Theatre

by Mehru N Nisa SRINAGAR: In the ongoing Annual Drama Festival at Tagore Hall, Reshi Rashid’s Wathh was appreciated for its simple storytelling by the...

by Mehru N Nisa SRINAGAR: How devious people divide the ‘wise’ for perpetuating their assumed status was the fundamental story to Artche Kaal, the second...

by Mehru N Nisa SRINAGAR: It was Vutre Bunul that marked the beginning of the Annual Drama Festival at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. Vutre Bunul is...

For four decades, Shadi Lal Koul reigned as one of the popular Kashmiri names in theatre, reports Nazir Rather  After graduating from Amar Singh in 1972...

by Shams Irfan (A still from Arshid Mushtaq’s play Buh Chus Sheahid.) On a cold winter afternoon in Kashmir’s oldest state owned college auditorium people sat...

After passing through a security post at the entrance of Nawai Subah complex in Srinagar, media studios of private television producers show up. Housed...

Kashmiris have finally explored the art of venting their anger in a subtle manner. Shams Irfan observes a year when a decades old conflict...

Kashmiri theatre is beginning to find its feet again with artists evolving original plays. Arshad Mushtaq’s Watterpaed will have a series of shows in...

The decline in the popularity of folk theatre in Kashmir is forcing Bhands to switch to other jobs for earning a livelihood. Nazir Rather...

Embracing a sidestepped mother tongue, theatre director Arshad Mustaq tells Majid Maqbool that he tries his bit to revive Kashmiri language and culture through...

A play on Dal Lake mesmerizes audience Tanveen Kawoosa To strike a chord with theatergoers, the weeklong Drama festival (from March 18 to 25) organized by...