Manam Theatre Festival 2024 | Fresh, investigative takes on gender and the body

Manam Theatre Festival 2024 | Fresh, investigative takes on gender and the body

History isn’t comprehensive; in fact, it has often forgotten to record more than a few noteworthy names along the way. And it is the arts that are often tasked with balancing out the many oversights. A couple of months ago, watching Project Darling directed by Bengaluru-based Sharanya Ramprakash, I was fascinated by her refusal to pin down […]

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Nava is a play by 9 trans women from Aravani Art Project

Nava is a play by 9 trans women from Aravani Art Project

On Sunday, nine transwomen, part of the Aravani art project, will take the stage at Rangbhoomi Spaces, Gachibowli with a play Nava. First staged in 2019, Nava tells the stories of nine urban transwomen through nine rasas (Navarasa).  The play was the result of a workshop to explore what ‘performance’ means to a community of […]

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