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
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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
Sanskrit drama competition in progress at Zamorin’s Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The stage is ablaze in shades of crimson and orange. After the customary prologue enters the hero of Karnabharam, the son of Lord Surya who was raised as a Suta. What follows is a brilliant rendering of the poignant … Read more
This week, August 9 to be particular, marks 12 years since the passing of Mithran Devanesan, a noted personality in Chennai’s English theatre space. Having spent over 35 years in the field, Mithran had directed over 150 plays, and was involved in at least 350 productions. But for B Charles, who runs Chennai Art Theatre, … Read more
In the Regency and Victorian eras, when theatres were filled with melodramatic plays and operas inspired by the gothic revival, children and adults could recreate these dramas in their parlours using miniature wooden theatres. Fourteen of these are on display at Strawberry Hill House, which was created by Horace Walpole, author of the world’s first … Read more
One can also entertain themselves by watching other plays like- Love in the Lockdown, Unusual Suspect. (Representative image) Amid the surge in Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, the state government headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has extended the ongoing lockdown-like restrictions till May 15. The move comes after an analysis done by the state cabinet … Read more