October?s round the corner and for Ranga Shankara, it means the big festival time. Most of you have been on the journey with us from Oct 2004 and know what to expect ? a grand feast of Indian Theatre. We will send you the complete information about the fest shortly.
But that does not stop Ranga Shankara from bringing you the best of Indian theatre in September! Kreative opens the month with the Pramod Shiggaon directed comedy ?Heegadre Hege?. After several Kailasam plays and Suri?s ?Neenaanaadre Naaneenena?, this play is pulling audiences by the hundreds for its serious comedy! Rangayana?s much acclaimed Kannada adaptation of Anton Chekov?s ?Seagull? is scheduled for 9&10. A grand production honed to perfection, this one is a must-watch too.
The sprucing up of the theatre for the fest will have to happen sometime! So the theatre will remain closed for its annual maintenance between 11 and 25th September.
We reopen with the Ashish Sen directed Deepak Joshi?s ?Of God and Country? a solo act featuring Pathy Aiyar on 26 & 27. Atul Kumar (our Festival Director for Fest ?04) from Company Theatre brings Eugene Ionesco?s ?The Chairs?. The play offers magnificent insight into human thoughts which transpire in old people; that of loneliness and the absurd, the wish to hide a life of despair and unfulfilled dreams. The play is on between 28 and 1st October. The play is running in both Hindi and English.
See you at RS!
SEPTEMBER 2006 SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1 Heegaadre Hege? Kannada T Sunandamma / K Y Narayanaswamy Pramod Shiggaon
2 Heegaadre Hege? Kannada T Sunandamma / K Y Narayanaswamy Pramod Shiggaon
3 Heegaadre Hege? Kannada T Sunandamma / K Y Narayanaswamy Pramod Shiggaon
4 THEATRE CLOSED
5 Heegaadre Hege? Kannada T Sunandamma / K Y Narayanaswamy Pramod Shiggaon
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