By IANSlife

February 26, 2023 (IANSlife) It's an exciting moment because performers are on stage and the spotlight is now shining in all its splendor. World-class theater that entertains, challenges, and inspires is produced, presented, and hosted by the NCPA theatre section. And there is a fantastic lineup of presentations taking place on the platform.

To engage the broadest and most diverse audience possible, live and screened events will be combined in a variety of languages to liven up the flexible range of spaces. The programming features the very best local, national, and foreign artists, and includes everything from new writing to physical theater, musicals, live and streamed broadcasts, spoken word, classic movies, and stand-up comedy.

UNERASE'S WOMEN'S DAY SPECIAL

An NCPA-Off Stage Presentation

Language: English, Hindi

Duration: 1 hr 40 mins

When: Thursday, 2nd March, 8 PM

Where: Experimental Theatre, NCPA

Age: 16+

Tickets: Book My Show

About the Event: This year, celebrate Women's Day with some heart-warming poetry and stories by UnErase Poetry. They are back with their flagship event, the UnErase Women's Day Special, celebrating women and breaking gender norms. Also, they turn 6! So join in for the celebrations! From stories of gender to tales of sexuality, from poetry that brings us closer together to words that inspire and empower, this Women's Day is about the journey.
Host: Shubham Shyam
Performers: Taranjit Kaur, Priya Malik, Sainee Raj, Mallika Dua and Vanika Sangtani
Music By - Abhin Joshi

COMEDY FOR COMEDY SAKE - WOMEN SLAY WEDNESDAY

An NCPA-Off Stage Presentation in collaboration with Comedy Ladder

Language: English / Hindi

Duration: 1 hr 30 mins

When: Wednesday, 8th March, 7:00 pm

Where: Godrej Dance Theatre, NCPA

Age: 16+

Tickets: Book My Show

About the Event: Women's day is all about women, Comedy ladder and NCPA bring to you Women Slay Wednesday a women's day special with an all-woman’s line-up that’ll give you a live stand-up comedy experience like no other. It’s a show where the men pay more because women love discounts!  
Hosted by Jeeya Sethi
Comics: Radhika Vaz, Abira Bath, Niv Prakasam, Seema Golchha, Pavitra Shetty & Supriya Joshi

EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR

by Sir Tom Stoppard

An NCPA Production in collaboration with the Symphony Orchestra of India

Language: An English Play with Actors & Orchestra

Duration: 65 Mins (No interval)
Age Limit: 6+
Venue: Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA
Show Details: 

Thursday, 9th March - 7:00 PM 

Friday, 10th March - 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM 

Saturday, 11th March - 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM 

Sunday, 12th March - 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM 

Tickets available on BookMyShow

Synopsis: A dissident is locked up in an asylum. If he accepts that he was ill and has been cured, he will be released. He refuses. Sharing his cell is a genuine schizophrenic who believes himself to be surrounded by an orchestra. As the dissident’s son begs his father to free himself with a lie, Tom Stoppard’s darkly funny and provocative play asks if denying the truth is a price worth paying for liberty. The play premiered in 1977 as a part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee celebrations. This rarely performed masterpiece features a 40 + piece orchestra playing live on stage.

Credits:

Written by Sir Tom Stoppard

Music by André Previn

Directed by Bruce Guthrie

Conductor: Mikel Toms

Set Designer: Francis O’Connor

Costume Designer: Pallavi Patel

Lighting Designer: Rick Fisher

Sound Designer: Andy Collins

Movement Director: Rachel D’Souza

Music Supervisor: Matthew Scott

THE CRUCIBLE

NT Live Screening

An NCPA – National Theatre Live (London) Presentation

Language: English

Duration: 3 Hrs

When: Wednesday, 15th March - 6:00 pm

Where: Godrej Dance Theatre, NCPA

Tickets: Book My Show

About the film: A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from the trial. Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, designed by Tony Award-winner Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy), from the Olivier stage of the National Theatre.

REALITY CHECK -  FROM THE SHADOWS
An NCPA Presentation in collaboration with Cinema Collective  

Documentary Film Screening  
Language:  English, Hindi & Bengali with English subtitles 

Duration: 70 minutes
When: Thursday, 16th March – 6.30 pm

Where: Little Theatre

Entry: Admission on a first-come-first-served basis.  The film screenings will be followed by a post-film discussion.
About The Screening:  NCPA has revived the Reality Check film series, which was started in 2014, to promote and encourage documentary filmmakers in India, whose work reflects life and culture in the country today in a provocative blend of creativity and integrity.
Leena relentlessly sprays silhouettes on public walls tagged #missing, Hasina accompanies rescued girls rescued across international borders. Parallel narratives intersect to reveal a sliver of hope when women challenge a powerful trafficking nexus operating in a country where every 8 minutes a child goes missing.
The documentary has been nominated for:

• Docaviv Award (Israel)
• Yes Foundation’s Social Documentary Award
• Global Film & Media Initiative Award
• Shortlisted for Breaking Through the Lens, Cannes (2022)

Director, Writer & Producer: Miriam Chandy Menacherry
Co-Producer: Alita Furniturewala, Sheena Matheiken, Anand Ramayya, Gary Byungseok KAM
DOP: Ranu Ghosh
Writer & Impact Producer: Triparna Banerjee
Editor: Irene Dhar Mallik
Music: Parvathy Baul

ASTITVA
The Indian Express Film Club screening in association with NCPA & NH Studioz
Language: Hindi (English Subtitles)

Duration:  109 min
When: Thursday, 23rd March – 6.30 pm

Where: Godrej Dance Theatre, NCPA

Entry: Admission on a first-come-first-served basis. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with Shubhra Gupta, Film Critic, The Indian Express.

