Event Collections

A 90 minute concert presentation – Moonarra takes you on an Indo jazz journey of distinct original and reimagined pieces, combining elements of rhythm, melody and harmony with Jazz and Indian Classical influences. Each piece is like a mini orchestral story moving from serenity to tension and finally resolution. The musicians perform interacting with each other through creative improvisation and unique solos.Read More

12 Angry Men is a Hindi adaptation of Reginald Rose's acclaimed 1954 teleplay. Set in India, the story unfolds inside a jury room where twelve citizens must determine the fate of a 19-year-old boy from a slum, accused of murdering his father. What appears to be an open-and-shut case is challenged by a single juror who refuses to rush to judgment. As he questions the evidence, the other eleven jurors are compelled to confront their own assumptions, biases, and beliefs. A gripping exploration of justice, prejudice, and human nature, 12 Angry Men holds a mirror to society, revealing the many shades of humanity that exist within us all. Timeless, thought-provoking, and deeply relevant, the play remains as powerful today as ever.Read More

Confessions from a Mental Asylum follows the raw, unsettling, and darkly humorous journey of Maverick, a man whose only crime is refusing to live a life shaped by monotony and social conditioning. An absurdist soul with an instinctive intolerance for pretense, Maverick navigates the world with a brutal, unfiltered honesty that society cannot or will not  tolerate. His refusal to conform becomes the very reason he is branded “unstable” and confined to a mental asylum (There are other reasons too that will be revealed in the play). Inside the asylum’s walls, Maverick encounters a world that is ironically far more absurd than he is. Through fragmented memories, surreal conversations, and sharply honest monologues, he unravels the thin line between sanity and insanity. The institution meant“fix” him becomes a mirror reflecting society’s fear of truth, individuality, and unpredictability. The play blends absurdism, introspection, and dark wit, immersing the audience in Maverick’s confessions, sometimes chaotic, sometimes painfully clear. Confessions from a Mental Asylum challenges the audience to question the conventional sought of expression in communication to society and ourselves, should they be re-evaluated or their existence is a Burden.Read More

Parsai is set in a sharply absurd, darkly comic world inspired by the biting satire of Harishankar Parsai, a world where logic bends before bureaucracy, truth depends on paperwork, and humanity struggles beneath the weight of systems it created itself.Read More

A comical satire Set in the pre-Independence Banaras, where the Viceroy of India is supposed to come, the magistrate is at a loss as to how to make the city clean for the visit. At the same time, the people of Banaras are calling for a strike in protest of the viceroy's arrival. The magistrate gets hold of the priest Moteram who decides to go on hunger-strike to stop the city's people from going ahead with the strike. This has been translated from the famous original Hindi story called "Satyagrah" written by Munshi Premchand. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century.Read More

Jo Dooba So Paar throws light on the human that Ameer Khusrau was, his relationship with his Guru Nizamuddin Auliya and the advent of Qawwali through them. The interesting anecdotes and tales woven in a Daastaan accompanied with live Qawwali singing give insight about the essence of Sufism and the importance of the eternally relevant message of love among humankind.Read More

Tax Free is the journey of four men who are visually impaired and meet at a blind Men's club. They combat the tragedy that has fallen upon them with comedy as none of them were born with visual impairment. Hilarious incidents occur as they navigate through each other's pranks in the club.Read More

Yogi vs Bhogi is a free adaptation of the 7th-century play, Bhagavadajjukam (Sanskrit, ‘bhagavat’ - hermit; ‘ajjuka’ - harlot), also known in English as The Ascetic and The Courtesan. One of the oldest surviving plays in Sanskrit literature, it is a fine example of a `prahasana`, or farce. Layered in witty exchanges about dharma, it is centered around the transmigration of souls between the two titular characters leading to confusion and chaos for the supporting characters who have no answer to the absurdity of it all. Through this retelling in English, Mahesh Dattani, plays around with the idea of gender: its expression, perception, spectrum and the exploration of what one truly is with a confrontation of stereotypes using humour and catharsis. Infused with Yakshagana, the play comes alive when the classic Sanskrit text and the physicality of theatre gels seamlessly with the traditional dance theatre form from coastal Karnataka.Read More

The Fretternity was born in 2025, when founders Mark Silgardo and RJT—seasoned musicians with a history of performing both independently and together—came together to create something distinctive. The opportunity arose when a friend invited Mark to curate a performance at a community space, sparking the idea to craft a set built around songs that had deeply influenced them over the years.Read More

Inspired by T. S. Eliot’s groundbreaking poem The Waste Land, this powerful German production brings the text to life through a striking blend of performance, sound, and visual imagery. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, The Waste Land reflects a world that feels unsettled and empty. The poem moves through a series of voices and images that capture this sense of uncertainty, revealing both the disorientation of the time and its emotional undercurrents. At the centre of the performance is a solitary actor who moves through these shifting voices, accompanied by a live, evolving soundscape. Using simple materials like steel and plaster, the stage becomes an active space. Sounds are created live: scraping, striking, resonating, turning the stage into both instrument and environment. As layers are broken open, new images and associations surface, inviting the audience to piece together their own experience of the work. This production offers a distinct interpretation of the poem; through layers, changing perspectives, and moments that allow for personal interpretation.Read More