December `13 - Prithvi Theatre

Vol. XIV Issue 12
Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
December '13
Chai&Why?
@Prithvi
All this and more
at Prithvi through December...
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Plays for the Month of December 2013 at Prithvi Theatre
Sun 1
6 pm & 9 pm
Ansh's
Hindi
Writer & Director: Makrand Deshpande
In an unfelt, untold story of a professor and his students, after they have
graduated - a play between memory and reality begins.
Tue 3
9 pm
Ranga Theatre's
Hindi
Writer: Rynosuke Akutagawa
Director: Bijon Mondal
A Sword fighter and his wife are assaulted by a notorious criminal resulting in
a rape and a murder. Four different points of view of four different witnesses. A
blues' y operatic avant garde presentation.
Wed 4
6 pm & 9 pm
SIR SIR SARLA
RASHOMON BLUES
Thu 5
9 pm
Ideas Unlimited's
Gujarati
Writer: Uttam Gada
Director: Manoj Shah
A story of the reuniting of long lost lovers, as they face trials of family
rivalry. Pacing from Nal Bazar to Napean Sea Road to New York, Laxmi
Poojan is a tale of survival love, of music, and of the planet!
Fri 6
9 pm
Ideas Unlimited's
Gujarati
Writer: Bodhayana
Adaptation by: Will Johnson, Dr. Vijay
Pandya, Abhishek Khelkar, Satya Mehta
Director: Manoj Shah
Master Madam revolves around the concept of metamorphosis i.e.
body swapping.
Based on novel by Mirza Muhammed
Hadi Ruswa
Adapted by Purva Naresh
Director : Hidayat Sami
As we relook Umrao of hundred years ago, we discover a very
independent, brave young woman of today. This is her story.
Tunni is a mischievous little girl. She is smart and clever. This story is
about Tunni’s adventures in the land of colours. Its dreamy, magical,
musical & colourful.
LAKSHMI POOJAN
MASTER MADAM
Aarambh Productions'
Sat 7
6 pm & 9 pm
Sun 8
6 pm & 9 pm
UMRAO
Sun 8
12 pm
Aarambh Productions'
Hindi
TUNNI KI KAHANI
Hindi &
English
Writer & director: Gopal Datt
Tue 10
9 pm
(Thespo 15) AmyGo Productions
Hindi
Writer & Director: Amatya Goradia
Come explore the relative relationship between the left and right brains
of the hyper-energetic, scientific heavyweight, who thought at the
speed of light – Albert Einstein!
Wed 11
9 pm
(Thespo 15)
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune
Marathi
Writer: Siddhesh Purkar
Director: Suraj Parasnis
What happens when a ragpicker lays her hands on a camera?
Mischievous characters, Bollywood dreams and a whole lot of garbage
- coming soon to a landfill near you!
THE E.Q.
KABADI - UNCUT
Thu 12
9 pm
(Thespo 15) Out of The Box Production
English
Writer: Abhishek Pattnaik
Director: Murtuza Kutianawala
Weaving through three interconnected stories, the numbers 7, 8 and 6
form a web of superstition. Come get tangled!
Fri 13
9 pm
(Thespo 15) Natak Company, Pune
Hindi,
Marathi,
Urdu
Writer: Om Bhutkar
Director: Aalok Rajwade
A playwright, while struggling to piece together the jigsaw of Ghalib’s
life, finds meaning in his own… unfolding the “eloquent speech so far
unheard.”
Sat 14
6 pm & 9 pm
786
MI….GHALIB
(Thespo 15)
Shunya, Ramjas College, University of Delhi
English
NORWAY.TODAY
Of video blogs, finding companionship and teen suicides: the story of
two teenagers on their final freefall down the happy rollercoaster ride
of life.
Sun 15
11 am
Ank's
RAVINDRANJALI
Hindi &
Bengali
Writer: Prayag Shukla
Director: Dinesh Thakur
Seasons of Love, Gurudev ke Sang is a poetic drama celebrating
Rabindranath Thakurji’s Songs in Hindi, Bengali and dance.
Sun 15
6 pm & 9 pm
Ank's
Hindi
Writer: Vijay Tendulkar
Director: Dinesh Thakur
Story of Mahipat Babruvahan, an ambitious young man caught in a
strong web of casteism and his own manipulations. A funny yet
bitter journey that engulfs his present and future.
