1. art and entertainment
2. theatre

programme
calendar
march 2015
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25th Wed |7:30pm
6th Annual Sangeet Nritya Utsav’ 2015
presents Mohan Veena recital by Poly
Varghese, disciple of Pt. Vishwa Mohan
Bhatt Collab. India World Cultural Forum
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14th Sat | 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Caferati @ Epicentre- The Open Mike Series. Perform your
own work, in any of the languages of the National Capital
Region. Poetry, fiction, diatribes, songs, it's all good. You
get two minutes, and the microphone; the rest is up to you.
Moderator: Nicky Chandam. Please contact the Programme Desk
for more details
11th Wed |7:30pm
Divyarpanam - Surrender to the Divine An
offering to the Divine through Dance in
Bharatanatyam Margam by Radhika Shetty
dance
7&8,20-22 A
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music
Programme at a glance
26th Thu |7:30pm
IWCF 6th Annual Sangeet Nritya Utsav' 2015 presents
Bhartanatyam recital by Kanaka Sudhakar, disciple of
VP & Shanta Dhananjayans, Adashivam and Kalanidhi
Narayanan & troupe Collab. India World Cultural Forum
music
2nd Mon |7:30pm
Sabrang Holi Sangeet Samaroh - Vocal
recital by Snehlata Mishra, disciple of
Girija Devi & Pt. Bhola Nath Mishra.
Followed by vocal recital by Mahesh
Lal Hal, disciple of Pt. Kameshwar
30th Mon |7:00pm
Fusion In Motion, an evening of various dance forms
including Classical, Semi- Classical and Western by
the students Collab. Suryansh Kala Vatika
3rd Tue |7:00pm
Sham-e-Ghazal - Ghazals & Sufi music
by Shehzada-e-ghazal Jazim Sharma
Collab. Sur Sarita
12 Thu |7:30pm
Old Melodies of K.L. Sehgal, an evening of music by
eminent artists of NCR. Collab. Global Cultural
Foundation
18th Wed |7:30pm
Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by Pt.Geetesh
Mishra, disciple of Pt. Mahesh Prasad Mishra. Collab.
Pt Mahesh Prasad Mishra Cultural Foundation
19th Thu |7:30pm
An evening of Sitar recital by Suhail
Saeed Khan, accompanied by Babar
Latif Khan on Tabla
20th Fri |7:30pm
'Katha'.....the chronicles of life, an instrumental
ballad depicted by a mono dance act. The
unspoken tales of women's erratic emotions.
The sound and dancescape,
like the wider cultural ethos of the subcontinent is all about assimilation,
renovation and confluence of diverse influences. Its beauty and grace goes
far beyond the narrow aspects of the particular culture or spiritual faith.
Prod. Impulse Artists. Arunangshu Chaudhury (multi percussion),
Archana Singh (Kathak Dance) & Sujoy Chakravarty (Keys).
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All non ticketed events have only 312 seats on first come first seated basis.
theatre
Programme schedule is subject to change / cancellation.
Please call Epicentre at 91 124 2715200 or
visit www.epicentre.co.in to seek information on any last minute changes.
theatre
Pathak. Accompanists: Kaushik Mitra(Harmonium), Jay
Shankar Mishra & Dinesh Mauar(Tabla)
7th Sat | 6:00pm & 8:00pm
Barefoot In The Park (Eng/90mins) Dir.
Divya Arora. Neil Simon's classic
romantic comedy Barefoot in the Park,
looks into the lives of a young,
newlywed couple just back from their
honeymoon and learning how to live together as a couple. While at
first infatuated, they soon learn that marriage is perhaps not all that it
is cracked up to be. Hilarity and conflict soon ensues, all leading
toward a touching happy ending. Tickets at Rs. 700, 550 & 400
available at the venue. Suitable for 16 years & above.
8th Sun | 6:30pm
Stand Up Comedy|Gurgaon's Funniest Day of the
month, International Special (Eng/60mins)
International Comedians. Kristel Zweers &
Bob Maclaren. Tickets at Rs.500 available at the venue. Suitable
for 18 years & above.
8th Sun | 8:00pm
Stand Up Comedy|Radhika Vaz: May I Speak? (Eng/60mins)
Comedian. Radhika Vaz. On the occasion of
International Women's Day, the irreverent performer
brings you her brand of honesty on a host of topics ranging
from first time sex to her morbid interest in cosmetic
surgery. By skewering the traditions, injustices and plain
old double standards we are all forced to confront everyday Vaz is
the first to admit that while the truth hurts laughing at it will
eventually set you free. Tickets at Rs. 500 available at the
venue. Suitable for 18 years & above.
