at physicalising various situations, metamorphosis, creating montages with our bodies and having each one of these evolve through time by experimenting with different directorial choices. Working on improvisational exercises with people I hadn’t ever met before was exciting because no two people of the group had the same opinions or the same theoretical backgrounds. This led us to interpret and improvise simple situations like giving birth and marriage in entirely different theatrical styles. While some group-members chose to work with forms such as clowning and mime, the rest and I made suggestions of incorporating forms like puppetry and movement and even elements of dark humour. Heated arguments with people losing their cool and the impending dangers of catfights followed post which our supervisor annulled the session and made us do a whole bunch of conflict resolution theatre exercises! The most interesting revelation I attained from this session was that as student theatre practitioners, we have to be entirely convinced and honest about the interpretative directorial choices that we employ to suit our stimuli before we begin to devise performances. Appropriately enough, we were taken to watch two plays Warhorse and Raoul, the latter being a conglomeration of all the forms we as an ensemble were deliriously fighting over. Besides of course, the inherent opulence associated with theatre in London, I was amazed at how well Warhorse and Raoul broke the fourth wall and involved the audience - sometimes through technicals where pools of light spilled over the entire house and sometimes by actors moving through and interacting with groups of audience members, and yet fully retaining their characters. The audience reactions to these attempts were equally appreciative and encouraging!

My exploration of world theatre continued as I was exposed to the Elizabethan Theatre Scene at Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of the greatest playwright the world has ever known – William Shakespeare. Having already seen As You Like It at the Globe Theatre in London, I went into the Courtyard Theatre of Stratford with surmounting expectations from the opening night of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Twelfth Night or What You Will directed by the eminent Gregory Doran. Looking through the production history of Twelfth Night, I was dumbfounded at how RSC directors in the past have chosen to interpret the setting and characters of the play. Some had employed extravagant and highly elaborate scenery while some chose to go with minimalist and metaphoric set-designs. This only boosted my excitement because I couldn’t wait to see what Gregory Doran had made of Twelfth Night this time around.

What I saw exceeded what I expected by far. An elegant Arabian scenery, controlled mood lighting and moreover, an exceedingly honest and convincing rendition of the music in Shakespeare’s words from the actors made it a fantastic evening. The special lighting effects to create a tempest using props on stage made the entire set come thunderously alive for that moment and shock the audience! It is exceedingly interesting to know in how many different ways, directors of the RSC have enlivened Shakespeare and yet with each new performance, the choices they employ seem way too perfect and fitting to have been anything else. Reflecting on what I derived from the performance, I participated in a post-performance discussion with an RSC executive Nick Walthon where I was given an opportunity to discern which elements of the play worked and didn’t. This exercise greatly catalysed perspective-building in me.

Post this brain-racking discussion, we had a Shakespearean make-up and wigs demonstration followed by a voice workshop wherein we were given a taste of what it took to be able to musically speak Shakespeare, pedantically adhering to the iambic pentameter he wrote in. Moreover, I also had the opportunity to direct two highly experienced Shakespearean actors on the basis of my interpretation of the stage-dynamics of a particular scene from Twelfth Night! That’s when I realised how difficult it was to block Shakespeare’s play and figure out intent an actor must have that best suits the performance. It was difficult because it could be absolutely anything! Convincing these actors of my choices and having them perform the scene the way I looked at it was even more exhilarating than having seen the same scene being performed in the play. It clearly explained the genius in Shakespeare’s writing and how it speaks differently to each one of us.

All in all, it has been an enthralling experience, one which is going to take a while to assimilate before I begin term in November. Equipped with a whole new bunch of theories, I look forward to applying them in future class-room situations and creating something spectacular to perform in various theatrical spaces as and when I am opportune in doing so with my fellow class-mates. Not only has it widened my horizons, but it has also made me a much more reflective and perceptive student of theatre and enthused me to pursue my passion for the same.

Aakash Parekh

Aakash is a student of B.D. Somani School, and is a budding theatre enthusiasts. He has worked as a technical assistant on two QTP plays, Project S.t.r.i.p. and Some Girl(s).

AK's Various Thoughts

OCTO-BLUR

I’m still recovering from the month that was. At the very mention of it, my shoulders sag and I get bleary eyed. It was a time of high stress, and we took some pretty big hits. But it was also a time of resilience, and we pulled off some good, solid theatre. Backs broke in Bangalore, two Thespo tryouts tumbled, finances floundered, and the pressure of the Pedro production was petrifying.

