Thursday, May 3, 2012


PLAYS

Thursday 10th & Friday 11th May at 19.30

THIS
Duration : approx. 95 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Sharanya Ramprakash

'This' is a superbly crafted funny, witty, sharp, self-deprecating & wholly truthful take on four urban 30-somethings who are past their youthful sheen and are now negotiating the Rest of Their Lives.


Saturday 12th at 19.30 & Sunday 13th May at 15.30 & 19.30

Komedy-e Eshtebahat
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Corinne Jaber

A brand new Afghan adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic. The twins are separated in a sandstorm as babies and find themselves in Kabul as adults.

In Dari Persian with English sub-titles


Sunday 20th May at 15.30 & 19.30

Robinson and Crusoe
Duration : approx. 80 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Sharanya Ramprakash

Two soldiers… two different languages…one roof… ocean all around... Friendship triumphs!


Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org

Friday 11th May at 17.30 & 20.00

Eelam
Duration : approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . MSRIT Theater Society

A memory play which fuses dramatics with marvelously choreographed dance pieces by nine members of the college's dance group.


Saturday 12th May at 16.30 & 19.30

The Pizza Man
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Praveen Kumar R

Cheated by nature, disappointed by lovers, Alice and Julie realize the frustration of a woman pushing 30.


Sunday 13th May at 15.30 & 18.30

Caboodle
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Anna Thomas

Short stories by amateurs from the Red Pills : How not to dance in a pub on a date? Whether firing an employee could be an art?


Friday 18th May at 17.00 & 19.30

The First Rush Show
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Tulika Majumdar

First-time actors take on a series of crazy characters from all sorts of backgrounds.


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org

Till Sunday 20th May Tues. to Sat. at 20.00, Sun. at 15.00 & 18.30

The dreams of Tipu Sultan
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 300
Director . Arundhati Raja

Tipu Sultan has continued to dominate the imagination for over two centuries, as the endless flow of scholarly works, ballads, plays and novels testifies. What is less well known is that he secretly maintained a record of his dreams.


Jagriti Theatre, Varthur Rd, Whitefield, Tel. 28475373, www.jagrititheatre.com


ART EXHIBITIONS

From Saturday 5th May to Saturday 26th May

Face Two Face
Shivaraju BS first ever solo show

Inauguration : Saturday 5th at 18.30

Gallery Sumukha, 24/10 BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden. Tel. 2229 2230. www.sumukha.com

MUSIC

Friday 4th May at 21.00

That's 70s Soul
Duration : approx. 120 min.
Tickets : TBC

A tribute to singers and songwriters.


Opus, 1st Main, Chakravarthy Layout, Palace Cross Road. Tel. 2344 2580 / 9844030198. www.myopus.in

Friday 4th May at 19.00

The exercise book
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free

Music by Sikkil Gurucharan & Anil Srinivasan and readings of Tagore poetry by Dhritiman Chaterji


Saturday 19th May at 19.30

Folk it India
Duration : approx. 120 min.
Tickets : Rs 250

Live concert.


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org

DANCE

Saturday 5th May at 19.00

Hip Hop - Le temps d'arrêt
Duration : Approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free (TBC)

By Miguel Nosibor who is among the pioneers behind this artistic movement which started in the Bronx in New York at around the same time as cultural industries were booming and going global.


Friday 25th May at 18.30

Kathak ki Kahani - Mujre ki Zubani
Duration : Approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free

A Kathak performance.


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org

MOVIES


Wednesday 9th May at 18.30

The Artist
Duration : approx. 100 min.
Tickets : free

For those of you who missed seeing this master piece and for all those who wish to see it again!


Sunday 20th May from 11.30

Children Special
Tickets : free

Short movies especially for kids (6 movies of which 4 animation ones).


Sunday 20th May from 16.30 to 20.00

Future Shorts - India Film Festival
Tickets : Rs 350

Short movies from all over the world !


Saturday 26th May at 15.30 & 19.30

The owner
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 150

The film follows a backpack on a journey around the world, intersecting the lives of dozens of fascinating characters along the way.


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org

Satyajit Ray Festival

Saturday 5th May at 19.00
Mahanagar
Duration : approx. 131 min.
Tickets : free

Sunday 6th May at 11.00
Jalsaghar
Duration : approx. 100 min.
Tickets : free

Monday 7th May at 19.00
Rabindranath Tagore
Duration : approx. 54 min.
Tickets : free

Saturday 12th May at 19.00
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Duration : approx. 132 min.
Tickets : free

Sunday 13th May at 11.00
Ghare Baire
Duration : approx. 140 min.
Tickets : free

Friday 18th May at 19.00
Khanchenjugha
Duration : approx. 102 min.
Tickets : free

Saturday 19th May at 19.00
Charulata
Duration : approx. 117 min.
Tickets : free

Friday 25th May at 19.00
Pather Panchali
Duration : approx. 115 min.
Tickets : free

Saturday 26th May at 19.00
Aparajito
Duration : approx. 113 min.
Tickets : free

Sunday 27th May at 11.00
Apur Sansar
Duration : approx. 106 min.
Tickets : free


Suchitra Auditorium, 36, 9th Main Road (B V Karanth Road), Banashankari 2nd Stage. Tel. 2671 1785. www.suchitra.org

OTHERS

From Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May

Film appreciation workshop

Three days to know more about movies making and challenges. Register with 9845055034. Fee : Rs2,500.


Suchitra Auditorium, 36, 9th Main Road (B V Karanth Road), Banashankari 2nd Stage. Tel. 2671 1785. www.suchitra.org

From Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th May

Summer Activities for kids at the NGMA

Check the website for detailed programme. Registrations from 5th to 7th May.


National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in

FOR THE TRAVELLERS …

From Friday 4th to Monday 7th May

Frieze - New York

A landmark contemporary art fair.


Detailed programme on  www.frieze.com

STILL TIME TO SEE …

Till Thursday 10th May

Mountains, Myths and metaphors
A multimedia show by Indian and Sri Lankan artists

1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road, Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com

Till Friday 11th May

Four projects
Orijit Sen - Abhishek Hazra - Sunoj D - Abir Karmakar

Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com

Till Saturday 12th May

Being and nothingness
Solo Exhibition of photographs by Swapan Nayak

Tasveer Arts, Sua House, 26/1 Kasturba Cross Road (near British Library). Tel. 2212 8358. www.tasveerarts.com


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