PRITHVI THEATRE

Caferati hosts an Open Mic at the Prithvi Theatre Cafe on the fourth Monday of every month. Everyone who mixes writing with performance is welcome. ...

Refund takes up a very common situation of an ordinary unsuccessful middle-aged man; who instead of blaming himself for his failures blames the school and ...

The new play from Motley, Naseeruddin Shah’s theatre troupe, is Einstein. The actor directs the piece and also takes on the role of the eponymous ...

The story of Jairaj and Ratna, two Bharat Natyam dancers past their prime, is contrasted with that of their daughter Lata, who is on the ...

The story of Jairaj and Ratna, two Bharat Natyam dancers past their prime, is contrasted with that of their daughter Lata, who is on the ...

This Off Broadway hit was inspired by the playwright's trip to a modern art museum in Baghdad in August 1993, and details the lives of ...

An all-female cast enacts selections from Ismat Chughtai’s autobiography, and three other writings (Ek Shauhar ki Khaatir, Aadhi Aurat Aadha Khwab, and Soney ka Anda) ...

A couple revisits their honeymoon destination to get a breakthrough in their stagnant relationship. As they reach the ‘Hotel Dreamland’ the past starts merging in ...

The stories in Kambakth Bilkul Aurat…. (Ismat Apa Ke Naam – II) - Amar Bel, Nanhi ki Naani & Do Haath reflect Ismat's concern for ...

The second of Motley’s series of presentations of Hindustani stories on stage concerns the word ‘obscene’. The story BU (Odour) by Saadat Hasan Manto and ...

In a seemingly lonely old professor’s house, a young pupil comes for her ‘lesson’ as she wants a Doctorate in `all the possible streams`. The ...

In a land where everyone is ‘in waiting’, a writer awakes to find himself in a correctional facility away from the city. Who runs this ...

Little did 19 year old Rayhaneh Jabbari know what her life would be like for the next 7 years, within prison walls, when she agreed ...

Shahid Parvez Khan represents the seventh generation of the sitar’s first family, the Etawah Gharana. A very young Shahid Parvez was initiated into the rich ...

Shikhandi is perhaps one of the earliest trans-characters known in mythology. Shikhandi was meant to be born male to avenge an insult in her past ...

A bone falls into a resident’s balcony in the Cosmopolitan Housing Cooperative Society. A farce ensues, as this starts a string of naming, blaming and ...

""Best of Saat Teri Ekvees"" - 7 Monologues in Gujarati Manhar Gadhia Production after the astounding success of “Saat Tari Ekvees” now presents ""Best of ...

Monologues exploring desire of survival, intimacy, being oneself, overcoming difficulties, love, to be born, appreciation. While some stories may evoke heart-warming smiles, others may evoke ...

An internationally acclaimed, off-Broadway one-woman hit that has received multiple awards around the world, 9 Parts of Desire details the lives of nine Iraqi women: ...

The story of Jairaj and Ratna, two Bharat Natyam dancers past their prime, is contrasted with that of their daughter Lata, who is on the ...

In pre-Independence India, the First Lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani was a trailblazer in every sense of the word with many ‘firsts’ attached to ...

Based on Twinkle Khanna's charming short story, 'Salaam Noni Appa' from her bestseller The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, this is the delightful and heart-warming tale ...

It is 1942. On one side revolution is in the air in a pre-independent India with Gandhi announcing the Quit India movement and on the ...

Age Limit: 12+ Writer: Jairoop Jeevan Director: Hanif Patni Cast: Deepanshu, Kumar Anshumaan, Bakul Pande/ Kushal, Manav Pande/Vikas, Vijay Singh, Shraddha Tapkire, Mithilesh Maihar, Hari ...

This is a hilarious woman-centric play which allows a small village girl to raise her voice against dowry demand by her in-laws and make her ...

Age Limit: 12+ Writer & Director: Nadira Zaheer Babbar Cast: Juhi Babbar Soni, Jiya Prakash Sharma/ Keshi Sengupta, Kajri Babbar/Sheetal Shardul, Neha Shaikh, Mithilesh Maihar ...

