Theatre-maker and story-teller Priyanka Babbar caught up with Sunil Shanbag between rehearsals and shows to talk about directing this year’s DSM Production – Rakt Kalyan, his theatre practice and a few things in between. PB- How was the directing experience at DSM? SS – Interesting, exciting… very rigorous and very demanding. On day one…
This year’s student production it Rakt Kalyan and has been directed by Sunil Shanbag. It is the Hindi adaptation of Girish Karnad’s Taledanda. And if you just did a backflip to see those two names together, we don’t blame you! Taledanda is a significant piece of Postmodern Indian literature. Though set in 12th Century Karnataka,…
After 24 weeks of intensive training with the finest theatre-makers in acting, speech, body movements and theatre lessons, Batch 2016-17 of The Drama School Mumbai is ready with its first performance for the masses in the form of “The Mule’s Foal.” Based on the short novel by Fotini Epanomitis, and adapted by Australian playwright Alan Becher, The…