Thursday, August 2, 2012

To do cultural list


PLAYS

Sunday 5th August at 16.30 & 18.30
The Forest
Duration : approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Rs 200
Director . Puja Goyal

This is the story of the last remains of a place called, THE FOREST. The people in the Forest, called the Foresters have grown listening to stories of humans. They believe humans are extinct; till they come across a little girl called Mandy who is going to her grandmother's house.


J.S.S. Auditorium, No.3, 38th Cross, 3rd Main, 8th Block, Jayanagar. Tel. 2664 4540.

Sunday 5th August at 16.00 & 19.00
Star Spangled Girl by Neil Simon
Duration : approx. 100 min.
Tickets : Rs 200
Director . Syed Inamullah

The story is a love triangle, mixed with politics. Andy and Norman are radicals who barely make a living working on their magazine, Fallout, which is dedicated to fighting "the system" in America. Sophie, a former Olympic swimmer, is an all-American, Southern girl who moves into the apartment next door.


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

Saturday 11th at 20.00 and Sunday 12th August at 15.00 & 18.30
The Dreams of Tipu Sultan
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : NA
Director . Girish Karnad

Tipu Sultan has dominated our imagination for over two centuries, as the endless flow of scholarly works, plays and novels about his life and tragic end testifies. What is less known, is that this man who spent most of his life on horseback, maintained a secret record of his dreams.


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


Friday 17th August at 19.30
A walk in the wood by Lee Blessing
Duration : approx. 120 min.
Tickets : from Rs 300
Director . Ratna Pathak Shah

Can individuals play a decisive role in untangling complex political hyperbole to initiate real dialogue? Do we have a say in deciding our fate and that of a world on the precipice of nuclear warfare? The play addresses all these questions and more through brilliant performances by its leading stars : Rajit Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah.


Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.

ART EXHIBITIONS

From Saturday 4th to Saturday 18th August
Finding Nowhere

A solo show by Shibu Arakkal


Inauguration : Saturday 4th August at 18.00


Kynkyny Art Gallery, 104 Embassy Square, Above Ganjam Jewellers,
148 Infantry Road, Tel. 4092 6202, 4092 6206. www.kynkyny.com

MUSIC

Friday 3rd August at 20.30
Shariq Hasan Organ Trio
Duration : NA
Tickets : NA

Jazz


B-Flat, 776, 100 feet road, Indiranagar (above ING Bank). Tel. 25278361

Saturday 4th August at 19.00
Emcee Jesz
Duration : NA
Tickets : NA

Rapp & Hip Hop


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

Saturday 4th August at 18.30
Sitar Jugalbandi
Duration : 90 min.
Tickets : free

Ustad Shafiq Khan & Ustad Rafiq Khan


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

Saturday 4th at 19.15 & Sunday 5th August at 11.00
Monty Python's Spamalot
Duration : 120 min.
Tickets : from Rs 200

A rip roaring musical spoof on King Arthur and his knights of Camelot and their hilarious quest for the Holy Grail.


Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.

Friday 10th August at 18.30
ENDARO MAHANUBHAVULU
Duration : 120 min.
Tickets : from Rs 200

By Vishaka Hari


Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.

DANCE

Sunday 12th August at 17.00
Bharatanatyam Recital Parshwanath Upadhye
Duration : Approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 200

"A maestro in the making,Parshwanath Upadhye is a fantastic new face in the culture arena"


Laughing Waters, Whitefield, OnStage@natya.Info, www.natya.info.


Sunday 12th August at 19.00
PRAHAR - Dance
Duration : Approx. 120 min.
Tickets : Rs 100

Contemporary dance


Seva Sadan Auditorium, 14th Cross, West Park Road, Opposite MLA College, Malleswaram. Tel. 23347830.

FOR THE TRAVELLERS …

Till Sunday 16th September

dOCUMENTA (13)

A city transformed into an art scene !



Kassel (Germany)

STILL TIME TO SEE …

Till Saturday 4th August
Wishes
A solo exhibition of Water color paintings by Samir Mondal.

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

Till Sunday 5th August
Before. After ?
An exhibition of cartoons to put a smile on every animal's face.

Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540


Till Wednesday 8th August
The Print Spot Light
A group exhibition of prints

Gallery Five Forty Five, 545, 6th Main Road, 4th Cross, Indiranagar Stage II. Tel. 98860 50563.


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