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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DEVIL Playwright: Kakarkapudi Narasimha Yoga Patanjali Dir: Shiva Prasad , 1 hr, LE BARBIER DE SEVILLE E— 8 PARK SANTA MARIA DE GREAT EXPECTATIONS SALAAM BITTER BELIEF OF COTRONE Playwright Et Dir: Manav IQUIQUE: REVENGE OF lnspired by the original by Author: Pierre Augustin Playwright: Nicholas THE MAGICIAN Kaul RAMON RAMON Charles Dickens Caron De Beaumarchais Kharkongor Playwright and Dir: Andrea Hindi, 1 hr 20min Dir: Manuel Loyola Dir: Swati Mittal Dir: Eric Vigner Dir: Lushin Dubey Cusumano Non-verbal, 55min Hindi, 1 hr 10 min Albanian with English Hindi/English English Et Italian, 55 mins Chile New Delhi subtitles, 1 hr 17 mins 1 hr 30 min, New Delhi France/Albania MAHAKABYER PARE EN UN SOL AMARILLO ...ABOUT RAM MS. MEENA HAMLET MACHINE PUETA PERALTA • 9 Playwright Et Dir: Kallol Writer Et Dir: Cesar Brie Dir: Anurupa Roy Playwright: Rashmi Ruth Adapted from the Dir: Francisca Bernardi and Bhattacharyya Spanish with English Non-verbal, 1 hr, Devadasan original by Heiner Muller Maria Pas Vicens 1M Bengali and Santhali subtitles, 1 hr 10 mins New Delhi Dir: Rajiv Krishnan Dir: Anjali Shinde Spanish with English 1 hr, West Bengal Bolivia English, t hr 40 mins Hindi, 1 hr, New Delhi subtitles, 45 mins, Chile Chennai

AATTRAMAI ANDHARE AKELA RESHMI RUMAAL UGETSU MONOGATARI MY COUNTRY, LIFE FOR • 10 Playwright: N.Muthuswamy Playwright: Debashish Based on Shakespeare's Writer Et Dir: Madoka REMEMBRANCE,THE QUEST S.Ramaswamy, K.P Sengupta Othello Okada Playwrights: Eva Balzer, Rajagopalan, Siranjeevi Dir: Biplab Dir: Prashant Parmar Japanese,1 hr Saleh Saad Et Nora Amin Dir: N. Muthuswamy Bandyopadhyay Hindi, 1 hr 5 min Dir: Nora Amin, English, Tamil,lhr 30 min Bengali, 2 hr 5 min, Kolkata New Delhi Arabic, Non verbal, 1hr 25 Chennai min, Egypt SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA OJHA FANOOSH MUARE BEGUM KA TAKIA PEDRO PARAMO MIRUGA VIDHUSAGAM 11 DEKHI BUDDHA Dir: Gunakar Dev Dir: Marina Quesada Author: Pandit Anand Adapted from the original Playwright Et Dir: SAMMA...EK YATRA Goswami and Natalia Lopez Kumar by Juan Rulpho S. Murugaboopathy Playwright: Vijay Mishra Assamese, 1 hr 20 min Spanish, 55 mins Dir: Ranjit Kapoor Dir: Firoz Tamil, 1 hr 45 mins Dir: Bipin Kumar Assam Argentina Hindi, 2 hrs 30 mins Hindi,1 hr 20 mins Tamil Nadu Nepali,1 hr 30 min, Sikkim New Delhi New Delhi

DROWA JHAGMU- BEFORE THE SOME STAGE DIRECTIONS BISARJAN 12. EK DEVI KI KAHANI GERMINATION... FOR HENRIK IBSEN'S JOHN Playwright: Rabindranath Writer Et Dir: Suk Bahadur Playwright Et Dir: Manish GABRIEL BORKMAN Tagore Arunachali Hindi, Mitra Dir: Zuleikha Chaudhari Dir:Suman Mukhopadhyay 1 hr 30 mins Bengali Et English Hindi Et English, 1 hr 10 min Bengali, 2 hr 15 min Arunachal Pradesh 1 hr 10 min, Kolkata New Delhi Kolkata

