Theatre Nisha to stage adaptation of Euripedes’ Medea in Chennai

[ad_1] Shakthi Ramani in Why she did, What she did Over the years, Euripedes’ famed Greek tragedy Medea, has been adapted and taken on a host of different avatars onstage. When actor Shakthi Ramani talks about Medea, it is hard to miss the awe in her voice — there is wonderment for the complex play […]

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Hasbro India’s latest board game combines the charms of Monopoly with cricket

[ad_1] It’s that time when cricket permeates everything. The nation is gripped by the World Cup frenzy, and leveraging on this, Hasbro has just launched its brand-new game — Monopoly Cricket. “This is one of our big launches this year,” says Lalit Parmar, Country Manager, Hasbro India, adding that with the fervour in India around cricket, this […]

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Malayalam play ‘Soviet Station Kadavu’ is a well-crafted play on power and its abuse

[ad_1] Kanal Samksarika Vedi’s play Soviet Station Kadavu, said to be the first ‘time travel play’ in Malayalam is a brilliant take on power, and how its misuse damages democracy Kanal Samksarika Vedi’s play Soviet Station Kadavu, said to be the first ‘time travel play’ in Malayalam is a brilliant take on power, and how […]

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‘Peter Brook was the force that propelled us’, says Shantala Shivalingappa

[ad_1] The dancer reminisces the days she performed for the theatre visionary and the many ways in which he moulded her craft The dancer reminisces the days she performed for the theatre visionary and the many ways in which he moulded her craft My first memory of Peter: early 1990, sitting with him in his […]

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