Event Collections

Yayati is Girish Karnad’s first play that immediately established his ability to turn an epic story into an exciting dramatic experience. In this play, King Yayati’s story from the Mahabharata becomes a roller coaster ride of events, sparked off by one sexual encounter. Set against a background of lust, jealousy and social prejudice, six strong characters fight to assert their own rights.Read More

Synopsis: In a bustling city of flyovers, lights, and smells, the play zooms into a little house, to the lives of a father, a mother, and their daughter. A family of three, they have everything they need. A seemingly perfect unit. Until the father loses his job, the daughter starts to grow up, and the mother sees her world changing. Equilibrium is disturbed. Their ideals are challenged by their subconscious biases. They must make choices, and someone will get left behind.  Read More

If there was ever a place close to Home, where you were likely to meet all kinds of people - from Snake Charmers and Monkey Trainers to Charming Snakes and Trained "Monkeys", it is Malgudi. Populated by stalwarts like The Excessively Talkative Man and The Budding Cricket Talent of 6th Form from Albert Mission, Swaminathan himself, Malgudi is clearly not just another town. Read More

This retelling of the Panchatantra is an exciting new exploration of the classic Panchatantra stories - the Blue Jackal, The Monkey and the Crocodile and The Monkey and the Wedge. Filled with shadow play, music, storytelling and physical theatre, this show will definitely excite you to revisit these stories if you have grown up reading them and is a great way to introduce children to the wonderful tales and characters of the Panchatantra.  Read More

Swartaal is a four-day festival of music, dance and lecture demonstrations bringing together the Whitefield community. Each evening there will be performances by professional artistes. The matinee shows over the weekend will include performances by young performers from the Whitefield area who have been selected by a Jury panel. The Swartaal Festival is presented by Jagriti Theatre and Whitefield Rising. Ticket Prices: Matinee Kids Show (Saturday and Sunday) – INR 240/- Evening Show (Thursday to Sunday) – INR 400/-Read More

Stories are everywhere - whispering through the air, tinkering in corners, laughing in expanses, chronicling in reverberations and struggling in silences. Stories can fill us, mould us and empty us if we’re able to listen. Read More

They are everywhere. Sprung up like mushrooms. Tall, squat, spacious, tiny. Worlds unto themselves. Apartment blocks, of course! Societal Woes is about people in an apartment block. You know them well. They will make you laugh, squirm, retch and want to run away! But you can't. Because when you reach home they will be there - in the garden, in the lift, in the kid's playground. They just won't go away!  Read More

Half Breed is a semi-autobiographical comic drama about finding your voice, written and performed by the exciting new British talent, Natasha MarshallRead More

Yayati is Girish Karnad’s first play that immediately established his ability to turn an epic story into an exciting dramatic experience. In this play, King Yayati’s story from the Mahabharata becomes a roller coaster ride of events, sparked off by one sexual encounter. Set against a background of lust, jealousy, and racial tension, six strong characters fight to assert their own rights.Read More

“Fantasy for Two” is a one piano four hands western classical concert by two experienced Concert pianists from Belarus Natallia K Kapylova and  Liudmila Alizarchyk. They have got together to present an unusual programme ranging from Romantic composers like Schubert & Debussy, Brahms & the Russian Tchaikovsky to Piazzolla, the 20th Century Argentine tangos composer, whose creations will liven up the evening.Read More