Play-By-Play: Aaina’s Spotlight

Theatre is an innovative expression of life. It is a thing of beauty, to project stories onto ourselves and others; a way of creating meaning through narrative and metaphor. On Sunday evening, the MIT Library auditorium witnessed innumerable emotions. A number of gasps, a whole lot of laughter, and plenty … Continue Reading

Rashomon: A Theatrical Adaptation

As Saturday evening unfolded, the amphitheater at T.M.A. Pai Park teemed with the hustle of an anticipating audience eager to watch Rashomon, a play by ADA Dramatics.

ADA, in association with Betaal, performed a Hindi adaptation of the eponymous Japanese film from 1950 in a unique form called Yakshagana, which … Continue Reading

Comikaze 7 by Dramanon

Reality is not pleasant and our society, never perfect. In a series of skits, the theatre group Dramanon expressed this assertion in the form of short humorous interactions. The seventh edition of Comikaze was a fun-filled theatre extravaganza. Among the seven plays performed, three were from the Hyderabad chapter of … Continue Reading

Double Tamasha

ADA (Absolute Dramatics Addiction), a dramatics club of MIT, organized a two-play centrestage, Tamasha, on the 11th of September (Sunday) at 6 p.m. at the AC Seminar Hall in AB-2. The show was open to everyone, and entailed no entry fee.

The first play, Do-nar, scripted by Rahul Continue Reading

Double Bill: A Review

Shakespeare revolutionised theatre and brought shades of grey to its traditional forms. He portrayed human nature as a spectrum of thoughts, beliefs, and ideas. Modern theatre works along these lines, where the theatre is not simply a reflection, but a source of reform and awareness. The confusion in the hearts … Continue Reading

Shakespeare Retold: A Review

Manipal’s Kalamanch presented a pair of one-act plays in, ‘Shakespeare Retold’, held in the Library Auditorium. The first play was a direct adaptation of The Tempest and the second- Gulaab- was an indianised version of Macbeth. Shakespeare’s stories are undoubtedly beautifully stitched together with a deep understanding of our race, … Continue Reading

Comikaze VI by Dramanon

It can often be disconcerting if you are in the middle of a particularly raunchy lovemaking session, and an unfortunate compulsion takes hold of you, causing an existential crisis and jeopardizing the steamy vibe and by extension, the relationship. What can be even more confusing though, is how a blind … Continue Reading

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