Culture in the city

PLAYS

From Friday 9th March to Sunday 25th March, Tuesday to Saturday 20.00, Sunday 15.00 & 18.30

A Twist of Lime by Anita Nair
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : Rs 300
Director . Vivek Madan

Sushil seeks a bride. A wife and a mistress pretty themselves up to dazzle the same man. Two sisters in a confessional. An apartment in Manhattan, a beauty salon, and a church. Three stories, three different settings. Threading them together is a twist of irony that makes us ponder the different shades of grey in a black-and-white world. What we believe to be true may not really be. And vice versa. But such is life!


Jagriti Theatre, Varthur Rd, Whitefield, Tel. 28475373, www.jagrititheatre.com
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Saturday 10th March at 16.30 & 19.30

MASH
Duration : approx. 95 min.
Tickets : Rs 200
Director . NA

A superbly crafted funny, witty, sharp, self-deprecating but wholly truthful take on four urban 30-somethings that are past their youthful sheen and are now negotiating the Rest of Their Lives.


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
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Sunday 11th March at 15.30 & 19.30

MASH
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Naveen Richard

If it has been long since you laughed till your stomach hurts, be there to watch motley of sketches about dating, sex, vegetables and a lot more.


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
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Wednesday 14th March at 19.30

True West by Sam Shepard
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : from Rs 150
Director . Prakash Aswani

The orderly Austin, a burgeoning Hollywood scriptwriter holed up in his mother's California kitchen, against the wild, primitive Lee, who has just returned from three months in the Mojave Desert. Each brother has a quality the other wants. But, in showing their role-reversal, Shepard lends the action a larger resonance.


Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.
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Thursday 15th March at 19.30

The Bold Soprano by Ionesco
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : from Rs 150
Director . Kirtana Kumar

Set quite clearly in "an English room" and speaking well, English, the actors are disturbed by a wildly chiming clock. It is the 1950's, the era of Swedish minimalism and Stepfordian wives. Everyone plays the game...well, almost.


Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.
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From Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th March at 19.30

Tango by Mrozeck
Duration : approx. 120 min.
Tickets : from Rs 100
Director . Anmol Vellani

Set in the home of a Bohemian couple who fought for complete freedom in the arts and undermined prevailing aesthetic and social standards and values.


Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org
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Saturday 17th March at 19.30

The Open Couple
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : from Rs 150
Director . Ashish Sen

A couple married for more than 10 years and reckoning with seemingly predictable marital issues: A bored husband looks for distractions outside the home front, while a neglected wife suffers from low self esteem and suicidal tendencies ... until she is persuaded to take a lover.


Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.
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Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March at 19.30

Waterlines
Duration : approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Rs 200
Director . Abishek Mazumdar

Waterlines, is a re look, a re-imagination and a rewind of the partition of India.


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
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Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th March at 19.30

Good Grief
Duration : approx. 80 min.
Tickets : Rs 200
Director . Vineet Nair

Ever felt your therapist was more messed up than you?


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

From Wednesday 7th to Wednesday 28th March

Hanging the Walls
Solo Show by the Mysore artist Sachidananda K J


Gallery Sumukha, 24/10 BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden. Tel. 2229 2230. www.sumukha.com
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From Friday 9th to Tuesday 12th March

Showcase
Utilitarian studio pottery and jewelry


1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road, Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com
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From Wednesday 14th to Saturday 14th April

Tames elements
Solo Show by Deepak Rajbhar

Inauguration : Wednesday 14th March at 18.30


Gallery Blue Spade, The Chancery, 10/6, Lavelle Road, Tel. 65469627, www.gallerybluespade.com
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DANCE

Thursday 15th March at 19.30

Hybrid
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Free

Céline Pradeu-Kanagasabai proposes a fusion of Bharatnatyam and contemporary dance


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

Sunday 11th March at 17.00

Accordion concert
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Rs 200

A rare treat and a delightful evening of European folk music ranging from waltzes, polkas to tangos and paso dobles by Prakash


Laughing Waters, Whitefield, OnStage@natya.Info, www.natya.info.
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Saturday 17th March at 19.00

Gewandhaus Choir
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Free

A tribute to Rabindranath Tagore in the 150th anniversary year of his birth, commissioned by the Goethe-Institut and composed by Bernd Franke and much more.

Invite to be collected from the Goethe Institut


Christ College Auditorium
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Wednesday 21st March at 19.30

Vialka Musi Duo
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : NA

Presenting Rock the Sun, Vialka and the Solar Sound System


Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
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Friday 23rd March at 20.00

Under Kontrol
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : NA

World Beatbox Champions – 2009!


Opus, 1st Main, Chakravarthy Layout, Palace Cross Road. Tel. 2344 2580 / ________________________________________
MOVIES

Wednesday 28th at 19.00

Toulouse
Duration : approx. 60 min.
Tickets : free
Director . Lionel Baier

August 1, somewhere in the Aubonne countryside, Cécile and her ten-year-old daughter Marion have just acquired an old 1970’s Ford Taunus estate car.


Thursday 29th at 19.00

Déchaînées
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free
Director . Raymond Vouillamoz

Lucy discovers that an infamous women’s lib activist during the 70’s may actually be her grand-mother.


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

From Monday 9th April to Sunday 6th May

Summer Express

Theatre, film making, visual art, cooking, car mechanic and rangoli workshops for kids.

Detailed programme on the website; enquiries to aha.rangashankara@gmail.com (Registration from 10th March)


Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org
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Saturday 10th March at 15.30

NGMA Arboretum Tour

The walk is being taken by Mr. Vijay Thiruvady who will tell us about the trees in bloom during this month.


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

From Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th March

Art Dubai

The 6th edition of the contemporary art fair : http://www.artdubai.ae
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STILL TIME TO SEE …

Till Saturday 10th March

Doodu's Doodle
An exhibition of RK Laxman's unpublished works

Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540
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Till Sunday 11th March

Stampendous Impressions
A group show by ArtChutney's artists, www.artchutney.com

Leela Galleria, 23 Old Airport Road, Kodihali.
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Till Saturday 17th March

Eva Schlegel
The Austrian artist invited to show her works in Bangalore !

Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com
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From Friday 24th February to Tuesday 20th March

Pink is the Navy Blue of India
Photos by Norman Parkinson (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, …)

Tasveer Arts, Sua House, 26/1 Kasturba Cross Road (near British Library). Tel. 2212 8358. www.tasveerarts.com
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Till Saturday 31st March

Look
A group show by the gallery's artists to celebrate its 9th anniversary

Gallery G, Maini Sadan, 7th Cross, Lavelle Road. Tel. 2221 9275.
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