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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
PLAYS
Thursday 10th & Friday 11th May at 19.30
THIS
Duration : approx. 95 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Sharanya Ramprakash
'This' is a superbly crafted funny, witty, sharp,
self-deprecating & wholly truthful take on four urban 30-somethings who are
past their youthful sheen and are now negotiating the Rest of Their Lives.
Saturday 12th at 19.30 & Sunday 13th
May at 15.30 & 19.30
Komedy-e Eshtebahat
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Corinne Jaber
A brand new Afghan adaptation of Shakespeare’s
classic. The twins are separated in a sandstorm as babies and find themselves
in Kabul as adults.
In Dari Persian with English sub-titles
Sunday 20th May at 15.30 & 19.30
Robinson and Crusoe
Duration : approx. 80 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Sharanya Ramprakash
Two soldiers… two different languages…one roof… ocean
all around... Friendship triumphs!
Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th
Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org
Friday 11th May at 17.30 & 20.00
Eelam
Duration : approx. 60 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . MSRIT Theater Society
A memory
play which fuses dramatics with marvelously choreographed dance pieces by nine
members of the college's dance group.
Saturday 12th May at 16.30 & 19.30
The Pizza Man
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Praveen Kumar R
Cheated
by nature, disappointed by lovers, Alice and Julie realize the frustration of a
woman pushing 30.
Sunday 13th May at 15.30 & 18.30
Caboodle
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Anna Thomas
Short stories
by amateurs from the Red Pills : How not to dance in a pub on a date? Whether
firing an employee could be an art?
Friday 18th May at 17.00 & 19.30
The First Rush Show
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . Tulika Majumdar
First-time actors take on a series of crazy
characters from all sorts of backgrounds.
Till Sunday 20th May Tues. to Sat. at
20.00, Sun. at 15.00 & 18.30
The dreams of Tipu Sultan
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 300
Director . Arundhati Raja
Tipu Sultan has continued to dominate the imagination for over two
centuries, as the endless flow of scholarly works, ballads, plays and novels
testifies. What is less well known is that he secretly maintained a record of
his dreams.
Jagriti Theatre, Varthur Rd,
Whitefield, Tel. 28475373, www.jagrititheatre.com
ART EXHIBITIONS
From Saturday 5th May to Saturday 26th
May
Face Two Face
Shivaraju
BS first ever solo show
Inauguration : Saturday
5th at 18.30
Gallery Sumukha, 24/10 BTS Depot Road,
Wilson Garden. Tel. 2229 2230. www.sumukha.com
MUSIC
Friday 4th May at 21.00
That's 70s Soul
Duration
: approx. 120 min.
Tickets : TBC
A tribute
to singers and songwriters.
Opus, 1st Main,
Chakravarthy Layout, Palace Cross Road. Tel. 2344 2580 / 9844030198. www.myopus.in
Friday 4th May at 19.00
The exercise book
Duration
: approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free
Music by
Sikkil Gurucharan & Anil Srinivasan and readings of Tagore poetry by Dhritiman
Chaterji
Saturday 19th May at 19.30
Folk it India
Duration
: approx. 120 min.
Tickets : Rs 250
Live concert.
DANCE
Saturday 5th May at 19.00
Hip Hop - Le temps
d'arrêt
Duration
: Approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free (TBC)
By Miguel Nosibor who is among
the pioneers behind this artistic movement which started in the Bronx in New
York at around the same time as cultural industries were booming and going global.
Friday 25th May at 18.30
Kathak ki Kahani -
Mujre ki Zubani
Duration : Approx. 90
min.
Tickets : free
A Kathak performance.
MOVIES
Wednesday 9th May at 18.30
The Artist
Duration : approx. 100 min.
Tickets : free
For those of you who missed seeing this master piece
and for all those who wish to see it again!
Sunday 20th May from 11.30
Children Special
Tickets : free
Short movies especially for kids (6 movies of which 4
animation ones).
Sunday 20th May from 16.30 to 20.00
Future Shorts -
India Film Festival
Tickets : Rs 350
Short movies from all over the world !
