Monday, December 12, 2011

Culture in the city

PLAYS

Till December 18th, 20.00 from Tuesday to Saturday, 15.00 & 18.30 on Sunday

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 300

Director . Jeff Teare

Lysistrata is a young woman who is tired of seeing the young men of Greece die in 'useless wars all the time'. She gathers all the women and holds them to an oath - as long as the men keep on warring, as long as women keep losing lovers and husbands and sons, no woman in Greece will willingly have sex.

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


Saturday 17th December at 20.00

KGB

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : NC

Director . NA

Stand up comedy by Rajneesh Kapoor, Varun Grover anf Tanmay Bhat

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


ART EXHIBITIONS

Saturday 10th December at 15.00

Double Road Art Walk

An opportunity to visit 6 contemporary art spaces every second Saturday of the month. The start point is Gallery SKE.

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


From Saturday 10th to Saturday 18th December

Dhiraj 75

A show celebrating the 75th birthday of the artist Dhiraj Choudhury

Opening reception : Saturday 10th at 18.00

Time & Space Art Gallery, 55 Lavelle Road. Tel. 3296 9412 / 2212 4117. www.gallerytimeandspace.com


From Saturday 17th December to Saturday 7th January

Elsewhere

Art works by Sachin Jaltare, Sujata Achrekar, Rameshwar Singh and Manish Moitra.

Opening reception : Saturday 17th at 19.00

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


From Saturday 17th December to Tuesday 31st January

Varna Mythri

Rumale Chennabasaviah's centenary retrospective

Opening reception : Saturday 17th at 18.30

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


From Saturday 17th December to Tuesday 31st January

Speaking Lines

Cartoons by Ashini and Abani brothers

Opening reception : Saturday 17th at 11.30

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


From Tuesday 13th December to Wednesday 4th January

Chinese Photography Now

Chu Chu, Liu Yue, Luo Yongjin, Ma Kang, Yang Yongliang and Yan Xinfa

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


Till Thursday 15th December

Strange Paradise

Lastest works by Anurandra Jegadeva

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


MUSIC

Saturday 10th December at 21.00

Lucy Swann & Droolian

Duration : Approx. 90 min.

Tickets : NC

Rock & electronic from Norway

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


Saturday 18th December at 19.00

Trio Saiyuki

Duration : Approx. 90 min.

Tickets : free

A blend of Japanese, Vietnamese and Indian cultures

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


Saturday 22nd January at 18.30

Anoushka Shankar

Duration : Approx. 60 min.

Tickets : from Rs 1,000

An evening of raga-flamenco music

UB City Mall, Vital Mallya Road, Sampangirama Nagar.


DANCE

Sunday 18th December at 17.00

Odissi Dance Recital

Duration : Approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 200

Sarita Mishra's introduction to Odissi

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


Saturday 10th December at 18.30

Dance DISCourse

Duration : Approx. 60 min.

Tickets : Free

Sarpa Sutra : Bharatanatyam recital

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


OTHERS

Thursday 15th December at 18.00

Artists' presentations

Rameshchandra & Nandesh S.

Venkatappa Art Gallery, Kasturba Road, Tel. 22864483


From Friday 16th to Wednesday 21st December

Architecture Rendez Vous

Exhibitions, Talks, Films, Workshops : Indo-French Perspectives

Detailed programme available on the Alliance's website

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


Sunday 1st January from 10.30 to 18.30

The Ramayana Carnival

Duration : NA

Tickets : Free

Doll display & story-telling, Bharata's walkway - for you to experience, Puppet shows, Dhanurvidya area, Dances & songs, Quiz, Art activity, Write Ramayana on the wall, Sculpture counter, Ramayana puppets of Asia, Movies on Ramayana, Books on Ramayana, Masks & more.

National College Grounds, Basavanagudi, dhaatu@gmail.com or 65683396


MOVIES

Wednesday 14th December at 20.00

Super Night Shot

Duration : Approx. 60 min.

Director : Gob Squad

Tickets : free

Super Night Shot is a multi-screen video event filmed one hour before the audience arrives. The film contains no cuts and is produced with four video cameras by four performers in the streets of Bangalore.

Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 716 CMH Road, Indiranagar 1st Stage. Tel. 2520 5305/06/07/08. http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/bag/enindex.htm


FOR THE TRAVELLERS …

From Wednesday 14th December to Sunday 15th January

And the falchion passed through his neck …

A group exhibition featuring Anjali Bhargava | Chitra Ganesh | Divya Mehra | Hamra Abbas | Samira Abbassy | Shweta Bhattad | Sangeeta Sandrasegar

LATITUDE 28 Gallery, F 208 GF Lado Sarai, New Delhi, 011-46791111, www.latitude28.com


STILL TIME TO SEE …

Till Saturday 10th December

Sheela Gowda

Suboverseer, Ambarish TV, Highcourt, Battery, Naatikothambari and others

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

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