DREAMS OF TALEEM SURAI KA SAATWAN GHODA MIRANDA WHAT HAPPENED? THE THE GARBAGE PROJECT e13 Playwright: Sachin Playwright: Dharamveer Playwright: Farrukh 80"81 FINDINGS by Harish Khanna Kundalkar Bharati, Dir: Rajkumar Rajak Dhondy Dir: Jatinder by Georg Diez and New Delhi Dir: Sunil Shanbag English, Polish, Bangla, Verma Christopher Roth Hindi and English Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Hindi English, 50 mins English, 1 hr 30 mins 2 hr 10 min, Mumbai 1 hr 30 min, Allahabad London

SAMANADRABA MAMI MAKARAKSHAYA (THE MATHEMAGICIAN KHWABON KE MUSAFIR FOREST Et HE WHO BURNS THE GARBAGE PROJECT E14 Dir: Heisnam Tomba DRAGON) Playwright Et Dir: Gowri Playwright: Intizar Hussain Dir: Wendy Jehlen by Harish Khanna Manipuri, Bengali, PlAYWRIGHTNEVGENY Ra m na ra ya n Director: Zia Mohyeddin He who burns: , New Delhi Gujarati, Assamese, SHVARTS English, 1 hr 15 min Urdu, 1 hr 20 min Korean Et English, 1 hr Rabha, 50 min DIR: DHARMASIRI Chennai Pakistan Forest: Non-verbal, 1 hr Imphal BANDARANAYAKE USA Sinhala, 2 hrs 10 mins TRITIYO ANKO, OTOEB SANGEET RANADUNDUBI SANCHARI THE AMOROUS LOTUS PAN LITTLE BIG TRAGEDIES THE GARBAGE PROJECT Q15 Playwright Et Dir: Playwright: Veer Vamanrao Playwright: Sumathy Based on works of Shi Playwright: Aleksandr by Harish Khanna Soumitra Chatterjee Joshi Murthi Nai'an, Wei Minglun Et Puskhin New Delhi Bengali, thr 40 min Dir: Uday Dhupkar Dir: A. Mangai Ouyang Yugian Dir: Ovlyakuli Khodjakuli Kolkata Marathi, 2 hrs 45 min Kannada, 50 min Dir: Chen Gang Hindi, 1 hr 15 mins Goa Chennai Chinese, 2 hrs, China New Delhi KUMBH KATHA GADDI CHARAN DI KHATIJABAI OF KARMALI KASHMIR KASHMIR SONOS OF EURIPIDES THE GARBAGE PROJECT ZINDAGI MADHUR HAI Z16 Playwright Et Dir: Trishla KAAHAL BARI SI TERRACE Playwright: Ramu Playwright: Euripides by Harish Khanna KUMANSENU MEIN Pa tel Playwrights: Baldev Singh Based on Stella Kon's Emily Rama nathan Dir: Tomasz Rodowicz New Delhi Story: Abioseh Davidson Hindi, 2 hrs Dhindsa, Dr. Jaswinder Singh, of Emerald Hill Dir: Mohit Takalkar Polish Et Ancient Greek Nicol Mumbai Harpreet Sekha, Veena Verma, Dir: Quasar T. Padamsee English, 1 hr 40 min 50 min Dir:Vageesh Kumar Singh Surin Patar, Dir: Kewal Dhaliwal English,1hr 15min, Mumbai Hindi, 50 min, New Delhi Punjabi, 1 hr 15min, Amritsar Poland

AROJ CHARITAMMRITO ARECHEEKAAL ROOP AROOP JAGADAMBA KHARIKO GHERO • 17 Playwright: Masum Reza Playwright: Syed Yagoob Playwright Et Dir: Playwright: Ramdas Playwright: Bertolt Brecht Director: Tariq Anam Dilkash Tripurari Sharma B ha tka I Dir: Max Webster and Mia Khan Dir: Reshi Rashid Hindi, 1 hr 10 mins Dir: Pratima Kulkarni Theil Have Bengali, 2 hrs 30 mins Kashmiri, 1 hr 10 mins New Delhi Hindi, 2 hrs Nepali,1 hr 50 mins Bangladesh Kashmir Mumbai Nepal

AGUNER BARNAMALA SHAREL SHA QUALITY STREET SAGARA KANYAKA BIKHRE BIMB 18 Playwright: Ham Playwright: Nelladhaja Author: Chimamanda Adapted from Ibsen's Playwright: Girish Karnad Bhattacharya Khuman Ngozi Adichie Lady of the Sea Dir: Rajinder Nath Dir: Anirban Bhattacharya Dir: Domarendra Akham Dir: Maya Krishna Rao Dir: Jyothish M.G. Hindi, 1 hr Bengali, 2 hr 25 min Manipuri, 1 hr 15 mins English, 50 mins Malayalam, lhr 45min Kolkata Kolkata Manipur New Delhi Kerala

