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Quasar Thakore Padamsee
About the AuthorQuasar Thakore Padamsee
The writer is a Bombay-based theatre-holic. He works for arts management company QTP and is also associated with youth theatre movement Thespo.
    The show created an almost three-dimensional feeling of indoor spaces after the side wings were replaced by LED. Live actors were suddenly in a location rather than in front of one. KoDs follow-up show, Jhumroo, used LED screens in a much more dynamic way.Life
    LED killed the joy of 3D set designing for stage plays

    Indian theatre's LED obsession can be traced back to Zangoora, the show at Kingdom of Dreams (KoD) in Gurgaon.

    21 March 2018 2:09 AM IST

    The anthem has also come in for some severe flak, given its repetitiveness and an absolute lack of clear thought or mission statement.Life
    Let's celebrate that theatre has an Olympics too

    A cursory glance of the schedule, and one realises that the programming is not as international as one hoped.

    21 Feb 2018 3:00 AM IST

    Grand Theatre Lumiere, CannesEntertainment
    Mumbai set to see some exciting plays

    One of the oldest laments of the audience member in our city is When will Mumbai become like Broadway?

    17 Jan 2018 12:38 AM IST

    Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage) became the first opera to be staged at the Opera House in 2017. This ushered in a new era for theatre one that will see many productions that cater to this historic venue.Life
    A brave foot forward

    Now, the Royal Opera House has started to host productions on a large scale and Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir has opened in...

    1 Jan 2018 6:41 AM IST

    The winners of the theatre excellence awardsLife
    Thespo Lifetime Achievement award for Mohan Agashe

    He then took his insights and helped form curriculums for institutions that were dedicated to building a better kind of...

    27 Dec 2017 6:27 AM IST

    There was a time in Indian Theatre where theatre was meant to be political.Life
    Dialling up the drama

    Therefore it is the millennial generation of artists that is saying things that the rest of us should be.

    20 Dec 2017 12:12 AM IST

    This is the eighteenth festival being conducted by Thespo, the youth theatre movement for and by under-25-year-olds.Life
    Importing talent: Theatre makers come to build shows

    Thespo has been an regular importer' of talent from around the world.

    13 Dec 2017 2:45 AM IST

    Shashi KapoorEntertainment
    Shashi Kapoor: The number one theatre fan

    Shashi Kapoor passed away Monday. Leaving the theatre fraternity with a strange feeling.

    7 Dec 2017 1:22 AM IST

    Robert Bowman in Living Pictures Diary of a Madman.Life
    Exploring insanity through the words of a writer, eyes of an actor

    The story of a government servant and how his pursuit for happiness compounded by his alienation drives him mad.

    30 Nov 2017 2:10 AM IST

    A scene from Irish play The Big Fellow. The play is about Michael Collins, the man who help Ireland gain freedom.Life
    The Big Fellow talks about the hero of Ireland's freedom movement

    The UK and Canada have announced special Arts grants for companies that want to collaborate with Indian artists.

    22 Nov 2017 2:43 AM IST

    A scene from The Big Fellow.Life
    Staging words to make them come alive

    In a strange way, that's probably why poetry is slowly regaining popularity.

    15 Nov 2017 2:05 AM IST

    In school we were always told to choose between science and arts. Be it in the classroom, or even after school activities.Life
    Using maths to create some theatrical magic

    That's perhaps why I find it marvellous that two plays about Maths are being staged in the next few days in Bombay.

    8 Nov 2017 12:41 AM IST

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