Shernaz patel biography of william shakespeare
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Few structures vie for our attention as we man our way through the narrow bylanes of Breach Candy in southern Mumbai. But none stand out like the royal mansion of the pre-Independence era, now known as Sophia College for Women. The stage at the college is a scene of chaotic noggrannhet, the lights get checked one bygd one and the workers apply finishing touches to the foreground elements. The co-founders of Rage Productions, Rajit Kapur, Shernaz Patel and Rahul da Cunha make time for this interaction with few hours to spare, in the run-up to an evening show of their popular play, The Siddhus of Upper Juhu. Founded in , this Mumbai-based theatre company has entertained audiences in the US, UK, Dubai, Germany, etc. This, while adding productions of plays such as Class of ’84, Pune Highway, 12 Angry Jurors, Flowers, I’m Not Bajirao to their repertoire. Each one of the founding members is a star in their own right. Born to the first family of Par • Performing Arts Friday, 8th March National Gallery of Modern Art, Sir Cowasji Jahangir Public Hall, M. G. Road, Fort, Mumbai - All the world is a stage, famously said Shakespeare, and women are an integral presence on it. In Mumbai, India’s film hub, theatre has a lasting legacy that permeates its atmosphere and forms the very bedrock of the city’s rich entertainment legacy. How have women on stage -and off- contributed to enriching and enlivening this burgeoning thespian culture in the city and develop stagecraft to what it is today? In celebration of Women’s Day , NGMA Mumbai and Ministry of Culture, Government of India and Avid Learning present a panel discussion which will take a closer look at the Thespian history and legacy of the city with a focus on the women of theatre in Bombay. Theatre Director and Current Director, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi Amal Allana, Stage Actor and c • Some Mumbai productions of the previous decade stand out. Shernaz Patel and Akash Khurana in Blackbird, Vikram Kapadia’s well-captured story of life in a housing society during the Mumbai riots, Black with Equal or the Shiamak Davar produced, extremely dark play, Bombay Black (What is with Black and Bombay?!). By contrast the Saurabh Shukla starrer ‘Two to Tango, Three to Jive’ at the Old World Festival paled. And Vikram Kapadia’s Evening of Monologues capturing rather cliched images of Mumbai and was also not up to his usual standard. Both productions suffered from the new malaise —the urge to create a new short form for people from different parts of India. Numerous TV serials, theatre scripts and films now ‘celebrate’ small town characters, often lampooning them in the process. On the flipside, three recent Mumbai productions that travelled to Delhi exemplified the best of Mumbai theatre, capturing in a real way the myriad voices of the metropolis. QTP’s production Khatijabai of Multipolis Mumbai: Women and Theatre in the City
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