PLAYS
From Friday 13th to Sunday 29th January
The Golden Dragon by Roland Schimmelpfenning
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : from Rs 500
Director . Ramin Gray
A tragicomic tale of globalization set in your local Thai/Chinese/Vietnamese takeaway.
Jagriti Theatre, Varthur Rd, Whitefield, Tel. 28475373, www.jagrititheatre.com
Sunday 29th January at 19.00
The Prophet and the Poet
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free
Director . Bangalore Little Theatre
A play based on the exchange of letters and articles between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore over 25 years, with the Indian freedom struggle as the backdrop.
Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
ART EXHIBITIONS
Till Tuesday 31st January
Varna Mythri
Rumale Chennabasaviah's centenary retrospective
Saturday 14th January @ 18.30 : Panel discussion with Ravikumarkashi, VM Sholapurkar and SN Chandrasekar
Sunday 15th January @ 11.00 : Workshop on landscape painting in water colour
National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in
Till Saturday 14th January
Prasanna Kumar
Solo show
Time & Space Art Gallery, 55 Lavelle Road. Tel. 3296 9412 / 2212 4117. www.gallerytimeandspace.com
Till Tuesday 17th January
Bonds
A collaborative solo show
Performance : Saturday 14th January at 17.00
Bar 1, top floor Cars r Us, mission road, before the flyover, 9844834523
From Wednesday 18th January till Thursday 9th February
A journey into the time of Maharajas
Photo exhibition
Opening : Wednesday 18th January at 18.30
Tasveer Arts, Sua House, 26/1 Kasturba Cross Road (near British Library). Tel. 2212 8358. www.tasveerarts.com
From Wednesday 18th January till Friday 10th February
Magic Mountain at Bangalore: Portraits & Patterns
Solo show by Deborah Boardman
Opening : Wednesday 18th January at 18.00
Swasti Art Gallery, HCG Towers, 8 Kalinga Rao road, Sampangi Ram Nagar, Tel. 9945710833
From Saturday 21st January till Thursday 9th February
Travelling doors
Solo show by Santhana Krishnan
Opening : Saturday 21st January at 19.00
Kynkyny Art Gallery, 104 Embassy Square, Above Ganjam Jewellers, 148 Infantry Road, Tel. 4092 6202, 4092 6206. www.kynkyny.com
MUSIC
Sunday 15th January at 17.00
Aditya Prakash
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Rs 300
A Carnatic fusion concert
Laughing Waters, Whitefield, OnStage@natya.Info, www.natya.info.
Thursday 19th January at 19.00
Grand Fusion Music of Karnatic Classical & Western, Jazz Music
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Free
Spinifex Orchestra from Netherlands & Dr. Suma Sudhindra’s Veena Ensemble
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.
Sunday 29th January at 19.30
Classic Incantations
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : free (passes available at the Goethe Institute from 18th 14.00)
The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg plays A.R. Rahman. More than 100 musicians will play live at Palace Ground.
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
OTHERS
From Friday 13th to Sunday 22nd January
Bangalore Habba
A Bangalore Culture festival with dance, music, plays, exhibitions, … Programme on the website…
http://bengaluruhabba.co.in/2012/home.html
Saturday 14th January at 18.30
Visualizing the Ramayana
A lecture by Gulammohammed Sheikh
1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road, Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com
Saturday 14th January from 15.00 to 19.00
Double Road Art Walk
Visit 6 galleries in one afternoon. Start point : gallery SKE
Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com
Friday 20th January at 19.30
TMS
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Rs 1000
Stand up comedy
Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
MOVIES
Sunday 22nd January @ 19.00
Short movie Festival
Kindness Boomerangs, All is well, A touching story, MAU, One step forward, Thirst, Funny job interviez
Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
Wednesday 25th January @ 19.00
Remembering Vaclav Havel
By Pavel Koutecký
Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
FOR THE TRAVELLERS …
From Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th January
The India Art Fair
The rendez-vous of the art lovers, connoisseurs, etc. The 4th edition of an amazing event surely not to be missed ! Get your pass online.
NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi, 011-47119800, www.indiaartfair.in
STILL TIME TO SEE …
Till Friday 20th January
Lateral Insertion
A group show by the Gallery's artists
Gallery Blue Spade, The Chancery, 10/6, Lavelle Road, Tel. 65469627, www.gallerybluespade.com
Till Saturday 21st January
The Hidden Lines
Cartoons & caricatures by Narsim
Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540
Till Tuesday 24th January
S. Natraj
A solo exhibition of paintings
Apparao Galleries, The Presidency, 82 St Marks Road. Tel. 4132 9163. www.apparaogalleries.com
Till Saturday 28th January
Listen outside this house
Sudarshan Shetty
Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com
