The Mega Award Festival which is on in Delhi at Kamani and LTG has thrown up some good theatre like Gasha which was prepared in a month of workshops and interviews and visits to Kashmir.

Rang, a play on AIDS, was staged at the Shri Ram Centre by the group Dhruv Arts and Cultural Society on Wednesday. The show, described by the presenters as a “social comedy” was really not a comedy but a social drama which was rather well written by Kuldip Singh.

Jeevan Mrityu, a play based on the writing of Rabindranath Tagore as adapted by Geetanjali Shree, was presented at the Mohan Rakesh festival organised by the Sahitya Kala Parishad. It was directed by Anuradha Kapur for her company Vivadi.

The Shri Ram Centre presented Manoj Mitra’s Bengali comedy in Pratibha Agarwal’s Hindi translation as Khel Khiladi Khel.

The Diploma Productions, presented by the NSD graduates, was truly experimental in form and design. Even the content of some plays was daring.

It was like seeing a play in colour after having seen it in black and white many years ago. I have memories of Sudhha Chopra and T.P. Jain as the old man in the production stage by Abhiyan.

The third-year NSD students presented an unusual play, Tenderness, at their Bahumukh Hall.

Ashwath Bhatt is celebrating the centenary year of Saadat Hasan Manto with year-long festivities.

When Alexander invaded India in 26 BC he was forced to turn back from the Western banks of the river Beas.

The second year students of the National School of Drama (NSD) staged Peter Weiss’ Marat/Sade in a Hindustani adaptation Garbha Natak. According to director K.R.