Thursday, April 19, 2012

Culture, culture ...

PLAYS

From Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st April at 19.30 (also 11.30 on Saturday)

Boy with a suitcase by Mike Kenny

Duration : approx. 70 min.

Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)

Director . Andrea Gronemeyer

A moving but fun story of a boy who leaves his war torn country to London where his sister stays. His two year journey to London is filled by interesting people, experiences and stories.

Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April at 19.30 (also 15.30 on Saturday)

Spunk

Duration : approx. 120 min.

Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)

Director . Akarsh Khurana

Brijesh Arora has a gift. His body produces special semen. Now whether this is a miracle or not, depends on your point of view.

Sunday 29th April at 15.30 & 19.30

Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan Din

Duration : approx. 120 min.

Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)

Director . Akarsh Khurana & Tahira Nath

Floundering fathers, meddlesome mothers, sleepless sons and a beautiful virgin bride.

Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org


Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April at 19.30

Wiki, Leeks & Soapy

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : NA

Stand up comedies by Cary Edwards, Paul Myrehaug, Sundeep Rao

The Park Hotel on Friday, Alila Hotel on Saturday, Tel. : 93 4239 5732


From Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd April at 19.30

The Pillowman by Martin Mc Donagh

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 150

Director . NA

The Pillowman (2003) is a dark comedy that tells the story of Katurian, a fiction writer living in a totalitarian state, who is being interrogated for the parallels between the gruesome content of his short stories and a number of recent child murders in his town.

Saturday 28th April at 16.00 & 19.30

Le malade imaginaire by Molière (Imaginary Invalid)

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 200

Director . NA

A satire of the medical profession, the play contains a good deal of farce and was written to amuse King Louis XIV. It is also a superb character study of a hypochondriac, or a patient obsessed with being ill, and it contains a brilliant social and political commentary on Paris in the 1670s.

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


ART EXHIBITIONS

Wednesday 25th April at 15.00

Introduction to the language of visual art

A guided walk through the gallery's collection

Saturday 21st & 28th April at 10.30

Introduction to the history of modern art

A guided walk through the gallery's collection

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


Friday 20th April from 9.00 to 21.00

Open Studio

Shan Re transfers her studio to town for a day. You can pick up any of her works for the price you want.

Maheshwari House, 1st floor, 44/1 Fairfield Layout, Next to Chalukya Hotel, off Race Course Road. Tel. 98 8626 7534


From Friday 20th April to Saturday 12th May

Being and nothingness

Solo Exhibition of photographs by Swapan Nayak

Inauguration : Friday 20th April at 18.30

Tasveer Arts, Sua House, 26/1 Kasturba Cross Road (near British Library). Tel. 2212 8358. www.tasveerarts.com


From Saturday 21st to Thursday 26th April

Stories of Small Things

Exhibition of prints

Inauguration : Saturday 21st April at 18.00

1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road, Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com


DANCE

Sunday 29th April from 10.00 to 22.00

Dance World Day

Duration : All day

Tickets : Free

Exhibitions, book launch and performances all day round. Programme on the Alliance's website.

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


MUSIC

Sunday 22nd April from 12.00

Electronica on tour

Duration : All day

Tickets : NA

Submerge Supernova Festival

E-Zone, https://www.facebook.com/SubmergeSupernova


Monday 30th April at 18.30

Sitar Recital

Duration : Approx. 60 min.

Tickets : NA

Pandit Shinath Mishra

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


MOVIES

Thursday 19th April at 18.15

When We Leave

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : free

Director . Feo Aladaq

Umay lives together with her husband, Kemal, and their son, Cem, in a suburb of the Turkish metropolis, Istanbul. Kemal’s regular and violent outbursts are directed at his wife and his son. Umay develops a tremendous yearning for her hometown, Berlin, and her parents. In desperation, Umay packs her things and runs away from her life in Istanbul and her marriage.

Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 716 CMH Road, Indiranagar 1st Stage. Tel. 2520 5305/06/07/08. http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/bag/enindex.htm


Friday 20th April at 18.30

Elephant Boy

Duration : approx. 82 min.

Tickets : free

Director . Robert Flaherty & Zoltan Korda

Sunday 22nd April at 11.30

Van Gogh

Duration : approx. 152 min.

