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by Richa Das - December 22, 2024

If you are looking for a serious meditation of history through the eyes of a conflicted actor, don’t miss the upcoming productions of Hind 1957....

by Richa Das - December 16, 2024

Monodramas must be trodden upon carefully. They lie on a thin line between self-indulgence and fear of lack of control. If you let one character do all the thinking, all the talking, all the “being” and all the feeling – there are fewer chances of you making mistakes in empathy, and of course, dialo...

by Richa Das - April 05, 2024

'Jaat UtPaat' chronicles the story of three characters chasing each other in the maze of love in a world drenched in casteism. Their fate is tied to their birth and the story does not attempt to subvert it. Throughout my viewing of the production, I was unable to forget the archaic notions perpetuat...

by Richa Das - December 21, 2023

It’s Christmas and Mumbai is lining up to watch the latest offering from Broadway at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre - MAMMA MIA! This musical promises to take us off our seats and right to Greece, where we witness a very British coterie discover love, friendship and family. ...

by Richa Das - June 18, 2023

What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at NMACC?...

by Richa Das - June 14, 2023

What did our critic think of THE DIVINE LEELA at Metamorphosis Theatre And Films?...

by Richa Das - May 25, 2023

What did our critic think of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) BY DAFNEY PRODUCTIONS at Dafney Productions?...

by Richa Das - May 06, 2023

April of 2023 ended with four productions of Metamorphosis Theatre and Films' latest offering - 'Morning Star'. I got the opportunity to witness one of these productions on a houseful Sunday evening at the SAPP Auditorium in Mumbai....

by Richa Das - November 14, 2022

This edition of Prithvi's theatre festival welcomed Adishakti's long-running play Bhoomi. The play is directed by Vinay Kumar, who also adapted the play from Sara Joseph's Malayalam play titled Bhoomirakshasam. The theatre troop arrived from Auroville, and a brief glimpse at their repertoire reveals...

by Richa Das - November 08, 2022

'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' is a political satire that arrived on the NCPA stage for a rare performance. This spectacle was written by Tom Stoppard - the story of a political dissident in the Soviet Union. The play is accompanied by a 45-piece orchestra, performed by the Symphony Orchestra of I...