eNatya Chaupal: a unique web hangout; Interview with Jim Sarbh; Ila Arun's NAMASTE at St. Andrews and other theatre updates‏

eNatya Chaupal: a unique web hangout; Interview with Jim Sarbh; Ila Arun's NAMASTE at St. Andrews and other theatre updates‏

Dear Readers, We are pleased to announce the launch of eNatya Chaupal, our new e-initiative for theatre in collaboration withAstitva. eNatya Chaupal will be a unique web hangout that will host play readings, talks and discussions related to theatre. Our first �chaupal� will take place on June 15 and will feature the Sahitya Akademi award-winning Indian English playwright-director Mahesh Dattani. Speaking to him will be Jehan Manekshaw, the founder and director of Theatre Professionals and of the Drama School Mumbai (DSM). Jehan Manekshaw will be engaging Mahesh Dattani in a conversation about his plays and his recent book 'Me and My Plays'. If you are interested in participating in the discussion post the conversation, you can send us a request with a few lines about yourself to bhavik@mumbaitheatreguide.com. Since we can accommodate only a limited number of participants, we will let you know if you have been selected. Please send in your request by June 12 and do mention your contact number/s. Other highlights this week include an interview with Jim Sarbh. Jim has been involved with theatre in Mumbai since the past few years. Two classics- Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN (directed by Alyque Padamsee) and Tennessee Williams' THE GLASS MENAGERIE (directed by Rajit Kapur) have given Jim the big ticket and he is indeed, one of the most talented actors in English theatre in Mumbai today. He has recently devised a children's production called EAT! with co-actors Ratnabali Bhattacharjee and Suhaas Ahuja and is now making his directorial debut with Mike Bartlett's award-winning play BULL. The play opens at the Tarq art gallery in Colaba on June 6. Vikram Phukan speaks to Jim Sarbh about BULL and his tryst with theatre in Mumbai. Upcoming plays for children at Prithvi's Summertime festival include HEROSE WEROSE, which will also be staged at AHA! � the international children�s festival at Rangashankara in Bangalore in July. Ujwala Karmakar reviews REVISITING THE EPICS, a production which opened a couple of weeks ago in Mumbai. Writers' Bloc has extended its deadline for submitting plays to June 25. This is a very good opportunity for those who are serious about playwriting and who wish to develop and stage their plays. KING LEAR will be screened at the NCPA on Monday, June 9. The production has been directed by Sam Mendesand the theatre screening is part of the NCPA and the UK's National Theatre (NT) Live programme. Cheers, Deepa Punjani Editor, Mumbai Theatre Guide For any queries, suggestions, feedback, please mail us at: response@mumbaitheatreguide.com or at deepa.punjani@gmail.com or simply call us at: 91.22.40169979/80/81, 91.9223251148 If you are interested in featuring your Theatre Group on our site, please let us know. We would like to give our readers access to all the information that they may want vis-a-vis the Mumbai theatre scene.

BULL (English): Three employees wait for their boss Carter to arrive. He will make a decision. Two will stay; one will go... MAGIC IF! AS JADOO CHAL GAYA (Hindi): Chulbul Pandey, the protagonist is a young boy of 12-13 years of age. He is addicted to gadgets, and is surrounded by social media... BAAP KA BAAP (English): BAAP KA BAAP is about Jawan (Asrani), a doting father who raises his son Bacha (Naveen Bawa) single-handedly, sacrificing his own needs of companionship and love... CHINTA CHHOD CHINTAMANI (Hindi): It is the story of a family where the father thinks his progenies are standing at the threshold of total ruination... PAPPA NO PROBLEM(Gujarati): What happens when education becomes business, a moneymaking enterprise? Are parents caught in the web of coaching classes... KARL MARX IN KALBADEVI (Gujarati): This quirkily titled play combines hard hitting information with humor, sharp politics and sheer delight, with the Gujarati manifesto... EKA LAGNACHI GOSHT (Marathi): The play derives its plot from the pre-nuptial and post-nuptial episodes that take place in the life of a couple... AMHI SAU. KUMUD PRABHAKAR APTE (Marathi): The happily married life of Kumud Apte is shattered when her husband Prabhakar Apte dies of a heart attack. The grief-stricken widow...

REVISITING THE EPICS (English): It would have certainly been engrossing, if more complex episodes had been chosen. The epics are replete with episodes which are not fully explored and open to interpretation even today... Jim Sarbh: Stories are stories. If it speaks to me, it speaks to me. Just now I live in Bombay and want to tell the stories in English, but who knows where I will live next year and what language I'll be trying to learn? If an Indian writer throws an English script at me... http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/workshop/ eNatya Chaupal...a unique web hangout for all those who love and enjoy theatre... NCPA-NT Live presents theatre screening of Shakespeare's KING LEAR... Theatre group Rage in collaboration with the Royal Court Theatre invites entries for Writers' Block 4...A unique opportunity to participate in a residency/festival for playwrights... "A ground plan is important in terms of its rigor. If your plan is soggy and weak, your production will be soggy and weak." - David Hays mumbaitheatreguide.com 222, Kuber Complex, Opp. SAB TV, New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400053. INDIA.  Tel No: 91.22.40169979/80/81 Email: response@mumbaitheatreguide.com