CHUMAR PATHRANGAL BRECHT-HARDCORE SWEET SORROW MADHABI IN VIVO Ln 19 Playwright: Na. MACHINE Dir: Preethi Athreya Playwright: Bhishma Sahni Artistic Et Choreographic Muthusamy Script Et Dir: Andras Urbdn English, French, Tamil Dir: Swatilekha Sengupta Management: Mickael Le Dir: K.S Rajendran Hungarian (with English and Telugu, 55 min Bengali, 2 hrs 15 min Mer, 50 mins Malayalam, 1 hr10 min subtitles), 50 mins Chennai Kolkata France Kerala Serbia

JAAN-E-KALKATTA STONES AND MIRRORS GREY IS ALSO A COLOUR HOMAGE ALL ABOUT LOVE SOCIAL GAMIN° P20 Playwright Et Dir: Playwright Et Dir: Monireh Choreographer: Navtej (In memory of Sri Playwright: Alexander by Amitesh Grever Bhadra Basu Hashemi Johar Shyamanand Jalan) Oles English, 3 hrs Bengali, 2hr 20min English, 50 mins Non-verbal, 55 mins Dir: Vinay Sharma Dir: Alexey Kuzhelny New Delhi Kolkata Afghanistan New Delhi Hindi, 1 hr 10 min Ukrainian,1 hr 7 mins Kolkata Ukraine

MIREL MASINGKHA KHIDKIYA DARA SURPRISED BODY PROJECT SPECIAL DUET OF Playwright Et Dir: Based on Clemens Playwright Et Dir: Choreographer: Francesco DANCE AND MUSIC BY Yumnam Sadananda Madge's lm Stillen Shahid Nadeem Scavetta MIN TANAKA AND AKI Singh Dir: Girish Joshi Urdu, 2 hrs English, 1 hr 10 mins TAKAHASHI Non-verbal, 1 hr Marathi, 1 hr 15 mins Pakistan Italy/Norway Japan Imphal Pune MACBETH CREEPER CHAINPUR KI DASTAN A WIFE'S LETTER INHABITED GEOMETRY SILENT WORDS 22 Playwright: William Playwright Et Dir: Based on Nikolai Gogol's Adapted from Tagore's Choreographer: Mandeep A Mime Performance by 5 Shakespeare Ram Ganesh Kamatham Inspecter General Stree-r Patra Raikhy Laurent Decol Adaptation : Ranjit Kapoor Dir: Neelam Man Singh Non-verbal, 43 mins 1 hr 15 min Dir: Pravin Kr Gunjan English, 70 min Chowdhry Bengaluru Design & Dir: Amilabh Shrivastava New Delhi France Hindi, 2 hrs 10 mins Hindi, 1 hr 25 mins Punjabi, 1 hr 10 mins Bihar NSD Staff Members