Saturday 26th May at 15.30 & 19.30
The owner
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
The film follows a backpack on a journey around the
world, intersecting the lives of dozens of fascinating characters along the
way.
Satyajit Ray
Festival
Saturday 5th May at 19.00
Mahanagar
Duration : approx. 131 min.
Tickets : free
Sunday 6th May at 11.00
Jalsaghar
Duration : approx. 100 min.
Tickets : free
Monday 7th May at 19.00
Rabindranath
Tagore
Duration : approx. 54 min.
Tickets : free
Saturday 12th May at 19.00
Goopy Gyne Bagha
Byne
Duration : approx. 132 min.
Tickets : free
Sunday 13th May at 11.00
Ghare Baire
Duration : approx. 140 min.
Tickets : free
Friday 18th May at 19.00
Khanchenjugha
Duration : approx. 102 min.
Tickets : free
Saturday 19th May at 19.00
Charulata
Duration : approx. 117 min.
Tickets : free
Friday 25th May at 19.00
Pather Panchali
Duration : approx. 115 min.
Tickets : free
Saturday 26th May at 19.00
Aparajito
Duration : approx. 113 min.
Tickets : free
Sunday 27th May at 11.00
Apur Sansar
Duration : approx. 106 min.
Tickets : free
Suchitra Auditorium, 36, 9th Main Road (B V
Karanth Road), Banashankari 2nd Stage. Tel. 2671 1785. www.suchitra.org
OTHERS
From Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May
Film appreciation
workshop
Three days to know more
about movies making and challenges. Register with 9845055034. Fee : Rs2,500.
Suchitra Auditorium, 36, 9th Main Road (B V
Karanth Road), Banashankari 2nd Stage. Tel. 2671 1785. www.suchitra.org
From Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th May
Summer Activities for
kids at the NGMA
Check the website for detailed programme. Registrations from 5th to 7th
May.
National Gallery of Modern
Art,
Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in
FOR THE TRAVELLERS …
From Friday 4th to Monday 7th May
Frieze - New York
A landmark contemporary art fair.
STILL TIME TO SEE …
Till
Thursday 10th May
Mountains,
Myths and metaphors
A multimedia show by Indian
and Sri Lankan artists
1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road,
Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com
Till
Friday 11th May
Four
projects
Orijit Sen - Abhishek Hazra
- Sunoj D - Abir Karmakar
Till
Saturday 12th May
Being
and nothingness
Solo Exhibition of
photographs by Swapan Nayak
Tasveer Arts, Sua House, 26/1 Kasturba
Cross Road (near British Library). Tel. 2212 8358. www.tasveerarts.com
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Culture, culture ...
PLAYS
From Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st April at 19.30 (also 11.30 on Saturday)
Boy with a suitcase by Mike Kenny
Duration : approx. 70 min.
Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)
Director . Andrea Gronemeyer
A moving but fun story of a boy who leaves his war torn country to London where his sister stays. His two year journey to London is filled by interesting people, experiences and stories.
Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April at 19.30 (also 15.30 on Saturday)
Spunk
Duration : approx. 120 min.
Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)
Director . Akarsh Khurana
Brijesh Arora has a gift. His body produces special semen. Now whether this is a miracle or not, depends on your point of view.
Sunday 29th April at 15.30 & 19.30
Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan Din
Duration : approx. 120 min.
Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)
Director . Akarsh Khurana & Tahira Nath
Floundering fathers, meddlesome mothers, sleepless sons and a beautiful virgin bride.
Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org
Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April at 19.30
Wiki, Leeks & Soapy
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : NA
Stand up comedies by Cary Edwards, Paul Myrehaug, Sundeep Rao
The Park Hotel on Friday, Alila Hotel on Saturday, Tel. : 93 4239 5732
From Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd April at 19.30
The Pillowman by Martin Mc Donagh
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 150
Director . NA
The Pillowman (2003) is a dark comedy that tells the story of Katurian, a fiction writer living in a totalitarian state, who is being interrogated for the parallels between the gruesome content of his short stories and a number of recent child murders in his town.