Writer: Aslam Parvez, Ashok Mishra, Vikram Phukan, Anil Deshmukh & Purva Naresh Director: Sunil Shanbag Cast: Shubrojyoti Barat, Ketaki Thatte, Namit Das, Shishir Sharma, Santosh ...

Age Limit: 9+ Based on the work and findings of Pierre Pichot Adapted & Director: Akarsh Khurana Cast: Avantika Ganguly, Kashin Shetty, Lisha Bajaj, Muskkaan ...

Age Limit: 12+ Dallas Smith- Soprano Sax, Flute, Clarinet Susan Mazer- Harp Aditya Kudtarkar- Percussion Guest features- Aditi Bhagwat (Kathak) & Bettina Castaõ (Flamenco) Dallas ...

Age Limit: 8+ No microphones! No amplification! Udayswar@Prithvi is a rare and truly unique acoustic experience of Indian Classical Music in the manner it was ...

Age Limit: 16+ Written: Marie Jones Adapted: Ashok Mishra Directed: Mohit Takalkar Cast: Rajit Kapur & Ajeet Singh Palawat Mosambi Narangi Lights, Camera, Action! The ...

Besides Mohandas Karamchand ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi, two other freedom fighters are often cited as heroes of the Indian freedom struggle against its colonial British masters: ‘Netaji’ ...

In a green room 4 artists come face to face with each other. Two are yesteryears diva and the other two are young heart throbs ...

Sinha household is preparing for a wedding. All over the house the women are discussing their looks , clothes , songs and dance moves. The ...

An over curious student meets a magician. The student has too many questions and the magicians has all the answers. But then there is one ...

Peer Ghani is the story of an eternal looser who as a boy was raised on fairy tales & mythical stories during days of poverty. ...

An Indian adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's most popular masterpiece "Hedda Gabler"....

Age Limit: 6+ Conceived by: Shubha Mudgal Writers: Aslam Parvez, Ashok Mishra, Vikram Phukan, Anil Deshmukh and Purva Naresh Director: Sunil Shanbag Cast: Shubrojyoti Barat, ...

This is a text based play in Hindi, Marwadi and will comprise of original poetry about life, love, expressions, religion, politics, humanity, relationships, society etc. ...

The promise of a sweet future together, walking hand-in-hand into the sunset forever. This is what romantic dreams are made of. The husband to be, ...

Age limit: 5+. Writer: Vijay Singh, Manav Pande & Rajiv Singh Director: Manav Pande & Team Artists: Rajiv Singh, Vijay Singh and others The story ...

Chulbul Pandey, the protagonist, is a young boy of 12. Addicted to gadgets, surrounded by social media and technology, lazy but overconfident, he thinks he ...

Once upon a time a boy and a girl fell in love, their story started like an ordinary love stories but ends with an extraordinary ...

An all-female cast enacts selections from Ismat Chughtai’s autobiography, and three other writings (Ek Shauhar ki Khaatir, Aadhi Aurat Aadha Khwab, and Soney ka Anda) ...

The new play from Motley, Naseeruddin Shah’s theatre troupe, is Einstein. The actor directs the piece and also takes on the role of the eponymous ...

The second of Motley’s series of presentations of Hindustani stories on stage, concerns the word ‘obscene’. The story BU (Odour) by Saadat Hasan Manto and ...

Chuhal is a light romantic comedy in a small town of India where 2 stranger and now they have to decide whether to be in ...

A comical war of musical aspirations, personal tragedy and familial angst- GAA RE MAA tells the quirky story of two musical women and their sons ...

NAHA LE RE BHAI is a comedy play based on long winding court procedures and tardiness of the Indian judicial system. This comical play is ...

Refund takes up a very common situation of an ordinary unsuccessful middle-aged man; who instead of blaming himself for his failures blames the school and ...

An over curious student meets a magician. The student has too many questions and the magicians has all the answers. But then there is one ...

Three great religions, Islam - Christianity and Judaism, share the story of Abraham binding and nearly sacrificing his son. Though based on this myth, CHAHETA ...