Programme subject to change at short notice *AT ABH1KALP The 13th BRM is inaugurated this year with an energetic and lively production of Charondas Chor from Assam directed by one of NSD's alumni, Anup Hazarika. Wishing to pay respects to Shyamanad Jalan, one of the most eminent of the 70's crop of theatre director/actors who passed away recently, the NSD lndian theatre today is a manifestation of is proud to present an evening devoted to him entitled Homage in memory multiple realities. Practiced in a variety of languages, idioms and styles, of Shaymanand Jalon which showcases scenes from some ofJalan's most young as well as seasoned directors create startling and out-of-the-box outstanding productions produced by Padatik, Kolkata. mis-en-scenes in an attempt to capture the texture and pulse of our complex As we approach the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, theatre and multilayered experiences and perceptions. director Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry initiates the celebrations with Stree-r Just like the cities we live in that have no center or periphery, no borders that Patra (A Wife's Letter), while Suman Mukhopadyay directs a powerful new demarcate the urban from the countryside, where one extends into the other, version of Bisarjan. coagulating into an endless, amorphous continuum, the theatre movement Three original scripts include Lushin Dubey's Salaam Indiabased on Pawan too can no longer be categorized into neat compartments of the 'traditional' Verma's Being Indian (Delhi), Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace, a solo piece and the 'modern: directed by Quasar Padamsee, (Mumbai) and Sunil Shanbag's Dreams of A global phenomenon not restricted to Indian theatre alone, one increasingly Taleem (Mumbai) while Maya Krishna Rao and Vageesh Kumar Singh present observes that international offerings also showcase an exciting spill- short stories by Nigerian writers as solo pieces. over between mediums like dance and theatre, theatre and cinema/video Iwo post-modern pieces by young directors Zuleikha Chaudhari, technology, etc., as well as cross-cultural encounters, both within the Some Stage Directions from John Gabriel Borkman, and Sagara Kanyaka divergent cultural traditions of the same country, as well as in the shape (Lady from the Sea)directed by Jyothish M.G., provide us with contemporary of international co- productions. It is not unusual to see actors within the takes on Henrik Ibsen. same company hail from a variety of countries, or productions which may In the dance/theatre category newcomer Preethi Atreya presents an original have a foreign team of director/designers/musicians. So, a Shakespeare play piece Sweet Sorrow, while Navtej Johar brings us Grey is also o Colour. can be enacted by Indian actors, directed by an Uzbeki director, with music Significant offerings from Bengal include Tritiyo Anko Oteob with Soumitra by a Japanese composer! Each artist brings to the production his/her own Chatterjee, Aguner Barnomala presented by Drishyapat, Jaan-e-Kalkatta by cultural sensibility... making the rehearsal process the site for inter-cultural Paikpara Akhor, and Madhabi from Nandidikar. negotiations to occur. Smaller packages from NSD include two Repertory productions, Begum ka In such a scenario where 'hybridity rather than 'cultural authenticity' has Takiya by Ranjit Kapoor and Little Big Tragedies by Ovlyakuli Khodjakuli; become the norm, it has become necessary to find new parameters of while the NSD students present five of their diploma productions. appreciating contemporary theatre as practiced today. work of Nora Amin from Egypt with My, County, Life for Remembrance and The Ouest, VVendyJehlen from USA with He who Burns and Forest, and Ugetsu Monogatari from Japan. Germany brings What Happened? The 80*81 Findings, while Poland presents Sangs of Euripides, and from Serbia we have Brecht-Hardcore Machine, based on Bertolt Brecht's Buckover Elegies. The SAARC countries present Khwabon ke Musafir directed by Zia International Mohyuddin, and Dara by Shahid Nadeem from Pakistan; a lyrical production of Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle is brought to us by Aarohan Company from Nepal; we have Aroj Charitammrito by Tariq At the forefront of the international section this year we have a focus on Anam Khanfrom Bangladesh; Makarakshaya - The Dragon from Sri Lanka; contemporary French theatre. The classic opera by Beaumarchais, The Barber and Stones and Mirrors by Monireh Hashmi from Afghanistan. of Seville, in a spectacular production by Theatre de L' Orient of Brittany, France, and, and National Theatre of Tirana, Albania, has a French director, Eric Vigner, directing a group of Albanian actors. Also from France are In Vivo, Wrap-Around Events a dance piece, presented by Compagnie S'poart, a mime performance A series of wrap around programmes around the Festival include talks called Silent Words by Laurent Decol, and a photographie exhibition of the and interactive sessions with Directors/Designers on Performance Footsbarn Theatre. Language/Scenography/Light Design. Another rare package is from Latin America where we have the opportunity - Three photographie exhibitions include Abhi-Vyakti, a photographie to see contemporary work with Santa Maria de Iquique: Revenge of Ramon, exhibition celebrating the actor; working methodologies of Asian Ramon from Chile, En un Sol Amarillo (In a Yellow Sun: Memories of an theatre schools (part of Asia-Pacific workshop); and an exhibition on the Earthquake) from Bolivia and Muare from Argentina. Footsbarn Company, France. Tara Arts of the UK, set up to give voice to the diasproic experience, along - Asia Pacific Drama Schools' VVorkshop and Festival. with Lucid Arts, will be showcased at our festival for the first time with - The other programmes include The Garbage Project, Social Gaming, Farrukh Dhondy's Miranda by Jatinder Verma. a special duet of dance and music by Min Tanaka and Aki Takahashi, The section of international dance theatre /choreographic pieces includes the amongst others.