The Hindu

Popular late playwright Crazy Mohans brother and actor, Maadhu Balaji, is on a mission: to take his plays and Tamil theatre to more audiences. And for that, he has kickstarted a new concept called Chamber of Humour. Instead of large halls, Balaji and his troupe perform evergreen Tamil comedies to a group of audiences in an intimate setting. The group, Crazy Creations, recently performed superhit Tamil comedy play, Marriage Made in Saloon.

Belonging to a traditional puppeteer family, Murugan speaks about the challenges of crafting puppets, developing scripts and sustaining long performances.

Jagriti Theatre and META Theatre, Munich, present the 1922 poem as a performance in Bengaluru directed by Axel Tangerding.

The Joke van Leeuwen novel has been adapted by directorSusanne Koschig. It is suited for children above the age of eight, and is part of Ranga Shankaras annual theatre festival for children

A year-long puppetry production titled Enge Engal Nadhigal by Agai Theatre of Voices has children from a Narikurava community in Pallavaram taking centre stage as storytellers. As part of this initiative, the children were taken on a tour of the industrial north Chennai on July 18 to understand the negative impact development can have on peoples everyday lives and bring that insight into their stories

The playwright, director and founder of Janapadam discusses his new Telugu play Neelaveni and four decades of using theatre to amplify marginalised voices

Directed by Snehil Basoya, the musical production depicts the lives and experiences of three diverse women in a light-hearted way

Since the BJP came to power in West Bengal in May, several government buildings, streets, and civic structures have been witnessing a colour change, including some sections of State secretariat Nabanna

Discovered by Ebrahim Alkazi and mentored by Adi Marzban, the thespian leaves behind a legacy of actors Nana Patekar, Ashok Saraf, Neena Kulkarni, Vikram Gokhale, Reema Lagoo and Bharati Achrekar all shaped by her vision.