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Dear Reader,
The NCPA Cheer Festival, which has just begun, is
showcasing a variety of comedy ranging from plays to
stand-up acts and a relatively new genre called Improv
Comedy. In our Theatre Gupshup this week,
Naveen Kaushik, who heads Improv Comedy Mumbai
(ICM) gives us a background to this genre of comedy. He
and his team are staging their show ICM POPCORN at
the festival. Dhruv Lohumi, also from the team,
shares his Theatre Speak.
Vikash Khurana's Nagpur-based group Stagecraft
will stage its adaptation of Marcel Archard's play
L'IDIOTE. The adaptation titled A SHOT IN THE
DARK will also be performed as part of the NCPA
Cheer festival this weekend.
Ramu Ramanathan will alphabetically decode Mumbai's
theatre: A to Z of theatre in Mumbai at
Junoon's upcoming Mumbai Local session. The
session is housefull but you can watch it being streamed
live at 5 pm on 4th June on Junoon's
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/junoontheatre/
The video shall also be available later.
Aadyam will stage the premiere of 12 ANGRY
JURORS, directed by Nadir Khan for theatre
company Rage at St. Andrews.
Ideas Unlimited's play on Gandhi called MOHAN NO
MASALO, directed by Manoj Shah will now be staged
in three languages- Hindi, Gujarati and English in three
different shows on the same day at Prithvi theatre.
Its solo actor Pratik Gandhi shares his Theatre
Speak.
Previews we have recently uploaded include VERONICA'S
ROOM, AAPNE BANNE SAME TO SAME and JYAN
LAKSHMI TYAN NARAYAN.
Entries for our online, one-act play competition ENatya
Shodh have been extended to 7th June.
Cheers,
Deepa Punjani
Editor, Mumbai Theatre Guide
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