Einstein, some laughter, a carnatic concert and more for your weekend

Some suggestions to enliven your weekend

Bengaluru

FILMS AND THEATRE

Films from all over
For the first time, the Karnataka Chalachitra Academy will be organising an international children's film festival. Screenings will be held all over the state and will kick off on Children's Day. The list of films include Yellow Colt, a Mongolian film, In The Name of Sherlock Holmes, from Hungary, and Children of Heaven, by Iran's Majid Majidi.

Where: At multiple venues
When: November 14 onwards
Info: Schedule and other details on http://www.kinchiff.org

Penguins shake a leg
Bangalore Little Theatre , for its production this year, had chosen a musical based on the crucial theme of climate change. “Our Iceberg Is Melting”, a musical which will be staged in support of the Association for the Mentally Challenged, is based on a book by Harvard professor John P Kotter, and stars penguin in Antarctica as the protagonists.

ADA Rangamandira, JC Road, November 14 & 15 at 7 pm
MLR Convention Centre, Whitefield, November 21-23, 7 pm
MLR Convention Centre, Brigade Millennium, JP Nagar, November 28-30, 7 pm
Info: Tickets available on www.bookmyshow.com

MUSIC

 

Raaga for the mother
A Carnatic concert dedicated to the theme of “Amma, the mother” will see singers, composers, violinists and sisters Ranjani and Gayatri perform well-known compositions with the underlying narrative of the mother. The concerts, at different venues on two days, will be interspersed with personal anecdotes.

Where: MLR Convention Centre in JP Nagar on November 23 at 7 pm,
and Jagriti Theatre, Whitefield on November 25 at 8 pm
Info: Passes available on www.bookmyshow.com

Mumbai

FILMS

Salt of this sea: Alliance Francaise will screen ‘Le sel de la mer’ in partnership with Institut Français. Directed by Annemarie Jacir, the film tells the story of Soraya, an American-born Palestinian woman, who heads to Israel and Palestine to recover her family’s home and money that were taken during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Where: Alliance Francaise auditorium, New Marine Lines, Mumbai
When: Nov 17, 6.30 pm

Patience stone: Syngué Sabour – Pierre de patience, a film by Atiq Rahimi is based on his novel of the same title. In it, a young woman watches over her husband who is in a vegetative state after being hit by a bullet in the neck. One day, the woman begins confiding in him about her feelings, their relationship, her childhood, frustrations, loneliness and dreams. Unconsciously, this paralysed man unconsciously becomes her Syngue Sabour, a magic stone in Persian mythology that shields a person from misery. The film will be screened by Alliance Francaise in partnership with Prithvi Theatre and Institut Français.

Where: Prithvi Theatre, Juhu, Mumbai
When: Nov 19, 7 pm

THEATRE

Mad genius: NCPA will host a performance of Gabriel Emanuel's Einstein, directed by Ratna Pathak Shah and enacted by Naseeruddin Shah. The English play explores the spirit of the lovable figure, who despite being a towering thinker and great scientist, was plagued with disappointments, doubts and failures just like the rest of mankind.

Where: Tata Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point, Mumbai
When: Nov 15 & 16, 6.30 pm

Ideology vs Desire: As part of its National Theatre Live screenings, NCPA will show a filmed version of Skylight, written by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry. The play is performed by renowned British actors Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy. It tells the story of two former lovers who attempt to rekindle their passion only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

Where: Godrej Dance Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point, Mumbai
When: Nov 15 & 16, 3 pm & 7 pm

MUSIC

Chamber orchestra: NCPA and Gauthier Herrmann, cellist of the prize-winning group Trio con Fuoco, will host the 14th edition of the Arties festival this month. This edition will feature for the first time, the Arties Chamber Orchestra with 16 musicians. It includes renowned soprano Dame Felicity Lott, cellist Gauthier Herrmann and violinist Pierre Fouchenneret along with other outstanding musicians who will perform reductions of large orchestra pieces by popular composers such as Mozart, Mahler and Debussy.

Where: Experimental Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point, Mumbai
When: Nov 20, 22 & 23, 7 pm

ART

Exhilaration and menace: Curated by Ranjit Hoskote, ‘The Shadow Trapper’s Almanac’, is Tanmoy Samanta’s first solo exhibition in the city. It includes two key facets of his work - gouache paintings on rice paper and recycled book sculptures. Samanta’s practice explores notions traditionally associated with sculpture such as “volume and void, relief and surface, container and content.”

Where: Tarq Art Gallery, Colaba, Mumbai
When: Nov 22-Jan 9

Delhi

ART

Contemporary masters: Bid Art Bull presents a mix of the Progressives and senior contemporary artists as part of its fifth auction -- ‘Indian Modern and Contemporary Art’. 61 carefully-researched works by artists like S H Raza, M F Husain, Krishen Khanna, Amarnath Sehgal, Jamini Roy, Narayan Shridhar Bendre and many others, will go under the hammer. As part of the auction, to be held in collaboration with Global Art Hub,  two additional works will also be put up to raise funds for the Kashmir flood survivors. One is a photograph, “6 Hours in the Water”, by Karan Khanna and the other, a threaded landscape by Gunjan Arora and Rahul Jain who were the costume designers for Haider. The proceeds will go to the PM’s Relief Fund.

Where: The Oberoi, New Delhi
When: November 16, 6.30 pm onwards

Disengagement with nature: Ya ki kuchh aur -- Atul Bhalla’s latest exhibition, comprising photographs and videos, presents the artist’s dialogue with different environments and addresses issues of water politics, wastage and consumption. The show focuses on three projects -- Inundation in Hamburg, Germany, Deliverance in New Delhi, India and Contestation in Johannesburg, South Africa. “Research alone does not work, what is important for me to produce work is engagement. I need to engage with different environments, visit and revisit places and people that I find will lead me to the next step. This is what I mean by immersion again, this constant exploration,” says Bhalla about his work.

Where: Vadehra Art Gallery, D 53, Defence Colony, New Delhi
When: November 15 to December 20

Goddesses of the world: The Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre presents an exhibition titled ‘From Yamuna to Babba’ by artist Rozália Hummel. Through her paintings, the artist wishes to create parallels between Yamuna, the river goddess of northern India and Babba Mária, the mother Goddess of central Europe. Hummel has spent quite a chunk of her life in south Asia. She got formal training in Nathadwara and learned about the myths and symbolism there. In Bali, she followed the golden age visuals and post-2000, visited Hungary, Esztergom and Transylvania where she painted the Great Mother Babba and her Matyó flowers.

Where: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, 1-A, Janpath, New Delhi
When: On view till November 28

THEATRE

A personal journey: The Tricky Part and its sequel All the Rage are deeply personal accounts of actor Martin Moran’s abuse by a counsellor at summer camp. The former explores the issue of child sexual abuse in the context of what its impact is on the child’s psyche and ways of moving on.

Where: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
When: November 15 and 16

A laugh riot: Rajat Kapoor is back in Delhi with his acclaimed play, Hamlet: The Clown Prince. Starring Vinay Pathak, Atul Kumar, Kalki Koechlin and others, the play is a laugh riot about a couple of clowns reenacting the tale of Hamlet.
Where: Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi
When: November 14 and 15