A Peasant of El Salvador is the riveting, funny and heart warming story of a hill farmer and his family against the backdrop of the ...

'Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace', is not just the story of one woman, but of all of us, trapped in lives that are not our own. ...

"Open Cast" is a play about people displaced and how it affects them and their newly forged relationships with strange people and places. What do ...

The Hoshruba Repertory's play, Chinese Coffee by Ira Lewis, is a claustrophobic, dark, black comedy about friendship and the loss of it. The original play, ...

In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged – one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; ...

All the pieces use live singing and music against the backdrop of a bar on stage. “Do Deewaney iss sheher mein” Is sheher ki.. choti ...

In a fictional jagir in north India, two rich zamindar brothers rule over a happy family and a harmonious community of peasants. The unexpected arrival ...

Dance Like Man, 600 shows on, tells the fascinating story of Jairaj and Ratna, two Bharatanatyam dancers past their prime, contrasted with their daughter Lata's ...

Based on Twinkle Khanna's charming short story, 'Salaam Noni Appa' from her bestseller The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, this is the delightful and heart-warming tale ...

Girish Karnad’s contemporary comic-drama, that has completed 300 shows across the world, explores the traditional Indian wedding in a globalised and technologically-advanced India. The play ...

Meet Aravan. Just another regular boy in search of his father. His only wish is to be part of a story greater than himself, so ...

Chuhal is a light romantic comedy in a small town of India where 2 strangers Aarti and Sudhir meet and now they have to decide ...

One of the unsung heroes of the Indian epic Ramayana is the army of monkeys from the land of Kishkindha that helped King Ram win ...

This play consists of monologues by four women living very different lives. They represent the typical roles that a woman plays in our society, namely ...

Dayashankar is alone. In his world, fantasies and realities merge until the point they become inseparable. Freud pointed out that a man lives as much ...

City of dreams and its dreamers... Every day thousands flock to the city to fulfil their dream... the Bombay dream. The city tests them, changes ...

Any park... In just about anywhere. With three regular benches. And three men…just any men…squabble about the choicest of seats. Because each one’s claim is ...

In a city inhabited by both, human and otherworldly beings, a group of contemporary 'chudails' meet up in an old abandoned bungalow to celebrate a ...

In a fictional jagir in North India, two rich zamindar brothers rule over a happy family and a harmonious community of peasants. The unexpected arrival ...

A historical wedding or a hysterical wedding? Aarti’s wish for a fairy tale leads to a lavish debacle through an unpredictable rollercoaster ride called Gadbad....

Three Urdu stories by the famed and much loved, not to say, controversial writer, Ismat Chughtai (1915-1999) set in middle-class Muslim homes in small town ...

A free-flowing history of our 40 years with Godot....

The second of Motley’s series of presentations of Hindustani stories on stage, concerns the word ‘obscene’. The story BU (Odour) by Saadat Hasan Manto and ...

Father Vakil and his daughter read two contemporary Indian writers....

In a fictional jagir in north India, two rich zamindar brothers rule over a happy family and a harmonious community of peasants. The unexpected arrival ...

It is a satire on present day situation though written 40 years back by Prof. Shafaat Khan. In a village away from Mumbai, there was ...

It is a play about unorganized tribal laborers who have a hand to mouth existence. They have been exploited by the landlord and Govt. officials. ...

After the phenomenal success of their 'monologue' show, One on One, Rage launches a sequel. Once again Nine riveting stories are told to excited, expectant ...

One On One is a unique theatrical evening, bringing together eight of Bombays finest actors, written by five of the Indias most talented playwrights and ...

Girish Karnads new play is a dramatic monologue about a devoted and pious priest who violates both his dharma and his bhakti because of his ...

Josie is visiting her mother Fay for the first time in fifteen years. Shes never walked into a prison before. Fay is serving life for ...

Ever thought what a clown does when he is depressed? It sure is tough being a clown. Here is one who hasn't stopped crying for ...

