14th Windermere Theatre Festival 2024
Dr Purushottam Agarwal, Presidential Address in the Inaugural Ceremony
Plays Staged
24/01/2024
Birdflight
Birdflight is a solo play that follows the story of Anjali Thomas as she comes to grips with fresh adulthood with all its accompanying worries. In a world marked with unprecedented levels of uncertainty, what does it mean to embark on one of the most uncertain periods of your own life?
The inauguration ceremony was followed by a book reading session by Suman Keshari. She recited two segments from her book “Gandhari
25/01/2024
Veteran author Mridula Garg reading an excerpt from her latest book “Ve Nayaab Aurtein”. Actors Diksha Tiwari and Lav Tomar also read an excerpt each from the book.
Followed by Padatik Theatre’s play titled
Kaagaz Ke Gubbare
Directed by Anubha Fatehpuria, the play was based on a selection of Ismat chughtai’s writings/essays and short stories.
26/01/2024
Started with a play titled
Awakenings
by the host team Rang Vinayak Rangmandal. Produced by Dr. Brijeshwar Singh and directed by Shubha Bhatt Bhasin, ‘Awakenings: The Sleeping Sickness Saga’ is an emotional account of a group of people who were frozen into decades-long sleep until Dr Sacks tried a new drug named L-DOPA.
The play was followed by an interactive session with the promising young poet Babusha Kohli.
27/01/2024
Day Four started with poetry recitation by Babusha Kohli. It was followed by two shows of
Tumhare Baare Main
A play written and directed by Manav Kaul. The play explores themes of relationships, voids, fulfilment, and fantasies.
28/01/2024
Enriching interactive sessions with renowned Urdu novelist Dr. Khalid Jawed and actor, writer, director Manav Kaul.
In the evening, aRANYA staged two shows of
Jo Dooba So Paar
Writer Ajitesh Gupta co-directed the play with Mohit Agarwal. It throws light on the human that Ameer Khusro was, his relationship with his Guru Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliyaa and the advent of qawwali through them.
29/01/2024
Featured a riveting play by D for Drama. Written and directed by Nihal Parashar and solely performed by Ghanshyam Lalsa,
Patna Ka Superhero
Is a fascinating story of Pintu Bhaiya, seen from the eyes of a young Patna boy back in the early 2000's.
30/01/2024
Started with a talk titled ‘How to watch theatre?’ by Dr. Amitesh Kumar. This event was held at The Windermere Residency in Bareilly.
Solo Play
Maas
Jyoti Dogra mesmerized the audience with her gripping solo performance in this play. We find ourselves at the deep end of the shallow business of beauty. And we drown in the not so shallow waters of shame, self-loathing, inadequacy and anger towards our own bodies, subjecting it all kinds of violence.
31/01/2024
The first event of the evening was an interaction with Urdu shayar Ashu Mishra.
The Bareilly Boy also recited some of his ghazals. It was followed by ghazal singing by young artist Yusra Naqvi.
The last event of the Festival was the show of
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