About the movie: Astitva is a 2000 drama movie that tackles the basic issue of marital relationships where a pleasant family picture is disturbed when one day Aditi unexpectedly receives a fortune willed to her by her fortune music teacher.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar.
Producers: Jhamu Sughand, Rahul Sughand
Cast: Niki Aneja Walia, Tabu, Mohnish Bahl, Sachin Khedekar, Namrata Shirodkar, Kishore Nandlaskar, Sunil Barve, Smita Jaykar, Ravindra Mankani, Resham Tipnis, Sandeep Mehta & Gulfam Khan

PAH-LAK (FATHER)
An NCPA Presentation in collaboration with Tibet Theatre & TIPA

Language: Tibetan play with English subtitles 

Duration: 120 mins
When: Saturday, 25th March – 7.00 pm
Where: Experimental Theatre
Tickets: Book My Show
 

About The Play: Pah-Lak (Tibetan for “Father”) is originally an English play based on intensive research – it is an examination the future of non-violence. The play focuses on the role of Buddhism in the lives of Tibetans and the dichotomy of the resistance movement that has emerged from decades of oppression, discrimination, and marginalisation.
The play is based on intensive research conducted by author and renowned Indian playwright Abhishek Majumdar between 2013 and 2019 in Tibet and in collaboration with the Tibetan community in exile. "Pah-la" premiered on 3rd April 2019 at Royal Court Theatre, London with support from Reimagine India, Arts Council England. The Tibetan director and head of the "Tibet Theatre" Lhakpa Tsering, the German theatre director Harry Fuhrmann and Abhishek Majumdar have now realised a new Tibetan production of Pah-Lak with Tibetan artists in 2022-23, in collaboration with Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA).
Written by Abhishek Majumdar
Translated and Directed by Lhakpa Tsering
Co-Directed by Harry Fuhrmann
Cast: Kalsang Dolma, Tenzin Yonten, Tenzin Wangchuk,Youngkyar Dolma,Lhakpa Tsering, Tsering Bawa, Tenzin Pema, Tenzin Lhundup, Nyima Dhondup & Tenzin Passang 
Produced by Saatvika Kantamneni

BOMBAY FLOWER (MUMBAI PREMIERE)
An NCPA Presentation in collaboration with Ideas Unlimited Productions
Language: Gujarati play 

Duration: 120 mins
When: Sunday, 26th March – 7:00 pm 

Where: Experimental Theatre, NCPA
Tickets: Book My Show
 

About the Play: Bombay Flower is a play dedicated to Parsee theatre. It gave birth to modern theatre in India. It is an untold story of Ruttie - Ratanbai Petit who grew up in an affluent Parsi family and married Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Mohammed Ali Jinnah was the most controversial leader of his era. The play is relevant today as it attempts to understand why an intelligent, sensitive girl from a respectable and privileged background, chooses to elope with a man who is much older, and from a completely different faith and believes. She revolts against her family, society and ends up ruining her life. It tries to dwell on the elements that make even educated and empowered girls today take such decisions.
Written by Gita Manek
Directed by Manoj Shah

Music by Amit Bhavsar
Cast: Bhamini Oza Gandhi, Vishal Shah, Naman Sheth, Risabh Kamdar & Purvi Desai  

SHORT FILM CORNER  - SHORT FILM SCREENINGS  
An NCPA Presentation in collaboration with White Wall Screenings
Language: Hindi, Gujarati with English Subtitles

When: Wednesday, 29th March - 6.30 pm  

Where: Little Theatre, NCPA
Entry: Admission on a first-come-first-served basis. 
Acha Hua Aap Time Pe Aa Gaye - Hindi film with English Subtitles (11 mins)
A police inspector finds himself in a fight between two BMC Officials and a girl for not wearing her mask. He tries to find the truth from the different versions of the incident narrated by each person.
 

Directed by Dharmesh Patel & Arsh Kaur Lamba

Sami Sanj(Dusk) - Gujarati film with English subtitles (15 mins)
Appu and Dolly, flee an uneventful rather tedious bhajan sandhya to revel in happy companionship, forcing their scrutinizing and eventually jealous counterparts to admit their struggle with loneliness at the dusk of their lives.
 

Directed by Pratik Rajen Kothari
Dinner - Hindi film with English subtitles (20 min)
After facing a tough few months living in isolation, Ragini decides to catch up with her friend Divya over dinner. What begins as a warm and intimate conversation, eventually starts to turn sideways. They eventually end their reunion leaving a big question of why they met for dinner.
 

Directed by Prateek Sharma

 

 

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