The Hamara Shakespeare festival is an annual 3-day festival celebrating Indian theatre in Chennai. This festival features stand-out performances by artists from across the country who have created a mark in their respective fields.
We at the Prakriti Foundation have had long standing commitment to theatre, which brought us to the epitome of this arts form, Shakespeare. However, our intention with this festival was to explore and experiment with the Indian perspective – how have Indian individuals and groups, actors and directors chosen to interpret Shakespeare? The result of this thought process was Hamara Shakespeare – a unique festival that portrays the works of Shakespeare in Indian languages in the Indian realm.
The festival opens its doors to people all over the country and the world, inviting them to experience and enjoy the world of theatre in Chennai. The best part being that it is non-ticketed and is open to all!
The Hamara Shakespeare performances were held over three days from 23rd to 25th February, 2007 at the museum theatre in Chennai. For further details regarding the venue, time and various performers on each day, kindly select the date from the drop-down menu.
23-02-2007
24-02-2007
Jungle me mangal is a creative adaptation of Shakespeare's famous comedy "Mid Summer Night's Dream". It has been adapted in Tamasha folk form of Maharashtra and to add a zing, there is a surprise element of cross casting which underlines the fantasy aspect of the play.
25-02-2007
: A performance in magic realism through dance theatre combining two stories of William Shakespeare - 'Othello' and 'A Mid Summer Night's Dream' with scenes from Kathakali stories, the classical dance drama from Kerala, India, Kathakali uses the elaborate costume, music, songs, dance and theatricality of Kathakali, a 16th century dance theatre form and combines it with spoken and enacted texts and scenes from Shakespeare
To know more about our past editions of this festival, kindly select a Year from the drop-down menu below.
The Company Theatre, Mumbai
Neel Chaudhuri
M.K.Raina
Atul Kumar
