Event Collections

“Show of hands - how many of you here know the Mahabharata?” A story-teller performing Kattai Koothu (Tamil theatre) welcomes the audience in what is scheduled to be an 8-hour Kattai Koothu performance of ‘Aravan’s Sacrifice’ from The Mahabharata but something happens – someone unexpected interrupts the story-teller’s introduction. Read More

It might surprise many that music rooted in the blues finds expression in India. It’s even more surprising perhaps that the flag bearers on the blues in India come not from its sprawling metros but from a small north eastern city called Shillong.Read More

Upendra Nath Ashk was the first Hindi dramatist to receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He was appointed by All India Radio (AIR) as a playwright and Hindi advisor in 1941 where Saadat Hasan Manto was already working in the Urdu service.Read More

Mondays are Best for Flying out of Windows is inspired by the stories of Daniil Kharms (1905-1942), an early Soviet era absurdist poet, writer and dramatist. Kharms was often incarcerated by the Stalinist regime for his unconventional and rebellious ways. His adult literature was not published during his lifetime and he was confined to writing for children. He is said to have starved to an anonymous death in the psychiatric ward of a Soviet hospital after his arrest in 1942.  Read More

Gravitas. Respect. Heck, just some quiet, even!  For music audiences and performers alike, Bangalore doesn't have too much to offer in the way of these 'basics', eh? Well, scratch that. Beginning with a music festival last year, the Jagriti Theatre (one of the city's premier locations for serious dramatic events) is now on the map for music. Huzzah! Now there's a formal, dedicated space (no F&B, no yakety-yak, just a focused, listening audience) for music.Read More

"Guilt" is a story of coping with grief and betrayal. It's the story of a boy, Kishore, and his sister in law, Pooja, who is eight years older than him. Pooja is set to marry Kishore's brother, Nitin, and grows very close to Kishore who feels comfortable to confide an intimate secret about himself to her.Read More

A solemn prayer at the crack of dawn gives way to a vibrant morning melody to reflect the sun's warm glow. As the day warms up, an intense excitement builds, the music waiting to celebrate another day.Read More

Manthana is a Sanskrit term used to depict the act of churning. When prefixed with Mano, it becomes the stirring of and within the mind; an intense, and concentrated movement of thought that upon reaching a crescendo yields the object of desire. Through this inner debate, the protagonist delves into her deepest emotions, churning them with a manic passion that will ultimately lead to ONE answer that will quell all questions.Read More

Jazz standards, jazz vocalese, original music and much more, UNK has been performing all over India and abroad for the past 10 years. Read More

A Judgement Error??" , an English translation of a Bengali script written by Sri Nirup Mitra, is set in the context of a nursing home and builds on a surgery which is debated on its merit and judgement, opening up the medical profession for deep introspection.Read More