Event Collections

Chhapra Ke Deewaney, an original production by Theatrenama written and directed by Priyanshu Mishra, is a vibrant Hindi comedy that brings the charm, chaos, and humour of small-town India to the stage. The story begins with a simple marriage proposal, but soon turns into delightful madness when several hopeful grooms from different places arrive to win the girl’s hand, each trying their own clever tricks and dramatic strategies to impress her and her family. Packed with lively characters, sharp humour, and relatable moments, Chhapra Ke Deewaney promises a laughter-filled theatrical experience suitable for all age groups,  a true comedy riot that will keep the audience entertained from start to finishRead More

Refuge is the personal musical project of Bangalore-based pianist Aman Mahajan, paying homage to inner journeys, and exploring an ever-evolving sense of home. Founded in 2013, the project serves as Mahajan’s musical compass and creative laboratory. Moving fluidly through composition and improvisation, Refuge is inspired by personal experiences, themes from Buddhist philosophy, and deep musical explorations through jazz, Indian music, folk, and rhythms from around the world. At Jagriti Theatre, the music will be performed as a piano-drum duo by Aman Mahajan and Rohit PS. Through pieces like The Ten Thousand Questions, Beginningless, Leifmotif, Berceuse and Sitaphalmandi, the audience is invited into a world of inner reflection.Read More

The mind seeks familiarity over newness, and family becomes our first place of comfort and safety. But what if this familiarity is shaped by pain? What if the same patterns repeat in every relationship, mistaken for security? Science says genes and cells never truly die, they live on through generations. But what if, beyond biology, it is the social structure that shapes us? This is a story of generations, of long-suppressed truths, of wounds conceived as love. Come, let’s bid a farewell to all the dramas and traumas inherited, carried forward, and lived through generations.Read More

A Voice of Resistance. A Mirror to Power. A Question to the Present. Sharmishtha is not just a character from mythology, she is a woman who refuses to be silenced, even centuries later. Strong-willed, deeply aware, and rooted in the present, Sharmishthe questions the desires, delusions, and decisions of the men around her, Yayati and Puru, in a world shaped by power, patriarchy, and the obsession with eternal youth. At the heart of the play is a timeless conflict: the hunger for immortality, the politics of possession, and the cost of unchecked ambition. Long before such ideas made global headlines, Sharmishthe lived them. A princess turned servant, a mother, a silent witness, and a fierce challenger,  her journey is one of inner strength and relentless truth. As the myth unfolds, we see Yayati, cursed with old age, bargain with his son Puru to trade his years for youth. What seems like myth slowly reveals itself as a painful metaphor,  of privilege handed down, of generations burdened by the unhealed desires of their elders. And standing at the centre is Sharmishthe, who sees through it all. This play reimagines ancient events through Sharmishtha’s eyes. Through her voice, the past meets the present. She doesn’t merely retell the story,  she interrogates it. She confronts Yayati’s delusion, questions Puru’s burden, and holds a mirror up to a world that still believes nature is something to be consumed, controlled, and inherited. Sharmishthe time and again reminds both Yayati and Puru, that the transition they experience is only a dilution and they remain in multi verse, a higher dimension of time and space. Sharmishthe living in presence, convincingly brings back Yayati and Puru from dilution to their senses - i.e. presence. With myth as metaphor and poetry as protest, Sharmishthe is a call to pause, reflect, and reimagine, not just the stories we tell, but the way we live.Read More

‘Songs of the Seeker’ by The Sadho Project is an immersive music concert inspired by the poetry and philosophy of Saint Kabirdas, the 15th-century mystic poet. Original compositions inspired by Kabirdas' poetry are presented alongside reinterpretations of well known Kabir bhajan's. This is a 90 minute immersive performance that will transport the listener. The music travels from rural soundscapes and folk instruments, to the groove of urban rhythms, blending experimental electronic textures with powerful vocal harmonies. Along the way, everyday objects turn into instruments, and familiar sounds take on entirely new forms. At times meditative and expansive, at times rhythmic and full of energy; the experience moves between stillness and groove, inviting you to listen, feel, and sing along. The Sadho Project is a Bengaluru-based quartet: Vivaswath Rao, Roopini Ravindran, Kusumitha Vasanth, and Aditi Bharatee. The ensemble explores the intersections of Electronic, Indian classical and folk music. The group experiments with sound and genre while staying rooted in India’s cultural and musical heritage, creating performances that are both intellectually engaging and emotionally resonant.Read More

