Category: Theater

Parsi revue Laughter in the House 2 is a cornucopia of guilty pleasures One would perhaps not have imagined the Bee Gees song ‘Stayin’ Alive’ to be as felicitous to the boulevards of Ballard Estate, as it may have been to surviving in the rough streets of New York in 1977. The disco beats of… Continue reading Still Chuckling After All These Years

Five years after Laughter In The House sparked magic at the box office, the golden oldies of Parsi theatre are back with a sequel By Anju Maskeri | Posted 05-Feb-2017 Burjor Patel, Rashna Karai and Sam Kerawalla at the rehearsal of Laughter in the House 2 at Tata Theatre; Pics/Bipin Kokate At 6.30 PM, when… Continue reading Laughter rings in the house again

Edward Theatre is seeking a cultural revival after surviving a dark tunnel of the single screen’s demise Slated to open towards the end of the month, the Goethe Institut’s ambitious Poets Translating Poets Festival, which will be staged across the city, brings to spotlight one of the oldest gems in the city –The Edward Theatre… Continue reading Edward Talkies: Small Talk with Fred Poonawala

During 8th to 10th century, when Parsi community migrated from Greater Iran to Gujarat, nobody imagined how beautifully this community will adopt the land of India and the people of this region. Today, on the occasion of Parsi New Year, Pateti, we tried to know what Parsi youth is thinking and how are they looking… Continue reading Maharukh Chichgar: A Parsi Woman Taking On The World

Good friend of Parsi Khabar, and an amazingly talented artist, writer and theater personality Kayhan Irani goes to the White House !!! From AAM On Wednesday, the White House will recognize ten individuals from across the country as “White House Champions of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” May is Asian… Continue reading White House Honours Kayhan Irani as Champion of Change

Parsi theatre was the first to realise the full commercial potential of Shakespeare’s works. The result was King Lear as comedy and a farce called Hamlet No Omelette. The curtains of the spare, elegant sitting room have been drawn against the April sun, and the noise of traffic on the busy Veer Nariman Road is… Continue reading Hamlet No Omlette: A time for Natak

Fun, love and laughter are the traits of the rarest form of plays enacted at the Parsi Theatre in the city. The Diamond City has raised hopes of theatre lovers that such form of plays would be nurtured on World Theatre Day on Sunday. “Parsi population is depleting and so the situation of Parsi Theatre… Continue reading The show must go on: Parsi Theater in Surat