Boy With A Suitcase | Mike Kenny - Thursday 12th & Friday 13th @ 19.30

Florian Zeller | The Father - from Tuesday 23rd

Originally written in French, this play, described by the writer as

“a tragic farce” jolts us into the awareness that a very thin line separates the ludicrous from the pathetic. Wry, moving, hilarious and disturbing by turns, on one level Father is a family drama and on another, a searing picture of mental dysfunction and the toll it takes on both the sufferer and the carer.

Photograph 51 | Anna Ziegler - Saturday 18th + Sunday 19th @ 16.00 + 19.30

The Dandelion's story - Thursday 19th @ 19.30

The play draws on an endearing Korean folktale that will appeal to both children and adults alike. The Dandelions Story is about a beautiful flower which is born with the help of something dirty, trivial and unexpected. Adapted from a best-selling children's book, the production is a visual and aural treat that highlights the universal truth, that everything has its purpose in the cycle of life.

circle of life - Saturday 26th @ 19.30

Circle of Life - Sunday 15th + Mullah Nasruddin 2.0 - Sunday 22nd

Circle of Life - Sunday 11th @ 15.30 + 19.30

C Sharp C Blunt | MD Pallavi - Saturday 3rd @ 19.00

http://sandboxcollective.org/event/c-sharp-c-blunt/

The Prophet and the Poet - Sunday 25th @ 15.30

February @ Ranga Shankara

Ramanaya - Friday 9th @ 19.30 + Saturday 10th @ 15.30 + 19.30

Tales from the Ramayana are all too familiar, but what is the Ramayana? Is it the story of a dutiful prince in exile, or the story of an epic war between good and evil? What is it about the Ramayana that continues to capture the imagination of millions over the centuries?

"Ramanaya" is an exploration of this very question, an effort to piece together the 'in-between' spaces of myth and reality. It draws from the revered epic, aiming to create a visual narrative that follows the movement of the story.

This production is a result of a conversation that began in 2013 between Sandbox Collective and Performer/Choreographer Felix Mathias Ott, who was subsequently a bangaloREsident. The project has been continually supported by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan.

World Premiere @  Ranga Shankara











About the show:
Ramanaya is a playful approach to the foundational Hindu story of the Ramayana. We find an entry point into this well-known and beloved story through a multi-dimensional map, created from recycled junk materials and found debris. This mind map becomes a playground where we can think about the infinite scenarios the Ramayana holds within itself.

Two story tellers enter the map and get carried away by the force of what unfolds. Slowly, the map expands and becomes more complex -- what the story tellers are constructing takes them further and deeper into the unending stream of mythology. As they are carried away by the stream, their journey shows them different perspectives on an ancient tale. In this surreal world, the epic reveals itself in new and unexpected ways.

The spectators are part of this journey. The performers invite them to enter the surreal world and share their discoveries. Perhaps the spectators will find answers to their own questions as they travel with the performers.

About the director:
Felix Mathias Ott was born in 1983 in Reutlingen, Germany, and is currently based in Berlin. He studied Contemporary Dance, Context, Choreography at HZT Berlin. He has worked on many international projects, and his work is also supported by the City of Berlin and the Goethe-Institut. Ott's works have had a particular focus on the interplay of mythology and the 'reality' we see around us. This was particularly true of his previous work - The Odyssey Complex which we presented at the 2013 edition of the Attakkalari India Biennial. Some of his other works include An Iliad, M.A.R.S, and M.O.N.D.

About the performers:
Vinod Ravindran is a theatre actor and director based in Bangalore, India and has been working in the field of theatre for over 15 years. As an actor he has worked with directors like Atul Kumar, Abhishek Majumdar, Ajay Krishnan, Kirtana Kumar and B. Jayashree. His recent directorial ventures include How Cow Now Cow (for children) and Somewhat Like a Balloon. He has performed across India and worked with various theatre and dance companies. His special interests are in the field of devised theatre. His most recent foray includes writing a play that was long listed for a national theatre competition.