Tue 17
6 pm & 9 pm
Ank's
Hindi
Writer: Vijay Tendulkar
Director: Dinesh Thakur
Story of Anji who holds forth her positive attitude inspite of trying
situations and a life going nowhere, but is yet stumped in the face of a
pitiless society.
Wed 18
Thu 19
Fri 20
2
Writer: Igor Bauersima
Director: Keshav Moodliar
7 pm & 9 pm
9 pm
9 pm
JAAT HI POOCHHO SADHU KI
ANJI
Ank's
Hindi
MITRO MARJANI
Arpana's
STORIES IN A SONG
Hindi &
English
Writer: Martin McDonagh
Director: Kashin Shetty
Story of Sumitravanti the unstoppable middle daughter-in-law of
the Gurudas household whose courage is apparent not only in the
audacity with which she taunts a closed society but also in her ability
to change her own attitude when necessary
Writer: Aslam Parvez, Ashok Mishra,
Vikram Phukan, Anil Deshmukh
Director: Sunil Shanbag
A musical collage of theatre, literature, and history.
Partners@Prithvi
Every month. Entry free,
December except theatre shows.
PEN@Prithvi
Chai & Why?@Prithvi
[2nd Sat]
[1st Sun]
Literary encounters
Sat 14 | 6:30 pm | Prithvi House
A POETRY READING
by Dominic Alapat & Rochelle Potkar
Dominic Alapat is the author of two ebooks of poetry:
Reeling (2012) and Circling the Sky (2013), published on www.
lulu.com. His poems have appeared in poetry journals like nth
position, decomP, Miller’s Pond Poetry Magazine, Inclement
Poetry Magazine, The Poet’s Haven, Kavya Bharati, and Nether.
His poetry is a freewheeling expression of his thoughts usually
with the urban landscape of Bombay as backdrop: streets, trains
and ghosts are always crisscrossing his poems.
Rochelle Potkar is a fiction writer and poet. Her short stories
have appeared in Far Enough East, Sein und Werden, The
Medulla Review, The Nassau Review, Women Writers, Writer's
Hub, Bewildering Stories, Cantaraville, Muse India, The
Bangalore Review, Revenge Ink, Nivasini, Unisun, and Lame
Goat Publications. Her poem, ‘Knotted inside me’, was one
of the eight shortlisted for The RaedLeaf Poetry India Award
2013 out of 562 entries in the long poem category. She narrated
a true-life tale at Tall Tales, June 2013, where her content and
performance were lauded.
Vikalp@Prithvi
[Last Mon]
Documentaries and short film screenings
NO VIKALP@PRITHVI THIS MONTH
Caferati@Prithvi
Thespo@Prithvi
[1st Tue & Wed]
Tue 24
11 am
Rangbaaz's
Wed 25
11 am
JUNGLE BOOK
Hindi,
English &
Marathi
Writer & director : Shivani Tanksale &
Sumeet Vyas
See Mowgli and his friends in this thrilling original musical adaptation
of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale, The Jungle Book.
THESPO'S WORKSHOPS
10-13 Dec | 10 am to 1 pm & 2 pm to 5 pm
Tue 24
7 pm & 9 pm
Rangbaaz's
Hindustani
Writer & director: Raghav Dutt
A poetic journey taking a peek into a young boy’s mind through
a rough childhood, societal pressures, religious dilemmas which
ultimately help him discover himself and emerge a poet.
BAND PERFORMANCES
10-13 Dec | 6 pm
Wed 25
6 pm & 9 pm
Rangbaaz's
Hindustani
Writer: Imran Rasheed, Farrukh Seyer
and Pawan Uttam
Director: Imran Rasheed
An 80 year old Meer falls in love with a16 year old Suraiya. Her father
wants to get her married off to Shaukat but she is in love with meer’s
son.
