Shabana Azmi in Damaged photographs
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Seven timeless tales, stay performances and a stellar solid of legendary actors together with Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Lillete Dubey, and Vinay Pathak are able to mild up the stage for the fifth season of the Delhi Theatre Pageant (DTH).
The competition, which has grow to be a cornerstone for theatre in Delhi-NCR, opens tonight with Outdated World based mostly on Russian playwright Aleksei Arbuzov’s 1977 work Outdated-World, and translated into English by Ariadne Nicholaeff. It’s a dialog between two characters, Rodion (performed by Naseer), medical head of a sanatorium, and Lydia (Ratna) who has arteriosclerosis. The play displays the love between two lonely individuals.
Delhiites will get to see some unparalleled theatrical performances and luxuriate in an immersive expertise over the following three days (September 20 to 22) as Alchemist Dwell brings again the favored competition to city. The performs are being staged throughout 4 venues – the Siri Fort Auditorium, Kamani Auditorium, OP Jindal Auditorium, and the Orana Conference in Gurugram – to allow theatre lovers dwelling in several elements of the town to observe excellent theatre.
Shabana Azmi returns to the Capital’s stage after a spot with Girish Karnad’s Damaged Photos. She performs a difficult function of two sisters and their many photographs morphing into each other. ‘’DTH holds a particular place in my coronary heart, performing right here is an invigorating expertise and it fills me each with pleasure and anxiousness,’’ she stated in an announcement
Lillete Dubey
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Based mostly on Twinkle Khanna’s quick story and directed by Lillete Dubey, Salaam Noni Appa is about breaking stereotypes and being open to new adventures to rediscover what makes life price dwelling. Lillete, who performs the central character on this autumn romance, says it thrills her to take part in DTH in her hometown the place she debuted greater than 5 many years in the past.
The COO and Co-founder of Alchemist Dwell, Prabhu Tony says, given the excessive public expectation, the energy-driven competition this yr explores theatrical variety.
Establishing new benchmarks are three different three large solid performs: One On One Dhamaal written by Ayeesha Menon is an amusing collage of recent India in 9 monologues; Lillete Dubey retells the Mahabharata in rock ballad model in Jaya. The 2-hour manufacturing is a visible montage of the principle occasions by the eyes of Yudhishthira; Rajat Kapoor directs a satirical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth – What’s Completed is Completed – which can convey the curtain down on the competition.
Every season has grown higher with a mesmerising curation of performs, electrifying performances by famend actors, and a vibrant ambiance that celebrates the magic of stay theatre. “The viewers can sit up for a whirlwind of feelings, laughter and drama this season too,” says Sanjay Khanna, CEO of American Specific, sponsoring the occasion.
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Printed – September 19, 2024 11:35 pm IST