Writing about the entire experiences of Bangalore and the new play would take much patience, many days and a crate of Red Bull. As such, I’m going to try summarize them in a bunch of memorable quotes and antidotes.

About Thespo, what can I say? Two plays. One with a brooding new actor, two past winners, one META nominee, directed by a past Thespo finalist. The other with two gorgeous men holed up in a cabin, with much profanity. Foolproof formulae, one would think. Apparently not. Both were ruthlessly booted out. The QTP rep called me, said “Sorry, not good enough, loser”, and in the same breath asked “Article?”

Anyhow, moving on…

BANGALORE – Memorable Quotes

Voice on PA System: “The Udyan Express is delayed by 4 hours”

Attendant on Train: “Baarah ghanta late hai”

Passenger: “A dam burst. We’re rerouting. Longer route. What time’s your show?”

Akvarious Member: “7:30pm”

Passenger: (shakes head) “Won’t reach before 10”

Akvarious Member: “Nice”

Tea Vendor: “Hubli ke baad kuch n

ahi milega. Khaana nahi. Pani nahi. Taxi nahi.”

Akvarious Member: (seconds before he has to get off in the middle of nowhere to take a cab and try make it for the show) “I need to pee”

Akvarious Member: (for

the ninth time on the journey) “Let’s play Monopoly bitch”

Akvarious Member: (incredulous) “They stole our last packet of Kurkure!”

Local Co-ordinator: (ten minutes before show begins) “Sir, your cast has arrived”

Sign at Bangalore Station: (after a 38 hour train ride) “Life – A Journey”

Theatre Staff: “Welcome to Bangalore sir. You’ve come at a very bad time. Sales are slow for the last two months. Good you have a sponsor. Oh, wait. You don’t?”

Akvarious Member: (incredulous) “2 hours from the airport?”

Akvarious Member: (incredulous) “700 bucks for a taxi?”

Receptionist: “Tomorrow auto strike sir”

Website: “Trains delayed by 22 hours”

Akvarious Member: “Now?”

Proprietor: (with sad determination) “We’ll have to fly them all back”

Conversation at unfriendly restaurant venue:

Proprietor: “How many people in the audience?”

Staff Member: “13”

Proprietor: “That sucks. Our collections will be less than the taxi fare to get here. Well, you know, at least there’s the free lunch”

Moments later.

Organizer: “How many people in your crew?”

Proprietor: “16”

Organizer: “That sucks. I think you’ll have to pay for lunch”

Receptionist: (2 hours before flight, 1 hour before safe check in) “Sir, your taxis don’t seem to be coming. Cancelled“

As an overcrowded Tempo Traveller races towards airport, with 45 minutes to go for take off:

Akvarious Member: (on phone) “Sorry, what? Er… how? Er… OK” (off phone) “ Er… guys, the flight… it’s been preponed by twenty minutes…”

Collective gasp. Sound of nails being bitten.

AKVARIOUS PRODUCTION No. 21 – Memorable Quotes

Actress: “This is going to be a rather expensive production. Where’s the money coming from?”

Producer: “You know, honestly, I don’t know”

Actress: (pause) “Then why are you smiling?”

Akvarious Well Wisher: “Hey. How’s the play shaping up?”

Director: “It’s not”

Producer: “You’re in the play too? Nice. What you playing?”

Actress: “I’m the third understudy for Nun #4”

Set Designer: (three weeks before show) “Good news: the drawings are ready. Bad news: I’m

leaving for Spain tomorrow.”

Producer: (shell shocked) “Spain eh? That’s where the play’s set”

Set Designer: “What a small world”

Producer: (5 days before show, looking for reassurance) “I’m very worried. I don’t think this set will be ready in time”

Fabricator: “Sab Allah ki marzi hai bhai. Hum toh sirf koshish kar sakte hai.”

Producer: “This is a huge set. A tempo won’t do. We’ll need a truck”

Akvarious Member in charge of Set: “No. We’ll need two. Plus one tempo for the smaller stuff. Two trucks and one tempo. Cruising down Marine Drive at night. Controlled by me. Isn’t that cool?”

Speechless, the producer shakes his head and reaches for his wallet and slowly counts his fast disappearing money.

Akvarious Member in charge of Set: (not noticing) In fact, I have a great idea. I could stand between the two trucks, like Ajay Devgan. Haan?

Up & Coming - Play Schedule

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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