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The Mint Planner, 29 May 2015

From music and movies to dance and drama, there's plenty to do or experience over the coming week

S.H. Raza’s works are part of ‘Five Quartets’Premium
S.H. Raza’s works are part of ‘Five Quartets’

NEW DELHI :

Delhi

Around town

Making it!

1-13 June

This workshop for 20 children aged 8-12 is designed to introduce them to the process of making and performing theatre. The participants will begin by exploring their own experiences, and expressing and articulating them through a range of theatre exercises. They will also create their own short scripts.

9am-noon (Monday-Friday). Anand Lok Community Centre, opposite Gargi College, Khel Gaon Marg. Fee, 7,000. To register, visit www.yellowcat.in/registration-form.html

Umak Festival: Abhinandan 80

1-2 June

Sitarist Devabrata Chaudhuri, an exponent of the Senia gharana and a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, will perform on Day 1, accompanied by ustad Akram Khan on tabla. Day 2 will see a sitar recital by Prateek Chaudhuri, accompanied by ustad Rafiuddin Sabri on tabla. This will be followed by a Kathak recital by Rajendra Gangani, accompanied by Fateh Singh Gangani on tabla.

6.45pm. Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road (43663333).

Art

Five Quartets

Till 23 June

This abstract art show features four works by each of the five participating artists: S.H. Raza, Seema Ghuraiya, Akhilesh (who uses one name), Manish Pushkale and Yogendra Tripathi.

11am-7pm. Art Konsult,Old MB Road, Lado Sarai (65683083). For details, visit www.artkonsult.com

Theatre

Buddha Mar Gaya

30 May

Based on Manoj Mitra’s Bengali comedy drama Bagiya Banchha Ram Ki, the characters in this play include a ghost, and an old man and his grandson, who are fighting for the possession of a garden. The play is directed by Dinesh Ahlawat. 1 hour, 51 minutes.

7pm. Shri Ram Centre, 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House. Tickets, 100, 200, 300 and 500, available at the venue and on in.bookmyshow.com

Summer Theatre Festival 2015

Till 7 June

The Repertory Company of the National School of Drama (NSD) is presenting three plays. Ghazab Teri Adaa, written and directed by NSD director Waman Kendre, will be staged from 29-30 May. It is inspired by playwright Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. Suman Mukhopadhyay’s Khilona Nagar, based on a novel by Bengali writer Nabarun Bhattacharya, will be staged from
31 May-2 June. Director Rajinder Nath’s production of Vijay Tendulkar’s famous play Ghashiram Kotwal will be presented from 3-7 June.

Timings vary. NSD, Bahawalpur House, 1, Bhagwan Das Road (23384531). Tickets, 30, 50, 100 and 200, available at the venue. Click here for details.

TOP PICK

Film

The Justice Project—Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan And Sri Lanka

Till 30 May

Pakistani film-maker Ammar Aziz’s ‘A Walnut Tree’ will be screened on 29 May. The 92-minute film is about an old man who is displaced from the Swat valley in Pakistan as a result of a conflict between the army and the Taliban. On 30 May, Rahul Roy’s ‘The Factory’ will be presented. The 132-minute film is about 147 workers of a car maker who are on trial for the murder of a senior manager.

6pm. India International Centre, 40, Max Mueller Marg, Lodi Estate (24619431).

By Chanpreet Khurana

Mumbai

Film

Summer Shorts: Chalto Phirto Devro and Of Whose Karma Shall I Sing, My Own?

30 May

6.30pm. Artisans’, 52-56, Dr VB Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda. For details, call 9820145397.

Around town

Under The Tin Roof Festival

29-31 May

The Jeff Goldberg Studio, which offers acting, direction and scripting courses, is presenting a three-day festival that will include improv comedy, plays (Marriage-ology and The Interview), a reading-for-auditions workshop by theatre director Quasar Padamsee, film screenings and talks by actors Anand Tiwari and Manish Chaudhary. The screenings and talks are free.

Timings vary. Jeff Goldberg Studio, Gazebo House, Hill Road, Bandra. Tickets, 350 (for performances), available on in.bookmyshow.com. Workshop fee, 350. To register, call email festival@jgstudio.in.

Music

Arjun Vagale

29 May

DJ Arjun Vagale will perform a mix of house, techno and underground. Vagale, who has played with Fatboy Slim, Nic Fanciulli and Adam Beyer, was part of the indie music band Jalebee Cartel.

10.30pm. blueFROG, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (61586158). Tickets, 600 and 1,500 (cover), available at the venue and on in.bookmyshow.com.

TOP PICK

Theatre

Nuclear Sher

29 May

Inspired by Gulzar’s ‘Panchatantra’ adaptation, ‘Nuclear Sher’ is directed by Salim Arif. If you can’t control a lion or a nuclear bomb, it’s better not to have it around, says this tongue-in-cheek play.
1 hour, 5 minutes.

Noon/4pm. Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, 20, Juhu Church Road (26149546). Tickets, 300, available at the venue and on in.bookmyshow.com

By Shinibali Mitra Saigal

Kolkata

Photography

Aus Der Nacht Tiefdunklem Schatten

Till 16 June

The Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata, is presenting a series of exhibitions from the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin, Germany. The current show, Aus Der Nacht Tiefdunklem Schatten, is by Berlin-based Katharina Ira Allenberg, who talks about dreams, memories and distant realities.

10am-6.30pm. Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, 8, Ballygunge Circular Road, Ballygunge (24866398).

Theatre

Bhablai Bhalo

31 May

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