Puja Sarup is an award-winning actor based in Mumbai, India. She has worked extensively with some of the biggest names in Indian theatre including Sunil Shanbag, Rehaan Engineer and Rajat Kapoor, among others. She also heads a theatre company titled Patchworks Ensemble, that works with devised theatre. Puja's recent work as an actor includes the award-winning Hamlet The Clown Prince directed by Rajat Kapoor and The Gentlemen's Club, a pioneering piece of work on drag kings. Puja studied clowning and physical theatre at Helikos Scuola Internatzionale in Florence, and has worked for a short period with Footsbarn Travelling Theatre Company in France.

About the team:
Benjamin Brix is a video artist, film editor and cameraman. In the past, he has worked as a stone sculptor, and has studied visual communication and product design. He has worked with performers, artists and film makers from various countries, as both installation artist, and also on collaborative film making projects. Brix has a long-standing working relationship with Felix Ott, with whom he collaborated on The Odyssey Project, a much-celebrated work that travelled to Bangalore in 2013.

Nikhil Nagaraj is a sound designer and musician, working with theatre and dance productions. Through the use of custom-made software he designs sound effects, contemporary electronic music, and  works with binaural sound, ambisonics and electro-acoustic sound research. He is the chief sound supervisor at a recording studio in Bangalore.

Credits:
Director/Choreographer: Felix Mathias Ott
Performers: Puja Sarup and Vinod Ravindran
Video Artist: Benjamin Brix
Sound Design: Nikhil Nagaraj
Production Manager: Bharavi
Production Assistance: Deepankar Pai
Lighting design: Felix Mathias Ott and Bharavi
Produced by: Sandbox Collective

This production is supported by the International Co-Production Fund of the Goethe-Institut.

Mullah Nasruddin 2.0 - Sunday 21st @ 13.30 + 19.30

Mulla Nasruddin was a Seljuq satirical Sufi, believed to have lived & died during the 13th century in Akşehir, a capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, in today’s Turkey. He is considered a populist philosopher & wise man, remembered for his funny stories & anecdotes.

The Nasruddin stories are known throughout the Middle East & constitute one of the strangest achievements in the history of metaphysics. Superficially, most of the Nasruddin stories may be used as jokes. They are told & retold endlessly in the teahouses & caravanserais, in the homes & on the radio waves, of Asia.

But it is inherent in a Nasruddin story that it may be understood at any of many depths. There is the joke, the moral – and the little extra which brings the consciousness of the potential mystic a little further on the way to realization.

Mullah Nasruddin 2.0 - Sunday 21st @ 15.30 + 19.30

A Little Calm before the Storm | Theresia Walser - Tuesday 5th @ 19.30

Parody on stage! A Little Calm before the Storm was first introduced to Bangalore audiences in 2016, in the form of a rehearsed reading as part of our ongoing project German Spotlight. This initiative, in association with Sandbox Collective, seeks to popularise the vast Goethe library of contemporary German plays available in translation.

Vandana Prabhu was inspired by the success of the reading to develop the play into a full-fledged production, which will premiere at the Deccan Herald Theatre Festival 2017.

The water princess - Sunday 3rd @ 19.30

The Dubliners Dilemma - Saturday 25th @ 15.30

The Big Fellow - Saturday 25th @ 19.30

The Diary of a madman - Sunday 26th @ 15.30 & 19.30

Ravanama - Tuesday 10th @ 19.30

Ravanama is about the search for the mythological character, Ravana, through the many stories associated with him. On stage we see an actor in the process of making a show. Every time she decides on a way to start the show, an altogether different version takes her in another direction. Is there a link between all these stories?

Why is she so attracted to this man while all the world considers him evil? Is it to do with the performer's attraction to a form – Kathakali - a form that depicts Ravana in high scale and grandeur?  Every time the actor dips into the ‘world’ of Kathakali she comes out with a further revelation of Ravana…. 

Robi's Garden | Wednesday 13th @ 18.30