Music Mirror
Venue: Little Theatre
Date: 20th May| 6:30pm
Admission on a first-come-first-served basis. NCPA Members will get preferential seating till 6:20 pm.
Rabindra Sangeet - A Presentation of DVD produced by Doordarshan
An NCPA Presentation
Rabindranath Tagore’s musical, cultural and philosophical influences span Indian and Western cultures. His towering persona explored a multitude of disciplines in his lifetime. Ethnic yet contemporary, the euphoric genre of music created by Tagore attempted to assimilate many influences from traditional Bangla folk and devotional genres to Hindustani ragas.
In an attempt to provide an audio-visual introduction to the huge corpus of music produced by Tagore, we present the first part of Rabindra Sangeet, a two-part DVD production by Doordarshan, culled from recordings, both old and recent, of eminent artistes from the archives of the public service broadcaster. The performing artistes include Hemanta Mukherjee, Kanika Bandyapadhyay, Debabrata Biswas, Suchitra Mitra, Chinmaya Chattopadhyay, Sagar Sen and Dwijen Mukhopadhyay.
Adhyaat Me Sadhyaat Tu Madhyaat Ma Kuni Nahi
Venue: Tata Theatre
Date: 20th May| 7pm
Member Price: Rs.300, 270 & 225/-- (Inclusive of GST) Non Member Price: Rs.400, 360 & 300/- (Student 20% Discount - Rs.320, 288, 240/-)
Marathi Play
The play is a postmodern take on an existential crisis in which two young men try to find the meaning of their lives. One wants to die and the other seeks out cruelty by killing someone without any reason. That is where the play starts, and it takes you through different realms, of mythology, distress and chaos.
Playwright: Swapnil Chavhan
Director: Apurv Sathe
Lyrics: Pramod Kale
Music: Chaitanya Adkar
Lights: Omkar Hajare
Cast: Devendra Joshi, Sachin Joshi, Rutwij Kulkarni, Harshad Rajpathak, Suraj Satav, Krutarth Shevgaonkar, Shreedhar Visal, Pramod Kale/Akshay Khaire, Ranjit Lata Sunil & Stimit Sane
Produced by Maharashtra Cultural Centre, Pune
Time Machine
Venue: Experimental Theatre
Date: 20th May| 7pm
Member Price: Rs.675 & 450/- (Plus GST)Non Member Price: Rs.750 & 500/- (Plus GST)
NCPA Presentation
Delraaz Bunshah – female vocals
Zervaan Bunshah – male vocals
Joash Benedict – guitar & backing vocals
Sarosh Sidhva – bass
Sashwat Karkare – drums
Inspired by Postmodern Jukebox, Time Machine sets the stage by playing modern music with a vintage/jazz vibe to it. They aim to create a space where people of all age groups can resonate with the music and the overall performance. Mixing pop music with a classic ’50s to ’80s feel will exude feelings of familiarity as well as excitement.
B & W Self Portrait Photography
Venue: Piramal Art Gallery
Date:
20 May 2022 | 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
21 May 2022 | 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
22 May 2022 | 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
Free Entry
By Shveta Gautam
Photo Exhibition
Shveta Gautam loves capturing self-portraits with her camera. She shoots only in available light and does not indulge in digital corrections. Inspired by Frida Kahlo, who was known for her self-portraits, Gautam too has created portraits of herself for several years.
Aparichit PuLa
Venue: Godrej Dance Theatre
Date: 21st May| 4:30pm
Admission on a first-come-first-served basis. NCPA Members will get preferential seating till 6:20 pm.
Dramatic Reading/Musical
The legendary Purushottam Lakshman Deshpande, who is also known as PuLa Deshpande, was a popular Marathi writer and humourist. He was a multifaceted personality, a trait that is reflected in the body of work and literature created by him. In addition to his comedic scripts, he also wrote about serious issues in several of his works. Through his critical but subtle works, his poetic voyages take us on an exceptional ride. Aparichit PuLa aims to bring attention to and provide a glimpse of some of his lesser-known humorous and critical works. Additionally, some of his poems will also be rendered as musical compositions.
This programme is based on his creations like Khogir Bharti, Aghal Paghal, Hasvnuk, Gathoda and Urlasurla. While there are many other popular publications like Batatyachi Chaal, Asami Asami, Vyakti ani Valli, on which numerous programmes have been structured, these have not been considered here, and hence the title Aparichit PuLa (The Unknown PuLa).
Directed & conceptualised by Chandrakant Kale
Presented by Satish Alekar, Chandrakant Kale & Girish Kulkarni
Music by Narendra Bhide
Tabla: Apurva Dravid
Harmonium: Dipti Kulkarni
Produced by Shabdavedh
Mumbaiche Kawale
Venue: Tata Theatre
Date: 21st May| 7:00pm
Member Price: Rs.375, 300 & 225/- (Plus GST) Non Member Price: Rs.500, 400 & 300/- (Student 20% Discount - Rs.400, 320, 240/-) (Plus GST)
The play is a satire on the present-day situation, though it was written 40 years ago by Shafaat Khan. In a village battered by heavy rain and whirlwind, everything is washed away including animals and birds. Two volunteers, who believe in two different dogmas, arrive in the village to help. The villagers want them to bring crows (kawale) to perform the rituals of their dead relatives.
Written by Shafaat Khan
Directed by Priyadarshan Jadhav
Produced & presented by Arun Kakade
Cast: Anil Shinde, Hrushikesh Shelar, Santosh Saravade, Vikrant Kolpe, Sushant Kumbhar, Prashant Palate & Samir Khandekar
Lyrics & Music by Ganesh Chandanshive
Harmonium: Govind Mrshivnikar
Dholki: Sandeep Dhavale
Set design by Neeraj Shirwaikar
Lights by Nitesh Malap
Produced by Awishkar
Guided tour of the NCPA Theatres and Library
Venue: NCPA
Date: 22nd May| 3:00pm
For registration: Please write to theatre@ncpamumbai.com
So much about ‘going to the theatre’ is indeed that—soaking in the energy that the space exudes. It is this tactile, collective experience of witnessing a live performance that has been missed sorely during the lockdown and now that we are out of it, a guided tour of the NCPA theatres and libraries has been organised for young theatre lovers who will visit the NCPA during the festival.
Theatre Katta
Venue: Godrej Dance Theatre
Date: 22nd May| 4:30pm
Admission on a first-come-first-served basis.
Vijay Kenkre in conversation with Satish Alekar and Chandrakant Kale
Three stalwarts of Marathi rangamanch come together to discuss their passion, process, plays and all things theatre.
Sangeet Devbabhali
Venue: Tata Theatre
Date: 22nd May| 7:00pm
Member Price: Rs.375, 300 & 225/- (Plus GST) Non Member Price: Rs.500, 400 & 300/- (Student 20% Discount - Rs.400, 320, 240/-) (Plus GST)
Sangeet Devbabhali is a soulful musical journey consisting of old and new abhangas that will transport you to a spiritual realm.
Written & directed by Prajakt Deshmukh
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