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Dear Reader,
The highlights this week:
Ila Arun will showcase the 4th edition of her
Ibsen Theatre Festival at G5A and at
Prithvi Theatre. She will be staging three of her
company's productions- PEER GHANI (PEER GYNT),
PICCHA KARTI PARCHHAIYAN (GHOSTS), MAREECHIKA
(LADY OF THE SEA) and A DOLL'S HOUSE, directed by
Pushan Kripalani, featuring Joy Sengupta and
Ira Dubey.
We speak to Ira Dubey in an extensive interview in
which the actress talks about her solo performance in
Heather Raffo's 9 PARTS OF DESIRE, of her
background and interest in theatre, and of coming to terms
with the passing of her father Ravi Dubey.
Ashwin Gidwani's company AGP World has been
organising and hosting theatre, music and stand-up comedy
shows from abroad. This time around they have got 'The
Magnets', a cappaella group from London. This weekend
you can watch them at The Royal Opera House and at
the Rangsharda auditorium.
The Nehru Theatre Festival is going on and upcoming
plays include Phiroze Antia's Parsi-Gujarati play
BEHRAM NI SASOO, KARL MARX IN KALBADEVI,
directed by Manoj Shah, Punjabi play DHULLA
BHATTI by Gursharan Singh, Konkani-Marathi play
VEDHARAN and Dr. Shankar Shesh's EK AUR
DRONACHARYA.
In our last week's Newsletter we had stood up for the
freedom of the Press and for our Fundamental Rights when we
condemned Bangalore-based journalist Gauri Lankesh's
cold-blooded murder and had highlighted the brutal incident
among recent others that are being perpetuated in a climate
of intolerance and hate. Moreover we expressed our concern
for our theatre people who too find their freedom to express
being stifled and censored in direct and subtle ways. I
received varied responses, positive and negative, to my
editorial. The negative feedback – a loop of polarising
clichés – was only expected. But this only makes me
reiterate my stand even more courageously. I do hope and
urge us to find more collective, effective and sustained
mechanisms as artistes and writers to address the deeply
troubling scenarios of our time. To recall the famous
playwright Dario Fo's words : We must know how to
live the time given to us.
Best,
Deepa Punjani
Editor, Mumbai Theatre Guide
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"The
worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears
nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He
doesn't seem to know that the cost of living, the price of
beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on
political decisions. He even prides himself on his political
ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he hates politics.
He doesn't know, the imbecile, that from his political
non-participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child,
the robber and, worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys
of exploitative multinational corporations." -
Bertolt Brecht
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