FRINGE PERFORMANCES
10 Dec | 6 pm
11-14 Dec | 7 pm
FRINGE PERFORMANCES
11-14 Dec | 8 pm
14 Dec | 5 pm
Theatre by youth
Rangbaaz's
Fri 27
6 pm & 9 pm
aRanya's
Sat 28
6 pm & 9 pm
Sun 29
5 pm & 8 pm
Thu 31
8 pm
POORA EK DIN
P*
COLOUR BLIND
Ranga Theatre's
RASHOMON BLUES
Hindustani
Writer & director: Imran Rasheed
Prostitute, eunuch, a temple, a mosque and Jihad - an attempt to
understand these words through real life incidents - “Ek Poora Din”
Hindi,
English,
Bangla
Writer: - Manav Kaul, Kalki Koechlin &
Dwijottam Bhattacharjee
Director: - Manav Kaul
Colour Blind beads in a few misshapen pearls from Tagore’s life.
Colour Blind isn’t an encyclopedic biography but rather a poetic, impulsive
and play that intends to discover the ordinariness the emptiness,
vulnerability and pain of a human being that became the legendary
‘Gurudev’ to the world.
Hindi
Writer: Rynosuke Akutagawa
Director: Bijon Mondal
A Sword fighter and his wife are assaulted by a notorious criminal resulting in
a rape and a murder. Four different points of view of four different witnesses.
A blues' y operatic avant garde presentation.
A typical logical puzzle sounds tricky but solvable. Puzzles and
brain teasers are a fun way to hone critical thinking abilities. A
good logical puzzle is usually infuriatingly frustrating to start
with, but once you've figured it out, the answer seems absurdly
simple. Join us for some illustrative anecdotes on the art and
science of solving puzzles.
Alliance Française@
Prithvi
[3rd Wed]
Rendez-vous avec le cinéma français
Wed 18 | 7 pm | Prithvi House
LA FOLIE ALMAYER
by Chantal Akerman (127')
Adapted from Joseph Conrad's first novel. A benighted Dutch
trader at a failed Malaysian outpost is deserted by his beloved
half-caste daughter Nina and determined to forget her before
he dies.
Tue 10 | 7 pm | Prithvi Adda
You are invited to recite, declaim, sing, dance, perform in any
way you like 2 minutes of your own work. Sign up at the Prithvi
Café at least 30 minutes before start time to be eligible.
5 pm & 8 pm
7 pm & 9 pm
Pritam Bhattacharya, TIFR
Tue 24 | 7 pm | Prithvi Café
Open-mic @ Prithvi Café
Sun 22
Thu 26
Teasing your brain to think critically the art and science of solving logical
puzzles.
Mehfil@Prithvi
6 pm & 9 pm
BADE MIYAN DEEWANE
Sun 1 | 11 am | Prithvi Theatre
[4th Tue]
Sat 21
BAAWLA
TIFR creates accessible discussions of
interesting scientific issues
[2nd Tue]
ASRARUL HAQ MAJAZ
Mehfil@Prithvi in December would pay a tribute to Asrarul
Haq Majaz, the well known Urdu Poet of the last century. Majaz
as he is popularily known has been an Iconic poet in Modern
Urdu language.Born on 19th October 2011,he had been a major
star of Romantic poetry in the galaxy of Progressive poets of
1940's. Endowed with a sharp wit and vulnerable sensitivity,he
brought in a new fervour in poetic expression in an era when
Society was undergoing a major social upheaval.In his relatively
brief poetic career Majaz composed some unforgettable poems
that have secured him a place in the canon of Urdu literature.
His effortless style, artistry, effervescence and an uncanny
awareness of the emotional states of mind and lingering
melancholy produced a variegated but distinctive ahang.
Urdu Mehfil would pay a tribute to him on 10th Dec 2013
which incidentally is 5 days later than the date he expired on in
1955.
FREE unless mentioned otherwise.
Notes
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exchange of tickets • Regular shows - children below 6 years not allowed • Childrens
shows - children below 3 years not allowed • NO PARKING INSIDE JANKI KUTIR. PAY
& PARK OPP MAHESH LUNCH HOME • This program is subject to change • Box
Office timings 1 pm - 9 pm
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All this and more
at Prithvi through
December...
Published for private circulation by Kunal Kapoor for Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Mumbai 400 049.
Tel 2614 9546 Email [email protected] Web www.prithvitheatre.org PT Notes is available for download at www.prithvitheatre.org
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