The TimeOut Mint Planner, 12 April 2013
4 min read 11 Apr 2013, 06:32 PM ISTFrom music and movies to dance and drama, there's plenty to do or experience over the coming week
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Bangalore
Music
The Shakey Rays
18 April
The alternative rock band from Chennai has Dhruva Gautham and Vikram Kannan on guitars and vocals and Niranjan Swaminathan on drums.
7.30pm. Hard Rock Cafe, 40, St Mark’s Road. Tickets, ₹ 400 (entry charge, ₹ 150, and cover charge, ₹ 250). For details, call 41242222.
18 April
Veena exponent Jayanthi Kumaresh will lead this concert accompanied by Neyveli Narayanan on mridangam and S. Karthick on ghatam. The concert is part of the Sree Rama Seva Mandali. The festival, in its 75th year, will feature concerts over a month to mark Ram Navami.
6.30pm. Government Junior College, Fort High School Grounds. For details, call 26604031.
Ambi Subramaniam
13 April
The Bhoomija Trust will present violinist Ambi Subramaniam, who has been playing the instrument since the age of 3 under the watchful eye of his father and teacher, L. Subramaniam.
7pm. Chowdiah Memorial Hall, 16th Cross, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, Malleswaram, Vyalikaval (23443956). Tickets, ₹ 300 and ₹ 500, available on www.indianstage.in.
Boeing Boeing
14 April
Staged by Barking Dog productions, this play, set in the 1960s and written by Marc Camoletti, is about a Paris-based bachelor, Bernard. An architect in the business of polygamy, he is juggling a life with three stewardesses: an American (Gloria), an Italian (Gabriella) and a German (Gretchen). But two incidents ensure that his carefully-laid plans go haywire.
4.30pm/7.30pm. Alliance Française, 108, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar (41231345). Tickets, ₹ 249-299, available on in.bookmyshow.com.
Around town
From Puttur to Timbaktu: A Travelogue
12 April
Having spent her childhood in Puttur, a small village near Mangalore, and travelled later to Burkina Faso and Mali in Africa, Prof. Malavika Kapur of Bangalore’s National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science, will deliver a talk focusing on Mali’s famous medieval trading post—Timbaktu, a place many people still do not believe exists.
6.30pm. Bangalore International Centre, Teri Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur, II Stage. For details, call 25359680/9886599675.
Passage to India Tour
13 April
Art of Bicycle Trips, a travel company, offers walking, hiking and bicycle tours, including a day-long bicycle trip around Bangalore every Saturday. This Saturday, the journey will take enthusiasts through the countryside where films like A Passage to India and Sholay were shot.
7.30am-6pm. Art of Bicycle Trips, 102, Padmavati Apartment, 4th Cross, Rustam Bagh. Fee, ₹ 3,500. For details, call 9538973506 or visit www.artofbicycletrips.com.
Art
Impressions & Expressions
Till 20 April
Parjanya Sau is exhibiting cartoons and caricatures that have been inspired by modern art.
10am-6pm (Sunday closed). Indian Cartoon Gallery, Indian Institute of Cartoonists, 1, Midford House, MG Road. For details, call 41758540.
Dance
Astha Pushpitam—Journey of Emotions From the Eyes of Women
12 April
The dance group Naina will present a thematic ballet, Astha Pushpitam—Journey of Emotions From the Eyes of Women, that will attempt to pin down the gamut of emotions—joy, amusement, pride, anxiety, care, angst and love—a woman experiences in her various roles as mother, daughter, sister and wife.
7.30pm. Alliance Française, Vasanthnagar (41231345).
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Around town
Dhaatu Puppet Festival 2013
12-14 April
The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha are presenting this year’s festival, which will feature episodes from the ‘Panchatantra’ and the epics Ramayan and Mahabharat. In-house puppeteers from Dhaatu, a non-profit, will put up two shows daily. “The afternoon shows will be shorter, of around 25 minutes each, and primarily for children. They will be of two kinds: slapstick and traditional," says Anupama Hoskere, Dhaatu’s director. The evening shows will feature string puppetry. “Throughout the festival, all forms of puppetry will be covered: from rod puppetry to shadow art. There will also be a puppet parade," adds Hoskere.
The focus of the festival, however, is the Eachanur style, which uses brightly coloured puppets. It gets its name from the Eachanur Kaval village in Karnataka’s Tumkur district.
4pm/6pm (Friday) and 3pm/6.30pm (Saturday and Sunday). Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha, 8th Main, HAL Stage II, Indiranagar. For details, call 25215525 or visit www.dhaatu.org.
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Mumbai
Theatre
Love Letters
14 April
Based on A.R. Gurney’s witty and poignant script of 1988, the Rahul Da Cunha-directed play Love Letters is a bittersweet journey that maps 50 years of the relationship between childhood friends Melissa Gardner (Shernaz Patel) and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III (Rajit Kapur)—two people who are meant for each other, but are kept apart both by circumstance and their egos.
7pm. Experimental Theatre, National Centre for Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, near Hilton Towers, Nariman Point (66223737). Tickets, ₹ 350, ₹ 400 and ₹ 500, available on in.bookmyshow.com.
Around town
Architecture As A Way of Knowing
16 April
Art historian and author Prajna Desai will discuss the significance of Mayan architecture and the transformation of buildings from sculptural works to functional containers using the example of the Palenque Palace in Chiapas, Mexico.
6.30pm. Jnanapravaha, Queen’s Mansion, Third floor, Ghanshyam Talwatkar Marg, near Cathedral Middle School, Fort (22072975). For details, visit www.jp-india.org or email to.jnanapravaha@gmail.com.
Photography
Noida Soliloquy & Sleepers
Till 4 May
