The Other side of History - Tribute to BadalSircar
Play | English

BakiItihas, BadalSircar's ruthless interrogation of the Sixties, of the dreary middle-class obsessions with owning a home, making a career and getting promotions, combined with the numbing apathy towards monstrously transformational global events ? both historical and contemporary - find a surprising resonance in our own times. Written in 1965, echoing the Angry Young voices of Europe which were disgusted with war and the impersonal and mindless violence it brings, The Other Side of History was a call to conscience. 

In the light of the thwarted Arab spring, our own frustration with callous and corrupt governance and a terrifying globalisation, The Other Side of History addresses the Indian middle-class that struggles with the same old obsessions, inane and bored, scared to read the writing on the wall. 

Tickets: Rs.100 & 150

The Bald Soparano
Play | English

The Bald Soprano is a hilarious "anti-play' that has been running non-stop, every night at the Théâtre de La Huchette in Paris, an indication of the perennial popularity of Eugene Ionesco's first play. 

A comedy in the Absurd Theatre tradition, The Bald Soprano is a work of art that has it's origins in an English language primer. Enthused by the humour and idiocy of lines such as "My tailor is rich" or the artlessness of "The ceiling is above, the floor is below", Eugene Ionesco wrote in opposition to the safe "salon" comedies of the time. Inspired by Dadaist artists such as Tristan Tzara, Ionesco was similarly anti-war, anti-bourgeois and anarchist in manner and tone. 

Tickets: Rs.150

Keenaav Presents Good Grief
Play | English

Ever felt your therapist was more messed up than you? What drives needy and unstable characters to become counselors? In Good Grief, a man with a tragedy-scarred past falls into the clutches of self-absorbed volunteer counselor Evelyn Barge who hijacks the therapy session to pursue her own psycho-sexual agenda. Both Evelyn and her client undergo radical transformations during the process but the results and revelations are not what anyone expects. Textbook Counselling 101? Imagine the opposite. 

Cast: Radhika Kochhar and Vineet Nair

Tickets: Rs.100

Shaalbhanjike
Play | Kannada

PW: K N Ganeshaaiah/ S R Girish

Dir: Archana Shyam

Troupe: Antaranga, Bengaluru  

Tickets: Rs.50

Susmitha & Nestlings
Play | English

This play is specially designed for children above 5 years. 

This play goes into for different world (Aquatics, Reptiles, birds & mammals), this play is specially designed for kids above 5 years. this is a platform for kids to learn about nature's complications, 

Susmitha & Nestlings is a vibrant, entertaining, and fun family play that carries with it a positive message of community building and cultural diversity. 

For the first time in India STL has adopted mime, Clowning, Magic and Ballet into the talky stage play. Influenced by the silent film stars like Chaplin, and Keaton, Marceau was the architect of a totally new style and tradition, the true creator and master of modern mime as we understand it today.

Tickets: Rs.75

Gangavatharana
Play | Kannada

The play "Gangavatharana" broadly based on Dr. D.R.Bendre's life and works, is written and directed by Sri. Rajendra Karanth, a well known play Wright & actor. Enacted by college student theatre forum "Rangasourabha", the play suggests that the human world today is beset with so many evils that one Bhaghiratha and one Ganga would not be able to rid the world of its plethora of evils.

Tickets: Rs.70

Sanje Haadu
Play | Kannada

"Sanje Haadu" is a social play written in the year 1989 by Mr. Rajendra Karanth. It revolves around 3 characters. Sadashivrao who is lonely after the demise of his wife as his only son, Chandrashekar, is busy making a career for himself in Bangalore. Sujayeendra Theertha comes to Sadashivrao's house as a paying guest since he gets an appointment in the local bank. The story begins to unfold as Sadashivrao starts feeling Sujayeendra as his son. Although the play was written in 1989, it is still very much relevant in today's societal scenario.

Tickets: Rs.50