‘Ranga Sambrahama’ theatre festival from Saturday
The Hindu
"Ranga Sambrahama theatre festival in the city from March 22-27 featuring seminars, folk music, and World Theatre Day celebration."
“Ranga Sambrahama” theatre festival will be held in the city from March 22 to 27.
The festival has been organised by the theatre repertoire Rangayana and District Amateur Theatre Artistes Forum. It will feature seminars, folk music, and a celebration of World Theatre Day among others, said Talakadu Rajesh, president of the Forum, here on Thursday.
The festival will be inaugurated by K.M. Gayatri, Director of the Department of Kannada and Culture, at 6 p.m. on March 22, and theatre personality K.R. Sumathi, MLA K. Harish Gowda, and others will be present.
On March 23, there will be a seminar at 10 a.m. and it will be inaugurated by senior IPS officer Dharani Devi Malagatti and theatre personality S.R. Ramesh will preside over it. Karnataka Sahitya Academy president L.N. Mukundaraj will participate.
During the event, senior theatre artist H. Janardhan (Janni) will discuss the representation of grassroots communities in modern Kannada theatre from the perspective of theatre personality C.G. Krishnaswamy. Gundanna Chikkamagaluru will make a presentation on the role of C.G.K. in social movements and Mr. Ramesh will make a presentation on Kannada theatre.
All plays will commence at 6.30 p.m. and season tickets are pegged at ₹300, while tickets for daily shows will cost ₹100.
World Theatre Day will be celebrated on March 27 and eminent theatre artistes will be felicitated and honors will be conferred on them. The recipients, include Saraswathi Julekha Begum, H. Janardhan (Janni), Noor Ahmed Sheikh, Prasad Kunduru, Chandrashekhar Achar, H.M. Kumaraswamy, Tippanna, Malathi Shree, C. Basavalingaiah, and Rajshekar Kadamba.
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