Twelve Angry Jurors
Watched a play after a year. Twelve Angry Jurors doesn’t roll as easily off the tongue as Twelve Angry Men, the original play, but it can accommodate women. Watching it as an adult, I...
Watched a play after a year. Twelve Angry Jurors doesn’t roll as easily off the tongue as Twelve Angry Men, the original play, but it can accommodate women. Watching it as an adult, I...
I had fond memories of the movie The Inspector General, which I watched as a kid on TV. Since some people I know had seen the performance of this Gogol play at NCPA, I...
The first act, I’m every woman, was funny but scarily true- about a woman struggling with kids. The second was performed very well, with a desi American drawl- a Gujju bhai who wants to...
Caught this Alyque Padamsee production of Jesus Christ Superstar in Bombay this year. Had head of it since I was a child, listened to songs from it being sung live in the middle of...
A wonderful take on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The kitsch image of the bard looking down on the performance, with a lotus- was very South Indian film starish. This refreshing spin on Shakespeare had the...
This play too, was a visual extravaganza. The stage was set like a circus, with the shadow of a boat moved from within the big top to indicate the storm. French, Malayalam, Sanskrit and...
The best part about the play was the innovative set. It seemed to be a tall panoramic mesh, on which light was projected and images too. This created varied settings. Actors came on stage...
Stumbled upon a light, souffle like play. In French and very French. Luckily, with English subtitles 🙂 Remembered a bit from the days I learnt French. Only the French can do a play on...
Just like watching a match in a stadium trumps the telly everytime, witnessing a musical beats watching it on the screen. This 5 D experience is still miles ahead of any 3 D or...
Watched the play Out of Bounds recently. Very episodic, with the protagonist delivering monologue after monologue as different characters, as if to say, “Hey, look at me! Look how I can juggle so many...