Saturday 28th April at 16.00 & 19.30
Le malade imaginaire by Molière (Imaginary Invalid)
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : Rs 200
Director . NA
A satire of the medical profession, the play contains a good deal of farce and was written to amuse King Louis XIV. It is also a superb character study of a hypochondriac, or a patient obsessed with being ill, and it contains a brilliant social and political commentary on Paris in the 1670s.
Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
ART EXHIBITIONS
Wednesday 25th April at 15.00
Introduction to the language of visual art
A guided walk through the gallery's collection
Saturday 21st & 28th April at 10.30
Introduction to the history of modern art
A guided walk through the gallery's collection
National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in
Friday 20th April from 9.00 to 21.00
Open Studio
Shan Re transfers her studio to town for a day. You can pick up any of her works for the price you want.
Maheshwari House, 1st floor, 44/1 Fairfield Layout, Next to Chalukya Hotel, off Race Course Road. Tel. 98 8626 7534
From Friday 20th April to Saturday 12th May
Being and nothingness
Solo Exhibition of photographs by Swapan Nayak
Inauguration : Friday 20th April at 18.30
Tasveer Arts, Sua House, 26/1 Kasturba Cross Road (near British Library). Tel. 2212 8358. www.tasveerarts.com
From Saturday 21st to Thursday 26th April
Stories of Small Things
Exhibition of prints
Inauguration : Saturday 21st April at 18.00
1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road, Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com
DANCE
Sunday 29th April from 10.00 to 22.00
Dance World Day
Duration : All day
Tickets : Free
Exhibitions, book launch and performances all day round. Programme on the Alliance's website.
Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
MUSIC
Sunday 22nd April from 12.00
Electronica on tour
Duration : All day
Tickets : NA
Submerge Supernova Festival
E-Zone, https://www.facebook.com/
Monday 30th April at 18.30
Sitar Recital
Duration : Approx. 60 min.
Tickets : NA
Pandit Shinath Mishra
National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in
MOVIES
Thursday 19th April at 18.15
When We Leave
Duration : approx. 90 min.
Tickets : free
Director . Feo Aladaq
Umay lives together with her husband, Kemal, and their son, Cem, in a suburb of the Turkish metropolis, Istanbul. Kemal’s regular and violent outbursts are directed at his wife and his son. Umay develops a tremendous yearning for her hometown, Berlin, and her parents. In desperation, Umay packs her things and runs away from her life in Istanbul and her marriage.
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
Friday 20th April at 18.30
Elephant Boy
Duration : approx. 82 min.
Tickets : free
Director . Robert Flaherty & Zoltan Korda
Sunday 22nd April at 11.30
Van Gogh
Duration : approx. 152 min.
Tickets : free
Director . NA
Saturday 28th April at 15.00
Frida
Duration : approx. 123 min.
Tickets : free
Director . NA
National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in
Friday 27th April at 19.30
Horror Special !
A selection of 5 short movies
Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org
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
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April from 10.00 to 17.00
A Cartoon Workshop
Workshops, lectures and demonstrations by senior cartoonists
Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540
Sunday 22nd April at 17.30
Mysore Palace : The Making of a Monument
A lecture by Mr RG Singh of Ramsons Kala Pratishatana, Mysore
National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in
FOR THE TRAVELLERS …
Till Saturday 28th April
Avega - The Passion
A solo show by Pushpamala N
Nature Morte, A-1 Neeti Bagh, New Delhi, Tel.: 011 4174 0215
STILL TIME TO SEE …
Till Saturday 21st April
Best of Ranga
A selection of 70 autographed caricatures by NK Ranganathan
Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540
Till Sunday 22nd April
Selected works
Group exhibitions to show case the 5th anniversary of the gallery
Art Chutney, Taj West End, The Art Corridor, 25 Race Course Road, www.artchutney.com
Till Saturday 28th April
Fireflies … and a paper tiger
Solo show by Paresh Hazra
Right Lines, Five Forty Five, 545 6th Main, 4th Cross, Indiranagar, Tel.: 9886117375
Till Saturday 28th April
The Art of Summer
Group show
Gallery G, Maini Sadan, 7th Cross, 38 Lavelle Road. Tel. 2221 9275.
Till Friday 11th May
Four projects
Orijit Sen - Abhishek Hazra - Sunoj D - Abir Karmakar
Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com
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