Haneef Mohammed did not marry, firmly believing that all women are dishonest and cheat their husbands. However, a chance meeting with the six year old, ...

There's not much left to be said about one of the greatest mystery novels of all time, written by a master story-teller and creator of ...

A director while rehearsing for a play with his actors is rudely interrupted by six strangers. They claim to be looking for an author. The ...

Simple questions may have simple answers, but some questions have no answers at all. These are questions that begin to stay with you. A young ...

A dramatic exploration of Hazrat Khusrau's poetry, life and philosophy through music, dance and drama. In a quaint neighborhood in a small town in Madhya ...

The play is essentially about a rich eccentric octogenarian who is used to living a luxurious and flamboyant life and is swept off his feet ...

A writer who insists on rendering soul to his writings figuratively and, an actor in search of a character that will liberate him. What follows ...

A Peasant of El Salvador is the riveting, funny and heart-warming story of a hill farmer and his family in El Salvador during the 1980s; ...

Khatijabai of Karmali Terrace is not just the story of one woman, but of all of us, trapped in lives that are not our own. ...

Undaunted by the fact that she is getting on in years but is yet to find the right match, Anjali Sharma (Anji) sets out to ...

Inspired by the French opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, Club Desire is a powerful story of love, passion, and art set in the world of ...

This is a first of its kind, where theatre and dance meet on one stage. It is a one-hour contemporary piece that brings to the ...

This is the story of a middle class family where the head of the family, aged 52, realizes one fine morning that he is going ...

Pooja and Mitch come to India to make a documentary on caste based prostitution, but its not as easy as they hoped. A village of ...

Javed Siddiqi’s play Hum-Safar is about an erstwhile couple at crossroads, meeting each other over a period of several years. When Sonal (Lubna Salim) and ...

Presenting a Homage to Saadat Hasan Manto with a collage of snippets from his stories and his life, that gives us a glimpse into the ...

The play revolves around Karna, a great character from Mahabharata. It expresses conflicts, aspects and values of humanity. Horrors of war and the relativity of ...

Kaifi Aur Mein is a celebration of renowned Urdu poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi's life and works seen through the eyes of his wife, ...

A journey through the magical world of questions. nspired by Mahashweta Devi's well-known picture story book Why-Why Girl, this play celebrates the innocent curiosity of ...

Divide and Rule Religion is the Tool. Munshi Premchand exposed this nefarious British game in his short story Satyagrah. A choir and artistes weave together ...

Paramjit Singh Duggal aka Pammi aka Doggie aka Parmeetay has problems bigger than his pet names. Though he prefers calling them issues. His mother wants ...

Of all his creations, his songs occupied a special space in Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur’s heart. Love is the life-blood of Gurudev’s songs – they may ...

The play is a deep serious exploration of the poetic impulse based on the life of Mareez: poet, writer of beautiful ghazals, lover of alcohol; ...

This play 'APURVA AVSAR' is based on life of SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA (1867-1901) – a contemporary thinker, a great philosopher, a brilliant poet, self realized saint ...

is a play set in a typical Gujarati family, which showcases the 'transformation' of a conservative Gujju Mother into a Hip, Modern Mom. It is ...

Andha Yug is one of the most significant plays of modern India. Written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the play is a ...

This play is about Karna and the story untold or sometimes chosen to be ignored about the magnanimity and the tragedy of someone who had ...

‘Wedding Album, Girish Karnad’s contemporary new comic drama, explores the traditional Indian Wedding in a globalized, technologically advanced India. On the surface it’s a familiar ...

The story of Jairaj and Ratna, two Bharat Natyam dancers past their prime, is contrasted with that of their daughter Lata, who is on the ...

Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published. If you knew Rajkumar you'd realize the absurdity of the request. ...

Two young people in love, facing parental opposition, make two generations realize that nothing really changes where this wondrous emotion is concerned... life is a ...

Many animals use venoms in diverse ways either to capture prey or as agents of defense. In most cases components of venoms target the nervous ...

Accounts of music-making in India, and stories of the struggles and hardships faced by musicians both real and imaginary lay the foundation for a collage ...

