A stage to film story

A stage to film story

ByPrachi Sibal

Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Francis Ford Coppola, and Federico Fellini. These are just some of the greatest filmmakers of a generation who began telling stories in the theatre. The two mediums, for as long as they have been around, have been inextricably linked to each other. Closer home, actors have always been at the forefront…

Curtains down: 2023 was the year of new writing, varied languages, and continued political discourse

Curtains down: 2023 was the year of new writing, varied languages, and continued political discourse

ByPrachi Sibal

What we do in the world of theatre as playwrights, directors, actors, scenographers, poets, musicians, choreographers, and technicians, all of us without exception, is an act of creating a life that did not exist before we got on stage. – Egyptian playwright Samiha Ayoub, in her World Theatre Day Message 2023. The lifeblood of theatre…