Tickets : free

Director . NA

Saturday 28th April at 15.00

Frida

Duration : approx. 123 min.

Tickets : free

Director . NA

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


Friday 27th April at 19.30

Horror Special !

A selection of 5 short movies

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


OTHERS

From Monday 9th April to Sunday 6th May

Summer Express

Theatre, film making, visual art, cooking, car mechanic and rangoli workshops for kids.

Detailed programme on the website; enquiries to aha.rangashankara@gmail.com (Registration from 10th March)

Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org


Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April from 10.00 to 17.00

A Cartoon Workshop

Workshops, lectures and demonstrations by senior cartoonists

Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540


Sunday 22nd April at 17.30

Mysore Palace : The Making of a Monument

A lecture by Mr RG Singh of Ramsons Kala Pratishatana, Mysore

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


FOR THE TRAVELLERS …

Till Saturday 28th April

Avega - The Passion

A solo show by Pushpamala N

Nature Morte, A-1 Neeti Bagh, New Delhi, Tel.: 011 4174 0215


STILL TIME TO SEE …

Till Saturday 21st April

Best of Ranga

A selection of 70 autographed caricatures by NK Ranganathan

Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540


Till Sunday 22nd April

Selected works

Group exhibitions to show case the 5th anniversary of the gallery

Art Chutney, Taj West End, The Art Corridor, 25 Race Course Road, www.artchutney.com


Till Saturday 28th April

Fireflies … and a paper tiger

Solo show by Paresh Hazra

Right Lines, Five Forty Five, 545 6th Main, 4th Cross, Indiranagar, Tel.: 9886117375


Till Saturday 28th April

The Art of Summer

Group show

Gallery G, Maini Sadan, 7th Cross, 38 Lavelle Road. Tel. 2221 9275.


Till Friday 11th May

Four projects

Orijit Sen - Abhishek Hazra - Sunoj D - Abir Karmakar

Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com


Culture, culture ...

PLAYS

From Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st April at 19.30 (also 11.30 on Saturday)

Boy with a suitcase by Mike Kenny

Duration : approx. 70 min.

Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)

Director . Andrea Gronemeyer

A moving but fun story of a boy who leaves his war torn country to London where his sister stays. His two year journey to London is filled by interesting people, experiences and stories.

Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April at 19.30 (also 15.30 on Saturday)

Spunk

Duration : approx. 120 min.

Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)

Director . Akarsh Khurana

Brijesh Arora has a gift. His body produces special semen. Now whether this is a miracle or not, depends on your point of view.

Sunday 29th April at 15.30 & 19.30

Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan Din

Duration : approx. 120 min.

Tickets : Rs 200 (TBC)

Director . Akarsh Khurana & Tahira Nath

Floundering fathers, meddlesome mothers, sleepless sons and a beautiful virgin bride.

Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org


Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April at 19.30

Wiki, Leeks & Soapy

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : NA

Stand up comedies by Cary Edwards, Paul Myrehaug, Sundeep Rao

The Park Hotel on Friday, Alila Hotel on Saturday, Tel. : 93 4239 5732


From Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd April at 19.30

The Pillowman by Martin Mc Donagh

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 150

Director . NA

The Pillowman (2003) is a dark comedy that tells the story of Katurian, a fiction writer living in a totalitarian state, who is being interrogated for the parallels between the gruesome content of his short stories and a number of recent child murders in his town.

Saturday 28th April at 16.00 & 19.30

Le malade imaginaire by Molière (Imaginary Invalid)

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 200

Director . NA

A satire of the medical profession, the play contains a good deal of farce and was written to amuse King Louis XIV. It is also a superb character study of a hypochondriac, or a patient obsessed with being ill, and it contains a brilliant social and political commentary on Paris in the 1670s.

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


ART EXHIBITIONS

Wednesday 25th April at 15.00

Introduction to the language of visual art

A guided walk through the gallery's collection

Saturday 21st & 28th April at 10.30

Introduction to the history of modern art

A guided walk through the gallery's collection

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


Friday 20th April from 9.00 to 21.00

Open Studio

Shan Re transfers her studio to town for a day. You can pick up any of her works for the price you want.