After The Interview, Siddharth Kumar returns with his new play, Spunk, which premiered at the Writers Bloc Festival in Mumbai, and “packs quite a punch”. ...

Paramjit Singh Duggal aka Pammi aka Doggie aka Parmeetay has problems bigger than his pet names. Though he prefers calling them issues.His mother wants grandchildren. ...

Paramjit Singh Duggal aka Pammi aka Doggie aka Parmeetay has problems bigger than his pet names. Though he prefers calling them issues. His mother wants ...

From rather humble beginnings in the early 1950s emerged a child artist with exceptional dancing talent... 'The Saroj Khan Story' began as a search for ...

The production is a creation based on William Shakespeare's HAMLET- in English and gibberish. A bunch of clowns are putting up a show of Hamlet- ...

In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged - one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; ...

Wonderland combines two timeless classics - Cervantes' Don Quixote and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. In this exciting new story the Queen of Wonderland has ...

Experience the magic of the circus in the intimate space of Prithvi. Enjoy watching cube juggling, pyramids by Tanzanians, Foot Tower Basketball acts, African Limbo ...

Get an amazing exposure to theatre as a wholesome art and science that has behind it the study of all art forms. Work with speech, ...

7-year-old Murli can't wait to find out what he's going to when he grows up. So after thinking deeply about it, he finally surrenders to ...

Motley's new production is a collection of three short pieces by George Bernard Shaw. The centrepiece is 'Village Wooing'his comediettina 'for two voices in three ...

Learn all about body movement, speech and expression. Twist, turn, jump and run with a host of fun theatre games. Become a clown and give ...

Children's Play suitable for the ages 5 yrs & above A strange magical cat creeps into a young boy's room every night. This would have ...

'Hum Kahein Aap Suney' is a play based on the ancient art of Daastaan Goi which literally means story telling. Using this narrative style, the ...

Children's Play suitable for the ages 6 to 14 yrs What happens when children come up with a plan and carry it out to bring ...

Bade Bhaisahab . . .the most amazing of all relationships is that of siblings! This story is about 2 brothers, their typical love-hate relationship and ...

Mowgli lives in the jungle. And he's been raised by wolves. With the help of his friends—Baloo the Bear, Bagheera the Black Panther, and Kaa ...

A young school girl mysteriously starts writing beautiful poetry and suddenly becomes a star amongst everyone she knows. Her new 'talent' wins her accolades and ...

How often do children ask questions and actually get answers from adults? And how often do adults enter the magical world of questions? Kyun-Kyun Ladki ...

Zinga's Planet Sesor has been invaded by the evil Yago and his army. The invaders are on the hunt for the immortal Rose of Sesor. ...

Two sets of identical twins, separated as babies during a sandstorm in this brand new Afghan adaptation of Shakespeare's classic, find themselves in the city ...

This super-hit play, now in its tenth year running, has become a brand name all over India and the world. Through outrageous comedy, poignant drama ...

Translated from the super-hit play The Vagina Monologues, the Hindi version reaches heights of comedy, drama & poetry rarely seen on stage. This one-of-a-kind play ...

With the conviction that children should not be exposed only to low comedy in the theatre, Motley is attempting Bernard Shaw's satire on war and ...

Jis Lahore Nahi Dekhya was written in the 1980s but today it has become our willing tool to cry out stop- to death, torture, violence, ...

A bucket becomes a swimming pool. A ribbon becomes Rapunzel. And your audience believes it. This is the world of object theatre where ordinary things ...

A Searing play about a woman at the mercy of social forces that threaten to engulf her. Working on various levels, the play reveals her ...

“From the jilted squalour and refuse of life, he picks out pearls. He enjoys digging in the refuse because he doesn't trust the luminaries of ...

A story of draught-stricken times when the draught is also a metaphor for the loss of trust and hope in life. Somewhere along the Haryana-Rajasthan ...

When a trader from Kabul comes to Hindusthan to earn some money, he meets a little girl who reminds him very much of his daughter ...

The play is about a homesick Afghani and his friendship with a little girl in Kolkata, has two parts. The original story ends in the ...

