New Delhi 8–15 March

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Date Time Venue Inauguration of the Festival 8 March 5.30 pm Kamani followed by a performance of Monday Auditorium Nati Binodini Hindi, 100 minutes Based on the actress’s autobiography Aamaar Katha Director: Amal Allana Theatre and Television Associates New Delhi, India Colombo Colombo 8 March 8.30 pm Shri Ram Centre Sinhala and English, 120 minutes Monday Playwright: Indika Ferdinando Director: Indika Ferdinando Theatre Plus, Sri Lanka Sakubai 9 March 6.30 pm Kamani Hindi, 90 minutes Tuesday Auditorium Playwright: Nadira Zaheer Babbar Director: Nadira Zaheer Babbar Ekjute Theatre Group , India Putaliko Ghar 9 March 8.30 pm Shri Ram Centre Nepali, 105 minutes Tuesday Translation of ’s A Doll’s House Translator: Sunil Pokharel Director: Sunil Pokharel Aarohan Theatre Group Kathmandu, Nepal Dhonhiyala–Alifulhu: 10 March 6.30 pm Kamani A Love Story Wednesday Auditorium Director: Thoiba Saeedh Maldives Nagamandala 10 March 8.30 pm Shri Ram Centre Punjabi, 70 minutes Wednesday Playwright: Translator: Surjit Patar Director: Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry The Company Chandigarh, India Date Time Venue Jang Ab Nahin Hogi 11 March 6.30 pm Shri Ram Centre Urdu, 80 minutes Thursday Based on Aristophanes’ Lysistrata Adaptation: Fahmida Riaz and Anwer Jafri Directors: Sheema Kermani and Anwer Jafri Tehrik-e-Niswan Karachi, Pakistan Sadakainaya Jataka 11 March 8.30 pm Meghdoot Director: Win Myint Thursday Open Air Theatre Shwe Myanmar Theatre Group (Sangeet Natak Myanmar Akademi) Draupadi 12 March 6.30 pm Shri Ram Centre Manipuri, 80 minutes Friday Adapted from Mahasweta Devi’s story Director: H. Kanhailal Kalakshetra Manipur, India Thus Spake Shoorpanakha, 13 March 6.30 pm Shri Ram Centre So Said Shakuni Saturday English, 60 minutes Playwright: Poile Sengupta Director: Abhijit Sengupta Co-director: Poile Sengupta Theatre Club Bangalore, India Salsal and Shahmaama* 13 March 8.30 pm Meghdoot Dari, 75 minutes Saturday Open Air Theatre Playwright: Abdul Hakim Hashemi (Sangeet Natak Director: Monireh Hashemi Akademi) Simorgh Film Association of Culture and Art Herat, Afghanistan Behular Bhasan 14 March 6.30 pm Shri Ram Centre Bengali, 100 minutes Sunday Adapted from the Padma-puran (Manasa-mangal) Director: Syed Jamil Ahmed Department of Theatre, University of Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh Sonata 15 March 6.30 pm Shri Ram Centre Indian English, 80 minutes Monday Playwright: Director: Sohag Sen Ensemble Kolkata, India Closing performance of the Festival 15 March 8.30 pm Meghdoot Galem gi Lu Monday Open Air Theatre Dzongkha, 60 minutes (Sangeet Natak Playwrights: Caroline van Leerdam Akademi) and Tshering Gyeltshen Director: Caroline van Leerdam Associate director: Tshering Gyeltshen The New Theatre Group Thimphu, Bhutan * This play will also be performed at Jamia Millia Islamia on 11 March (Thursday), at 4 pm.

Invitation cards for the performances will be available at the Reception Counters of ICCR and NSD between 11 am and 5 pm, from 5th March (excepting Sundays), and at the respective venues half an hour before each performance.

Please contact: ICCR, Azad Bhavan, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi 110 002. Tel: +91 11 23378641 NSD, Bahawalpur House, Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi 110 001. Tel: +91 11 23073647

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