Mysore

Dr. Sinduvalli Ananthamurthy Memorial Theatre Festival, organised by Rangayana, will be inaugurated by Prof. H.S. Shivaprakash, theatrist, poet and Director of Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Berlin, Germany, on June 5 at Bhoomigeetha at 6 pm.

Senior theatre artist Dr. N. Ratna will be the chief guest. Vijaya Sinduvalli of Kalasuruchi will be present. Rangayana Director Lingadevaru Halemane will preside.

Earlier at 10.30 am on the same day, there will be an interaction with Prof. Shivaprakash in which Linagdevaru Halemane, Prof. O.L. Nagabhushanaswamy and Prof. S.R. Ramesh will participate.

The plays being staged as part of the festival are: June 5- Dr. Siddalingaiah’s play ‘Ooru-Keri’ by Janamanadaata troupe from Heggodu; June 12- Dr. Srishaila Huddara’s play ‘Buddha-Prabuddha’ by Samudaya from Hubli-Dharwad; June 19- Lakshmi Chandrashekar’s play ‘Kittalemane Kaveri’ by Creative Theatre from Bangalore; June 26- Dr. Bhadrappa Henli’s play ‘Andhagandhaara’ by Kalasuruchi from Mysore. All the plays will be staged at Bhoomigeetha at 6.30 pm. There will also be a photo exhibition on the theatre journey of Dr. Sinduvalli Ananthamurthy from June 6 to 26.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / June 04th, 2011