Bengaluru Ranga Shankara

Bengaluru's Ranga Shankara Theatre turns 17 today. The institution is marking the occasion with a festival of plays.

Ranga Shankara, the Bengaluru theatre set up by actor Arundhati Nag named after her late husband, Shankar Nag, used to have at least one show on six days of the week, without fail, for years. And then the pandemic happened - there have been no shows since March last year. But that changes from Friday with plays beginning once again in the theatre -...

In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.

Bengaluru's Ranga Shankara Theatre turns 17 today. The institution is marking the occasion with a festival of plays.

Ranga Shankara, the Bengaluru theatre set up by actor Arundhati Nag named after her late husband, Shankar Nag, used to have at least one show on six days of the week, without fail, for years. And then the pandemic happened - there have been no shows since March last year. But that changes from Friday with plays beginning once again in the theatre -...

In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.