14th Sat | 6:30pm
Comedy About The End of the World (Eng/90mins) Dir. &
Prod. Avijit Dutt. It is a farce about a farce, within which
is a further farce…at the edge of town in a house owned
by an ageing Nymphomaniac lives a man who claims to be
Joe Orton, the dead English playwright. They get a new tenant with a shady
past and soon after a man who's been stalking him. The house with the
neglected garden, in an almost Beckett-like setting becomes the zone where
the battle between principled innovators and unscrupulous profiteers rage,
the latter will triumph. In a fresh, unobtrusive way Comedy About the End of
the World deals with the most burning global issue and vividly portrays the
spirit of the times. Tickets at Rs. 300 & Rs. 200 available at the
venue. Suitable for all age group.
15th Sun | 7:30pm
Stand Up Comedy|Naked (Eng/90 mins) by Papa
CJ. Papa CJ will bare all in this autobiographical
account of the Oxford MBA who became a standup comedian. The story of the man who has
performed on a plane, on a train, in a bus, on a
boat, in a police station, in the emergency room of a hospital while
holding the head of a girl getting 32 stitches on it, and even at gunpoint!
This show brings you tales of school, work, love, sex, passion,
heartbreak and hope. The show will definitely make you laugh, will
possibly make you cry and might even change the way you look at your
own life. Tickets at Rs. 500/-available at Insider.in. Suitable for
18 years & above.
27th Fri | 7:30pm
Bonsai Solution (Eng/60mins) Dir. Shantanu Anam
Writ. Aparajit Gupta Prod. Aparajit Gupta
Productions. Flight or fight. Sometimes it feels like the
only real choice in this world. Sometimes it hardly
feels like a choice at all. Dhyan felt like his entire life
had been ruled by this simple instinct and that he had chosen wrongly
every single time. After a monumental meltdown, Dhyan gets sober and
moves to Delhi, to start his life afresh, one last chance to become a man
he's proud to be. But the “voices” in his head aren't done with him. As
the pressure builds, dealing with a megalomaniacal boss, a dying mother
and over-zealous friends, Dhyan struggles to stay sane and sober, clinging
to his last hope: The Bonsai Solution. Tickets at Rs. 300 available at
the venue. Suitable for 15 years & above.
28th Sat | 7:30pm
The Ramayana (Eng/150mins with an
interval) Dir. Gopal Sharman Prod.
Akshara Theatre. Gopal Sharman's
internationally acclaimed theatrical
masterpiece The Ramayana has been
praised the world over for the dramatic intensity of Sharman's script,
which explores the human characters of Rama and Sita, with
reverence, delicacy and insight, through some of the most exquisite
stage writing in modern theatre. Ticket at Rs. 500, 350 & 250
available at the venue. It is suitable for 12 years & above.
29th Sun | 7:30pm
Raag Droh (Hindi/100mins) Dir. Bharti
Sharma Prod. Kshitij Theatre Group.
The play is about Indian ragas which are
losing their classical sheen. It's a satire
on the deterioration and
commercialisation of music industry. Today, even those musicians
who have no knowledge of music are improving on fusion where a
lot of foreigners are learning Indian classical music in its purer form.
Tickets at Rs. 250 & 150 available at the venue.
Suitable for 12 years & above.
March 4,11,18,25
Samit Bhardwaj
shall sing the top Bollywood
numbers while you enjoy
a fine dine experience
at Drift
Ladies Nights*
Complimentary beverages for ladies who
dine with us, all day long, every Wednesday
This FEBRUARY at
Introducing
Saturday Lunch Buffet
`575 per person
art
Also available: Mon - Fri
7th & 8th | 7:30pm
Art Colosseum presents a group show
of paintings Woman’s World by
Anushka-Mukesh and Sarang Singla
Sunday
Wine Brunch
Brunch with unlimited wine ` 900 per person
Brunch ` 800 per person
Government taxes as applicable & service charge extra.
20th – 22nd
Affordable Art Exhibition, a group show of paintings
organised by Hunar Showcasing Art displaying
artworks by Sanjay Soni, Aziz Ullah Tokhi,
Mohammed Ismile, Abdul Wasi Hamdard, Dalip Chandolia, Mamta
Malhotra, Kiran Borse, Shishir Shinde, many more
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Workhshop
7th & 8th | 4pm – 6pm
Self Defense Session for Women: Come and Learn Self
Defence with the unique method on Free Dance
Beats – Choreographed by Asish Ghostt in
Association with Veena Gupta – I dare to Fight back /
Shakti
8th | 1:00pm
Empowerment of Women through
Aromatherapy. Talk by Dr Blossom
Kochhar - Build your confidence,
boost your self esteem and battle the
regular stress of life.