‘Draupadi’s Mahabharata … the epic that began with her’ is an Odissi dance production that retells the epic through the eyes of Draupadi, woman, queen, witness, and conscience of the Mahabharata. From the fire of her birth to the silence after the Kurukshetra war, the narrative unfolds through her lived experience, connecting personal anguish with the larger destiny of the epic. The production traces defining moments, Draupadi’s swayamvara, the dice game, her humiliation in the Kuru court, the devastating war, and its aftermath, as a continuous moral journey reflecting the cost of power, pride, vengeance, and silence. Rooted in the classical grammar of Odissi, the choreography blends lyrical movement with expressive abhinaya and strong theatrical flow. Inspired by Maharishi Vyasa’s Mahabharata, the narrative is enriched with poetic inputs by Ashtavadhani Shri Balachandra Bhat (Sanskrit) & Shri Kedar Mishra (Odia), with music composed by Shri Rupak Kumar Parida & rhythm by Guru Dhaneswar Swain. More than a tale of heroes and villains, Draupadi’s Mahabharata reflects on justice, responsibility, the human cost of war, and the enduring questions of dharma.Read More

This is the story of Claudia Faith Draper, an upper middle class Caucasian woman who was expected to lead a ‘dignified’ life. She was not supposed to become a call girl, let alone become ‘that’ call girl who killed one of her clients and is now accused of first degree manslaughter. The forces at large which ironically also includes her own mother and step-father have used their powers to ensure she is declared criminally insane and spends the rest of her life at Bellevue Medical Hospital- an institute for the criminally insane. As is her right, she challenges this verdict and thus begins the play, “NUTS.”Read More

Through the ancient grace of Odissi and the crystalline grandeur of opera, ‘Rhythms of Life’ traces the journey of life through the five elements, the blossoming of the human spirit, and the eternal love and longing of mythological characters. The opera moves from the rich textures of Arabic compositions to the luminous poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, traversing cultures and centuries to reveal how vast and borderless this art form truly is. CPPA's home productions, in Indian creative and contemporary dance, hold two truths at once: the inward journey of the child within, and the outward reckoning of a woman in a world marked by conflict. ‘The Child Within’ explores that first, and most unguarded self, who over time begins to carry the weight of fracture and loss, until learning to sit with that child again, with tenderness, becomes the quiet work of a lifetime. ‘She Exists’ unfolds the journey of a woman through conflict, one marked by endurance and survival that is not silence, who, in the midst of everything, still insists on her own existence. Woven into both pieces are the real voices of children and women CPPA has worked with, reminding us that these lives deserve to be witnessed. Through Bharatanatyam, the evening revisits characters whose stories have outlasted generations. ‘Rhythms of Life’ is a reminder that when movements and music speak together, they become what humanity has always needed: a language of empathy, healing, and shared existence. Performers: Aastha Mohapatra | Baisali Mohanty | Rinjini Mitra Guest Performer: Raksha KarthikRead More

Set Inside a burning hot sauna bath. What starts as casual conversation soon turns into a deadly game of wit, ego, and power. As the heat rises, masks fall. Every word becomes a challenge, every pause a threat.Read More

Federico García Lorca’s final masterpiece, The House of Bernarda Alba, was completed on June 19, 1936, just two months before he was assassinated by Nationalist forces at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In the wake of her second husband's death, the formidable Bernarda Alba declares an eight-year mourning period, sealing her household in silence and shadows. But - she has five unmarried daughters whom she has raised under strict control and who have now been barred from going outside or to have any relationships with men. But repression has its consequences, and within the suffocating walls of the house, desire, jealousy, and defiance begin to simmer. Though originally a portrait of women’s lives in rural Spain, this production shows that the more things change, the more they stand still.Read More