The Mushaira, which forms the basis of this heart-warming play, was the last of its kind in the Mughal Court. The court had a tradition ...

Musical fairy tale in English. The story is about two sisters Princess Beauty and Princess Simple who live in a happy kingdom of Whistling Woods. ...

2 Hours (With Interval) Biwi-O-Biwi deals with the theme of modern male chauvinism and how the modern woman stands up to and fights against it. ...

KHALID KI KHALA is a farce in Urdu with hilarious comical twists and delightful moments. It has been adapted by Begum Quidsia Zaidi from the ...

1 hr 45 mins (No Interval) Girija Ke Sapne is a musical satire, at times hilariously funny and at times ridiculous, with shades of pathos. ...

Children's Play suitable for the ages 8 yrs & above The play, Boy with a Suitcase, unfolds through the story-telling and narrative of the young ...

Eight citizens of Mumbai pour their heart out to the audience. A slice of their lives is served on a platter; pain, joy, memories, hopes, ...

Motley's new production is a collection of three short pieces by George Bernard Shaw. The centrepiece is 'Village Wooing'his comediettina 'for two voices in three ...

The play is about Chandu, an orphan who is brought up by his aunt. He is completely devoted to her and wants to fulfill all ...

It is the story of a family where the father thinks his progenies are standing at the threshold of total ruination. They are wallowing in ...

In an amateurish Ramleela at countryside situation becomes chaotic, humorous because of the involvement of all untrained members of the society enacting characters from Ramayana. ...

Mohan, a 50 year old gentleman is patriarch of an Indian traditional middle class family. He lives in his house along with his wife, a ...

This is a hard hitting play about corrupt bureaucracy, the people who are caught in red-tape and how their very existence is threatened by the ...

Gaj Foot Inch deals with the deeper emotions of a shy, adolescent Tillu who has never encountered love in life. Still he emerges a winner ...

Noted English actress Sarah Miles once said ‘There's a little bit of a hooker in every woman...a little bit of a hooker and a little ...

A collection of eight compact contemporary comedies. The writers include Adhir Bhat, Susan Cinoman (Aristos Award winning writer of Fitting Rooms), Siddharth Kumar (writer of ...

'In Iraq, a wedding is not a wedding unless shots get fired. It's like in England where a wedding is not a wedding unless someone ...

“I find myself talking about trains …the order of things as observed from a train window. Clarity improving only with distance, the violent speed of ...

Even policemen and journalists don’t want to go to Mohagaon. If they must visit, they definitely don’t want to stay too long. The only person ...

In Paris in the 1920s, a concert violinist meets and falls in love with a stylish young flapper who's the wife of an old friend. ...

Someone's to blame for this collapse…but who? A free willing Maya, an inherently insecure Shekhar or a clueless Karan who just can't speak his mind? ...

This play is not a play. They are young. They have renounced theatre. Nobody will perform scenes, say dialogues, play characters. There is no curtain, ...

Blood is thicker than water, but just how thick is the bond that holds a mother and her daughters together? Could it snap under the ...

Pooja and Mitch come to India to make a documentary on caste based prostitution, but it’s not as easy as they hoped. Seema, the sex ...

Brijesh Arora has a gift. His body produces special semen. Now whether this is a miracle or not, depends on your point of view. For ...

An average middle class family depends entirely on the father, the head of the house, for their daily needs. Shillak (literally meaning savings or something ...

A boy picks up a football. A doctor picks up a toy. A girl picks up a story. A boy picks up a shoe. A ...

“This place is not just an address to us. It is all that we have... All that we are.” Vincent Pereira takes on developers who ...

There is an urge to create; a need to survive; and then there is television! Satellite City is the kaleidoscopic world of a motley bunch ...

Accounts of music-making in India, and stories of the struggles and hardships faced by musicians both real and imaginary lay the foundation for a collage ...

S*X, M*RALITY, AND, CENS*RSHIP is a modern seduction of ideas exploring one of the most controversial issues of our time – morality and censorship. The ...