14th |12noon
Power of personal Appearance… Your Dress to
success by Renu Mehra, who will be talking about
how your personal appearance along with your
grooming, body language and etiquette can pave your
way to SUCCESS. There will be a 'carry home'
content for everyone, delivered in a manner and
language easily understood.
28th | 2pm – 6pm
Thread It, a Workshop by well-known Fibre Artist
and Fulbright scholar Gopika Nath. Discover and
explore creativity and self-expression through the
unusual medium of needle and thread
The workshop is open to all age groups from 5 yrs to 60 +
yrs [For ages 12 yrs and below, a parent would be required
to accompany the child, to assist/participate]
Fee: Rs. 1,800/- [including materials]
dance
UP COMING
2nd April | 7:30pm
Shukuntala and Draupadi - Kathak
theatre
based dance-drama choreographed by Lily Bhattacherjee
and Sreya Chattopadhya. Collab. Swaranjali
4th & 5th April | 7:30pm
The Tale of Two Treaties (60mins/Eng) Written and Performed
by Deepal Doshi Dir. Kathryn Doshi Prod. Behroopiya
Entertainers Associated by. Madball Company, Mumbai. Come
laugh along with this crazy cast of Commedia Dell'Arte characters,
and watch as one actor brings ten masks to life in one
extraordinary, hilarious piece: Pantalone's lust for money and
Dottore's desire for vengeance is threatening the love between
their two children. With their nutty servants Pulcinella and
Arlecchino, Pantalone's sex-starved wife Señora, and an
outrageous Capitano, no havoc-wreaking stone is left unturned.
Bonds are broken, hearts are torn apart and anarchy rules the day
in this hysterical physical comedy. Tickets at Rs. 500 & 350
available at the venue. Suitable for 12 years & above.
Italy Through The Eyes
Of Italian
Female
Directors
23rd & 31st March
23rd Mon | 6:00pm
The first assignment (Italian/90mins/2010) Dir.
Giorgia Cecere. Italy, 1953. Nena, a teacher
from South Italy, has got a job away from home
and for a while will be separated from her
mother and sister, but, above all, from
Francesco, a young upper middle class lad she is
in love with. A little sad, but also curious about what awaits her Nena
arrives at the destination where she discovers that things are worse
than what she had imagined. However, Nena is proud and stubborn and
decides not to be defeated by adversity.
23rd Mon | 7:30pm
Corpo Celeste (Italian/100mins/2011) Dir.
Alicerohrwacher. Marta, 13, has returned to
live in Reggio Calabria, the city where she
was born, after having spent ten years with
her family in Switzerland. Immediately confronted with an unknown
world divided between the anxiety of modern consumerism and the
archaic living, she begins to attend a course of preparation for
Confirmation, looking for answers to her restlessness in the Parish.
Destiny makes her meets Don Mario, busy and distant priest who
administers the church as a small company, and catechist Santa, a
funny lady that will drive the children to the Confirmation. But she
will soon understand that she should look elsewhere for her destiny
is not here.
31st Tue | 6:00pm
White Space (Italian/96mins/2009) Dir. Francesca
Comencini. Maria is more than forty years, but
does not look her age. She lives with the
arrogance of having surpassed her separation,
inclined towards books that have allowed her to
establish her certainties between a strictly
communist father and a Catholic mother. In the
sixth month of pregnancy Maria gives birth to a daughter, who,
according to the doctor could die now, or survive with severe
disabilities. Maria is faced with the need to bridge the gap between the
canonical time of the pregnancy and the birth of her daughter. Maria
discovers that what she lacks is patience. She, in an attempt to help
herself, starts reading books, but this time it is the reading that
threatens to undermine her confidence, her identity.
31st Tue | 7:45pm
Cosmonaut (Italian/85mins/2009) Dir. Susanna
Nicchiarelli. Luciana is 15 years old and has
always been a communist. It is her elder
brother who works with the Soviet Union
and the spatial conquest and in spreading the
passion for politics. It is in the local department of the FIGC that
Luciana has all fundamental experiences of her life. However, she is
very impulsive and unbiased even for her political partners and she
therefore finds herself confronted by prejudice from others. Her
brother, who was the only person always beside her is now unwell
for he is now down with epilepsy. Luciana now has to force herself
from within and be guided by the admiration for the first woman
cosmonaut Velentina Tereshkova, for going forward.