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  • After Life of Birds – Dec 2nd,3rd & 4th at Rangashankara

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‘Treadmill’ Back in Ranga Shankara on 25th May

Treadmill (A Play in Hindi) Written by Sandeep Shikhar, Directed by Abhishek Majumdar Cast: Sandeep Shikhar, Virginia Rodrigues, Ashwini Kumar Chakre Treadmill is a journey of exploring personal memories of people in towns of India. Treadmill at its first glance is a comedy in the simplest sense of the world. In its simple manner it … Read more

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Review of our Kozhikode performance of ‘Afterlife of Birds’ in Hindu

Director Abhishek Majumdar’s ‘Afterlife of Birds’ is unpretentious story-telling. “Courage is simple.” But “it is not a poem with rhyming lines,” says Niromi to Ajanthi. Courage and cowardice, success and failure, freedom and entrapment, these seemingly definitive concepts swell and blur in ‘Afterlife of Birds,’ directed by Abhishek Majumdar, and staged by Indian Ensemble. The … Read more

Indian Ensemble begins devising on the third part of its Kashmir Trilogy

Indian Ensemble begins devising on the third part of its Kashmir Trilogy. Performed by Adhir Bhat , Written By Irawati Karnik and Directed by Abhishek Majumdar, the play is the story of two boys , Adhir and Rizwaan , a Pandit and a Muslim and their trajectories over the last 20 years. To be devised … Read more

Indian Ensemble : ‘Afterlife of Birds’ in Kerala

Our play “Afterlife of Birds” will be performed in the International Theatre Festival in Kerala 2012. In Trivandrum, Calicut and Thrissur. The festival is scheduled to be held over the first week of February.

The Djinns of Eidgah : Prithvi and NCPA Shows

Writers Bloc is a residency for writers that occurs once in 2 or 3 years (more on that here). The Djinns of Eidgah was developed in the last held Writer’s Bloc residency near Mumbai plus at the extended Royal Court residency in London. Developed over two years, the script of Djinns of Eidgah has evolved … Read more

Afterlife of Birds in the Press

Time out Ideas of home and displacement are central to Abhishek Majumdar’s latest play, findsDeepika Arwind. Photography by Faheem Hussain. Bangalore Mirror ‘The Afterlife of Birds, written and directed by Abhishek, much like his other recent works, is based on conflict and the lives of the people touched by, and living in areas of conflict. This play … Read more

Indian Ensemble Presents – Afterlife of Birds on 2nd,3rd & 4th Dec at Rangashankara

  Indian Ensemble Presents AFTERLIFE OF BIRDS (A Play in English)  Written & Directed by Abhishek Majumdar The  play revolves around the notions of nationalism and loyalty. It is an attempt to examine the uprisings of common people, of the varied positions between ‘for’ and ‘against’  and how history deals with failed movements. Set against the backdrop of … Read more

An Arrangement of Shoes – A Theatre Counteract Production in November

Theatre Counteract presents AN ARRANGEMENT OF SHOES on Tue & Wed, 15 & 16 November 2011 at Ranga Shankara, Bangalore, followed by Sat & Sun, 26 & 27 November 2011 at Alliance Francaise, Bangalore. AN ARRANGEMENT OF SHOES a Theatre Counteract production Directed and produced by Vivek V. Narayan || Written by Abhishek Majumdar || … Read more

Rizwaan: The film by Deepti Khurana based on the play. Releasing in Pune next month

Rizwaan : The Film by Deeepti Khurana based on the play. Releasing in Pune next month. More about the film here Facebook Page of film here      

Reading of Indian Ensemble’s next play in Delhi by Yatrik: “After Life of Birds” at India Habitat Centre

Event Details Here “After Life Of Birds – Dramatised Reading. A dream theatre initiative by Yatrik Theatre Group & Old World Culture. Old scripts or original, new plays may be submitted; to be read by actors in a dramatised reading. Session I- Reading ofAbhishek Mazumdar’s new play, After Life Of Birds (Eng/100mins). Dir.Oroon Das Winner … Read more

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