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For the first time in 19 years, plays staged at the ongoing 'Bharat Rang Mahotsav' will be webcast live on the website of the National School of Drama (NSD) and on social media platforms.

Marathi theatre artiste waman kendre talks to TOI ahead of his official appointment as director of National School of Drama

The National School of Drama (NSD) with the support of Ministry of Culture will host the next edition of Theatre Olympics in India. The eighth edition of the Theatre Olympics will take place from February 17 to April 8, and the event will take place in different cities of the country simultaneously. Since Bharat Rang Mahotsav, one of the biggest theatre festivals, is also scheduled to take place on the same dates, many wondered the fate of the fest.

Students of the Academy Of Theatre Arts, Mumbai university, will commemorate 'World Theatre Day' by staging a play 'Khalid ki Khala' at the Mumbai University on Wednesday at 7.15pm.

The suspense over who would be the new National School of Drama director ended on Thursday with the appointment of noted playwright waman kendre to the coveted post.

On Friday, the National School of Drama organized a prayer meeting for its former student, Om Puri, who died on January 6.

Marathi theatre veteran waman kendre, recently appointed director of the National School of Drama (NSD), said his priority will be to start a course in scripting for playwrights and another one for teaching theatre.

The Repertory Company, the regular performing wing of the National School of Drama (NSD), will organize a five-day drama festival at Kalakshetra here from Thursday.

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The play is based on the battle between Marathas and Ahmedshah Abdali in 1761.The first show will be held for invitees at the Bharat Natya Mandir on November 12.

Seven months after the National School of Drama's selection committee sent its recommendation for the next director of the institute, the ministry of culture is yet to appoint anyone.

Veteran actress Gautami is now part of Central Board of Film Certification

Navrang, the theatre society of PGDAV College, decided to perform Janeman – a play on the lives of transgenders, directed by National School of Drama (NSD) director waman kendre and first performed by NSD's students in 2002 – for its annual production this year.

Ustad Sultan Khan may not be with us anymore but his memories were brought alive at this concert held as a tribute to him recently.

After a glorious run of 51 days across 17 cities of India, the historic event 8th Theatre Olympics drew to a colourful close on Sunday.

For the recent interaction with audience at NSD, the speaker was someone who was rejected multiple times – Manoj Bajpayee.

A Mumbai-based theatre group will expose theatre patrons to the ancient Indian style of performing arts and stage a drama based on the Sanskrit play 'Madhyam Vyayog' written by Mahakavi Bhas.

Mumbai: Marathi playwright-director Chetan Datar, who was known for tackling inconvenient themes and pushing the envelope, passed away on Saturday ...

Veteran actress Savita Prabhune recently revealed in a candid conversation that ‘Char Divas Premache’ will always remain one of her favourite Marathi plays.

This first-ever festival held in the state was organized by the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi.

Maharashtra, particularly Mumbai, earned a prominent place in the Padma Awards line-up Friday. In fact, two out of four winners of the Padma Vibhushan are from the state, Anil Naik for trade and industry, and Balwant Purandare for art and theatre.

The prestigious Theatre Olympics being hosted next year by the government of India has invited a play that is a veiled critique of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Koushik Sen’s ‘Nirbhoya’ has a dialogue stating that if the country runs well, it doesn’t need anyone to gloat about his 56-inch chest.

The National School of Drama’s (NSD) five-day theatre festival for children, which concluded recently, was a fitting precursor to Children’s Day

The 13th edition of the NSD’s theatre festival Jashne Bachpan, which will showcase the work of different theatre groups working with and for children, will be organised in Delhi from November 14 to 25.

National School of Drama had an array of activities in Delhi recently to celebrate World Theatre Day with the 8th Theatre Olympics, the world’s largest theatre carnival being held in India for the first time.

Giving an insight in the Jewish world, Postal Delivery To God, a play performed in Hebrew by artistes of Jaffa Theatre, Israel, connected well with the audience.

National School of Drama (NSD) will be celebrating National Tribal Festival of Art, Music and Drama in the Diamond City this month-end.

The concept of a ‘theatre bazaar’ is likely to be introduced in the 17th edition of the National School of Drama’s (NSD) Bharat Rang Mahotsav.