Bengal`s folk theatre highlights strong women

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:07

It`s a women`s world for West Bengal`s jatra, or traditional folk theatre, this season as it gets set to showcase modern women tackle challenges and make their voices heard while retaining their core social values.

Vagina Monologues- When art impacts life

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 12:08

11 years running, `The Vagina Monologues`, still gives voice to the issue of gender inequality

Russia`s Culture Ministry fires Bolshoi chief

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 21:28

The chief of Moscow`s Bolshoi Theatre was fired after months of infighting following an acid attack on its artistic director.

Rupert Grint set for stage debut

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:33

Rupert Grint will reportedly make his stage debut after attending a play reading for Jez Butterworth`s `Mojo`.

Sikh made to leave US movie hall over kirpan

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 12:16

A Sikh couple was forced to leave a movie theatre in California because of wearing kirpan, a move which prompted them to seek an apology from the company - AMC Theatres - which runs the cinema complex.

Theatre the most difficult performing art, says Amitabh Bachchan

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 18:43

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says stage is the most trying and difficult of all performing arts and that it would be wonderful to get back to it.

Actor Ayub Khan-Din takes to stage for Bollywood play

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 17:05

British Pakistani actor-writer Ayub Khan-Din who shot to international fame playing the lead in ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ and ‘Sami & Rosie Get Laid’, is back directing a play about Bollywood called ‘Bunty Berman Presents’.

Theatre akin to investment for comedian Kapil

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 15:21

Popular stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma, who has turned producer with ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’, considers his 12-year theatre experience, when he worked for free, as an investment.

Helen Mirren breaks theatre initiative record

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 08:51

Helen Mirren`s hit West End play `The Audience` has broken theatre-to-cinema records after 110,000 fans checked out her latest performance as Queen Elizabeth II last week.