Girish Karnad Theatre Festival

AUDIENCE MANAGEMENT So as to not disturb the actors and the audiences Once the first play starts at 11am, audiences are strictly not allowed after 11am, You are allowed only during the 5 min break before the next play starts at 11:45 Director Punkaj Gupta brings this extraordinary world to the stage, where every throne casts a shadow and every dream carries the possibility of a downfall. Some stories belong to history. Some refuse to stay there. TUGHLAQ A journey into the mind of a king, and the madness of power. CAST: Abhilash Kumble Apoorva Pathak Christina D'Silva Gurudev Prasad Mohit Sehgal Neeta Pawar Preetham Parvatam Prateek singh parihar Sandeep lath Saakshi Sharma Director Sanjay Singh brings this compelling psychological drama to the stage, inviting us to look beyond the images we create and confront the fragments of ourselves we leave behind. Because sometimes, the most convincing image is the one that hides the truth. A HEAP OF BROKEN IMAGES When reflections speak, can we still recognise ourselves? CAST: Ashli Jose Amrita Hirawat Akhil Rao Bhavya s Nair Gloria Kamal Sheela Jayanth Varun Sarma Director Jharna Gupta steps into Karnad`s wonderfully layered universe, bringing her own interpretation to this timeless exploration of the human condition. Because sometimes, the search for completeness only reveals how beautifully incomplete we are. Hayavadana a journey into the many selves that live within us. CAST: Akhil Rao Bhaskaran Chandra Sekhar Chandrika Choudhary Dhanush Kenneth Gonsalves Mansa Srivastava Nurain Farid Khakiyani Sanjay Kiran Rama Varsha Suresh Kumar Music by Ian Castelino