Theatre festival from Sept 12

bangalore: explocity.com theatre festival is all set to captivate the city's theatre enthusiasts from september 12 to 17 at the chowdaiah memorial hall. six leading theatre groups will participate in the festival. it showcases different genres - from comedy to serious social commentary - featuring the work of playwrights including polie sen gupta, niel simon, arun mukherjee, mike cullen, arthur miller and mark medoff.the event is coordinated by theatre personality prakash belawadi and the performing groups are playpen, theatre lab, blt, art, theatre club and forum three. explocity.com managing director ramjee chandran said, "the festival is a high point event in the city's event calendar. by reviving the festival after a hiatus of over two years, we are restoring to the city, the festive spirit of english theatre." "explocity has afforded the opportunity that brings all of us together and the theatre festival tries to accomplish this," said prakash belawadi. representatives of various theatre groups briefed reporters on their respective plays and expressed gratitude to explocity for their gesture. tickets are available at explocity.com, 24 rest house cresent; the supermarket, brigade road and at the venue. tickets can also be booked online at explocity.com.