For fans of Shankar Nag and Kannada cinema, November holds special significance as the month of their beloved “Auto Raja.” Each year, admirers across the state celebrate his birth anniversary on November 9, with festivities coinciding with Kannada Rajyotsava. For theatre enthusiasts, October and November marks a key cultural event: the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival … Read more
Theatre personality Raghunandana speaking at an event to commemorate B.V. Karanth’s birth anniversary at Rangayana in Dharwad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Rangayana Dharwad organised a book reading and special lecture on the occasion of B.V. Karanth’s birth anniversary in Dharwad on Sunday. Theatre personality Raghunandana delivered the special lecture and spoke about … Read more
ZooNation Tommy Franzen in The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Welcome to Wonderland. The stage is set for ZooNation dance company’s production of The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at London’s Linbury Theatre. Over-sized cups and saucers, laden with delicious-looking treats, stand next to teapots of many colours, ready to be wheeled on for rehearsals. But there … Read more
Well-known Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar’s play Kanyadaan was staged at DVS Ranga Mandira in Shivamogga on October 14 and 15, 2023. Both days the hall was packed. The artistes of Sahyadri Ranga Taranga won the hearts of theatre lovers with their performance. Soon after the show, the artistes engaged in an interaction with the audience. … Read more
K.O. Joseph, owner of eight cinema theatres in Kozhikode district, including the popular Coronation Multiplex Theatre in Kozhikode city, died at a private hospital in Thrissur on January 31 (Wednesday) morning. He was 74. Mr. Joseph, popularly known as Abhilash Kunjoonju, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night after he sustained serious injuries following … Read more
Gayagalu, is directed by Shripad Bhat, co-directed by Shwetharani Hassan. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT E MAIL Actor Prakash Raj’s incubation centre for theatre and arts, Nirdiganta, will be presenting its debut production Gayagalu (Wounds), for the first time in Bengaluru this Sunday (August 20) at Ranga Shankara, J.P. Nagar. Gayagalu, a play on the human … Read more
‘Daklakatha Devi Kavya’, one of the recent productions in Kannada theatre, tells the rarely heard tale of the little known community of Dakkaligas, a nomadic people. Based on K.B. Siddaiah’s long narrative poem (khanda kavya), the play, directed by K.P. Lakshman, a graduate of the Intercultural Theatre Institute Singapore, received a good response across Karnataka and … Read more
Nirdiganta | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement ‘Nirdiganta,‘ the brain child of actor Prakash Raj, is an innovative incubation centre for theatre and arts situated in K Shetihalli, a village in Srirangapatana. The incubator’s inaugural production is a Kannada play, that will be performed across the globe. A team of 15 artistes from across Karnataka will … Read more
Pictures from the short play “Kannadavendare Eegina Generation Ge Tondre” directed by Vicky Kudremukh, by the team Malenadu Rangathanda | Photo Credit: Yemen S The highly anticipated Bengaluru Short Play Festival 2023, a collaborative effort between Pravara Theatre and Ashvagosha Theatre Trust, was held on Sunday, July 2, at the K.H. Kalasoudha in Hanumanthanagara, Bengaluru. … Read more
The Ramachandrapuram police of Cyberabad arrested five individuals, including three juveniles, on a charge of vandalising the premises of a theatre on Friday morning for delaying screening the movie Adipurush due to a technical glitch. Police nabbed the gang in the middle of the first half of the movie. According to the police, two men, … Read more