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The 16th variation of the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK), organised by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, volition statesman successful Thrissur connected January 25, bringing unneurotic an expansive line-up of global, national, and Malayalam theatre. The eight-day festival, moving till February 1, volition diagnostic 23 plays staged done 46 performances crossed 7 venues successful the city.
Curated astir the taxable ‘Voices successful the Silence,’ this year’s ITFoK volition showcase 9 planetary productions, 9 national-level plays from crossed India, and 5 Malayalam plays. Theatre groups from Argentina, Brazil, Armenia, Palestine, Slovakia, Spain, Japan, and Denmark volition enactment successful the planetary segment. From wrong India, productions from Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Assam and Madhya Pradesh, on with plays from Kerala, volition instrumentality the stage.
The festival volition beryllium inaugurated astatine 5 p.m. connected January 25 astatine the Akademi courtyard by Minister for Cultural Affairs Saji Cherian. Documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan volition be arsenic main guest, portion Gujarati filmmaker, playwright and histrion Dakxin Bajrange Chhara volition beryllium the impermanent of honour. Revenue Minister K. Rajan, Higher Education Minister R. Bindu, Thrissur Mayor Niji Justin, P. Balachandran, MLA, and Cultural Affairs Additional Chief Secretary Rajan N. Khobragade volition besides attend. The inauguration volition diagnostic the merchandise of the festival book, bag, T-shirt and bulletin.
Seven venues
The festival volition beryllium hosted crossed 7 venues: K.T. Muhammed Theatre, Actor Murali Theatre, Black Box Theatre, School of Drama, FAVOS (Ramanilayam campus), the Akademi courtyard and the Murali Theatre backyard. While plays volition beryllium staged astatine the main theatre venues, the Akademi courtyard volition big the inaugural and valedictory ceremonies and taste programmes. Seminars, discussions and dialogues volition beryllium held astatine the Murali Theatre backyard, and movie screenings volition instrumentality spot astatine FAVOS.
Among the planetary productions are Hamlet Toilet (Japan), Wow (Slovakia), Dumbling (Armenia), The Last Play successful Gaza and Oranges and Stones (Palestine), Frankenstein Project (Argentina), A Scream successful the Dark (Brazil), Lucia Joyce – A Small Drama successful Motion (Spain), and Romeo and Juliet (Denmark). The nationalist conception features plays specified arsenic Malpractice and the Show, The Far Post, Under the Mangosteen Tree, Kulanga Barhi, The Nether, Something Like Truth, Mesok and Agarbathi. Malayalam productions see Kuhu, An Anthology connected Train, Bye Bye Bypass, Nanmayil John Quixote, Madan Moksham and Screamer.
Offline tickets
Online summons booking for plays volition unfastened connected January 5 done https://theatrefestivalkerala.com. Tickets are priced astatine ₹90, with a maximum of 2 tickets per idiosyncratic per play. Offline tickets volition besides beryllium disposable successful constricted numbers from the Akademi courtyard antagonistic connected the time of each performance. Entry to the inaugural and closing ceremonies, taste programmes, seminars, discussions and movie screenings volition beryllium free.
The festival manager is theatre manager Abhilash Pillai, with Ruwanthi De Chickera, Anamika Haskar, Sreejith Ramanan and Jyothish M.G. arsenic curators. Jaleel T. Kunnath is the festival coordinator.
Akademi chairperson Mattannur Sankarankutty said ITFoK continues its ngo of presenting artistically important plays that bring voices, struggles and narratives from crossed the satellite to the stage, portion akademi caput Karivelloor Murali noted that the expanded fig of productions this twelvemonth aims to connection much audiences the accidental to acquisition theatre.
