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As the world celebrates Shakespeare's 400th death anniversary, the BFI, the British Council and Ian McKellen unveiled BFI Present Shakespeare on Film in India.  To launch Shakespeare on Film series in India, a collection of films inspired by acts of Shakespeare, award-winning actor and writer Sir Ian McKellen came to Mumbai to present and discuss Shakespeare on Film, in collaboration with Mumbai Academy of Moving Image Film Club & the National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai.   The British Film Institute (BFI) was founded in 1933. It is a charity governed by a Royal Charter. They combine cultural, creative and industrial roles, bringing together the BFI National Archive and BFI Reuben Library, film distribution, exhibition and education at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, publishing and festivals.  Read More

A Terrorist Hanged  is a theatre performance that deals with colonisation of the mind and vision through which the subaltern views the societal injustice. A village yokel, Jagannath whose thought process and actions are often obscure to common reason. Had he been judged or harassed less or even shown some empathy or attention, he would have had a very different story to tell. But when he clashes with Nando, a fellow villager of similar background, they mirror each other’s plight seen thrpough different angles. Whether it’s Manoroma’s affection or Nalini’s lust, Samar Das’ whiplashes or Nando’s call to agitate, Jagannath never rises to the occasion. Yet, in the end, he is tried as a revolutionary by the British court Coward as he was, why did Jagai finally accept the noose with a smile on his face?Read More

Beyond the Bubble is a fun-filled, mischievous and action packed story for all ages. It addresses the burning issues of our times – attitudes towards gender in our country, unplanned urbanisation and its effect on the environment, and the way we respond to disaster. Tongue in cheek, Beyond the Bubble provokes the next generation to tackle the problems the present generation is busy doing nothing about.Read More

Free Entry - Film Screenings & Storytelling sessions For folks of all ages. Children and Adults Come on!Read More

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Edward Albee wrote The Zoo Story in 1958. Rejected by New York producers, the play premiered in West Berlin in 1959 and subsequently in the US in an Off-Broadway production in 1960. Since then,it has been a perennial favourite with theatre companies and has been performed throughout the world. Albee had always felt that Peter’s character was not etched enough and so, forty years later in 2004 he added an Act One in which we see Peter and his wife. So was born At Home At The Zoo.Read More

A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than pure sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is not what it seems with his object of desire. Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak (Baghdad Wedding), Love, Bombs & Apples is the comic tale of three men, each from different parts of the globe, all experiencing a moment of revelation. Read More

Come spend it with us, b. The Bawd 'N Verse - a 2 hour lec dem cum workshop by Deesh Mariwala that brings out the naughty fun in Shakespeare's writing.  This program is free but for 18 years and above only! 23rd April, 4 pm - 6 pm Lumbini, Jagriti 24th April, 11:30 pm - 1:30 pm Rangoli Art Centre, MG Road  To register, please write to contact@jagrititheatre.comRead More

The Cockroach Collector is a dark and witty play woven around three people of a doomed household; the mother referred to as Ma and her two daughters, Alka and Mano. Mano is the cockroach collector. Amit, Alka's beau, tries his best to enter the fabric of the family by dealing with the mother's quirky ways and forcing himself into cockroach-friendly gestures that are very much against his own nature. As the mystery of why Mano collects cockroaches slowly unravels, Amit is bewildered at first and then aghast. On the face of it, this is a story of a seriously dysfunctional family. But it is also essentially the story of a dysfunctional world, where horrendous violence and inhuman acts can exist in the crevices of ordinary life.Read More

"Dreamers” pulls us into the lives of Maddy and Sid as they clunkily, selfishly, and naively navigate the terms of their young marriage. Amidst loan sharks, ambition, and toxic masculinity Sid and Maddy are every Indian couple – behind closed doors. Peer into the Looking Glass of “Dreamers” and you might just see yourself.Read More