Theater Articles

Parsi New Year 2025: Blithe spirits and Navroze naataks

Remembering dramatist and columnist extraordinaire Dorab Mehta (1917-2005) who entertained theatre audiences and newspaper readers A dated photograph of Dorab (left) and Homai Mehta Article by Meher Marfatia | Mid-Day When I write I also laugh,” he...

Through a lens, gently

Through a lens, gently

The city premiere of Divya Cowasji’s film next month will showcase the best and brightest—and last—of Parsi theatre’s...

Parsi theatre academy to come up in Surat

To breathe a new life into Parsi theatre in the state, the first ever Parsi theatre academy in the country will start functioning soon in Surat. The academy is expected to play a crucial role in...

Kayhan Irani: Artivist with a cause

Kayhan Irani: Artivist with a cause

Kayhan Irani’s play, ‘We’ve Come Undone,’ has been playing to audiences around the nation since 2003. From Harlem to the streets of Baghdad, all the world’s a stage for...

Lily Don’t be Silly

For Parsis, the New Year play is an annual family tradition…and there’s one enthusiast who’s giving out 500 free tickets! August 18: Philandering husband Savak finds it tough to...

Indian Cowboy

Throughout Indian Cowboy, performer and playwright Zaraawar Mistry asks us to “connect the dots” of his narrator’s life. Yet the dots don’t necessarily add up in this...