For the love of theatre
A theatre workshop in the city gathers steam as it prepares to stage Bertolt Brecht’s The Three Penny Opera
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Yaksha concludes its series of music concerts with a divine performance of Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
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A recalcitrant ghost and his surviving family and mistress provide ample scope for mirth
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Two love stories and a mighty battle come gloriously alive on stage as dancers from the Abhinava Dance Company flit, sway, leap and swirl on stage.
View ArticleThe songs they are singing…
There’s Flamenco and Ilaiyaraaja, Swathi Thirunal and Metallica…Music in the city is eclectic and local bands are jamming to their own beats
View ArticleMore than just playacting
At the Sthaayi Inter-School Drama competition, both participants and judges felt theatre could be a useful tool to break down stereotypes and stigma
View ArticleMusical bridges
The hugely-popular Thaikkudam Bridge, which is just a year old, performs at the November Fest
View ArticleThe Dramatis personae of PSG
The drama club of PSG CAS won laurels for their performance at a national level festival held at NIT Trichy
View ArticleMad about music
Four techies tell that it was worth giving up their lucrative jobs to pursue the love of their life, music
View ArticleThe making of Melodie
Melodie is on a world tour of a unique kind, where she hopes to explore ancient traditional music
View ArticlePreserving a heritage
History comes alive within the four walls of the Perur Tamil College
View ArticleBreaking boundaries
In a conversation with young Carnatic music students in the city, the author finds they love Purandara Daasar Kritis as much as they love pop songs, and enjoy Taylor Swift as much as they do Thyagaraja
View ArticleTheatre in times of war
Parshathy J. Nath watches a Lebanese troupe perform at an International Theatre Festival of Kerala and comes away moved
View ArticleTheatre of roots
Muruga Boopathy digs deep into ancient art forms and traditions to stage Kugaimaravasigal, a haunting play about the pain of migrant labourers.
View ArticleSongs of a rebel
Kaber Vasuki and his first ever crowd-funded music album, Azhagu Puratchi
View ArticleA theatre of tradition
G. Channakeshava is deeply committed to theatre, that he says allows people to get back in touch with their roots
View ArticleThe secondary status affects accompanying artistes
Violinist Akkarai S Subhalakshmi says there is an unspoken gender bias in the world of Carnatic music.
View ArticleMonkey business and music
Ooty reverberated with music, as young Indie bands presented their best notes at the Monkey Town Arts and Music Festival
View ArticleBand on the run
Rock Paper Scissors, a Coimbatore-based blues/ garage rock band, talk about why they want to be left alone to do what they do best: make music
View ArticleMusic, French fries and giggles
An evening with Maalavika Sundar and Pravin Saivi, at Kuchi n Kream café, was a trip down Kollywood’s memory lane
View Article‘I am clear about my intent’
T.M. Krishna says he is trying hard to steer clear of caste and patriarchy driven systems
View ArticleA beginner’s guide to sabha hopping
Get in line, make new friends and join a kutcheri WhatsApp group. We take a mid-Margazhi pause to reflect on the debates, dissent and drama of this season
View ArticleA beginner’s guide to sabha hopping
Get in line, make new friends and join a kutcheri WhatsApp group. We take a mid-Margazhi pause to reflect on the debates, dissent and drama of this season
View ArticleA beginner’s guide to sabha hopping
Get in line, make new friends and join a kutcheri WhatsApp group. We take a mid-Margazhi pause to reflect on the debates, dissent and drama of this season
View ArticleA beginner’s guide to sabha hopping
Get in line, make new friends and join a kutcheri WhatsApp group. We take a mid-Margazhi pause to reflect on the debates, dissent and drama of this season
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