Maheshwari House, 1st floor, 44/1 Fairfield Layout, Next to Chalukya Hotel, off Race Course Road. Tel. 98 8626 7534


From Friday 20th April to Saturday 12th May

Being and nothingness

Solo Exhibition of photographs by Swapan Nayak

Inauguration : Friday 20th April at 18.30

Tasveer Arts, Sua House, 26/1 Kasturba Cross Road (near British Library). Tel. 2212 8358. www.tasveerarts.com


From Saturday 21st to Thursday 26th April

Stories of Small Things

Exhibition of prints

Inauguration : Saturday 21st April at 18.00

1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road, Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com


DANCE

Sunday 29th April from 10.00 to 22.00

Dance World Day

Duration : All day

Tickets : Free

Exhibitions, book launch and performances all day round. Programme on the Alliance's website.

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


MUSIC

Sunday 22nd April from 12.00

Electronica on tour

Duration : All day

Tickets : NA

Submerge Supernova Festival

E-Zone, https://www.facebook.com/SubmergeSupernova


Monday 30th April at 18.30

Sitar Recital

Duration : Approx. 60 min.

Tickets : NA

Pandit Shinath Mishra

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


MOVIES

Thursday 19th April at 18.15

When We Leave

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : free

Director . Feo Aladaq

Umay lives together with her husband, Kemal, and their son, Cem, in a suburb of the Turkish metropolis, Istanbul. Kemal’s regular and violent outbursts are directed at his wife and his son. Umay develops a tremendous yearning for her hometown, Berlin, and her parents. In desperation, Umay packs her things and runs away from her life in Istanbul and her marriage.

Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 716 CMH Road, Indiranagar 1st Stage. Tel. 2520 5305/06/07/08. http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/bag/enindex.htm


Friday 20th April at 18.30

Elephant Boy

Duration : approx. 82 min.

Tickets : free

Director . Robert Flaherty & Zoltan Korda

Sunday 22nd April at 11.30

Van Gogh

Duration : approx. 152 min.

Tickets : free

Director . NA

Saturday 28th April at 15.00

Frida

Duration : approx. 123 min.

Tickets : free

Director . NA

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


Friday 27th April at 19.30

Horror Special !

A selection of 5 short movies

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


OTHERS

From Monday 9th April to Sunday 6th May

Summer Express

Theatre, film making, visual art, cooking, car mechanic and rangoli workshops for kids.

Detailed programme on the website; enquiries to aha.rangashankara@gmail.com (Registration from 10th March)

Ranga Shankara, 36/2 23rd Main, 8th Cross, JP Nagar 2nd phase (next to post office). Tel. 2659 2777. www.rangashankara.org


Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April from 10.00 to 17.00

A Cartoon Workshop

Workshops, lectures and demonstrations by senior cartoonists

Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540


Sunday 22nd April at 17.30

Mysore Palace : The Making of a Monument

A lecture by Mr RG Singh of Ramsons Kala Pratishatana, Mysore

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


FOR THE TRAVELLERS …

Till Saturday 28th April

Avega - The Passion

A solo show by Pushpamala N

Nature Morte, A-1 Neeti Bagh, New Delhi, Tel.: 011 4174 0215


STILL TIME TO SEE …

Till Saturday 21st April

Best of Ranga

A selection of 70 autographed caricatures by NK Ranganathan

Indian Cartoon Gallery, no 1 Milford House, Milford Garden, off MG Road, Near Big Kid's Kemp, Trinity Circle. Tel. 4175 8540


Till Sunday 22nd April

Selected works

Group exhibitions to show case the 5th anniversary of the gallery

Art Chutney, Taj West End, The Art Corridor, 25 Race Course Road, www.artchutney.com


Till Saturday 28th April

Fireflies … and a paper tiger

Solo show by Paresh Hazra

Right Lines, Five Forty Five, 545 6th Main, 4th Cross, Indiranagar, Tel.: 9886117375


Till Saturday 28th April

The Art of Summer

Group show

Gallery G, Maini Sadan, 7th Cross, 38 Lavelle Road. Tel. 2221 9275.


Till Friday 11th May

Four projects

Orijit Sen - Abhishek Hazra - Sunoj D - Abir Karmakar

Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com