Based on Irawati Karve's Yuganta, this beautiful dance-drama interprets the Mahabharata from the blindfolded kaurav queen, Gandhari's perspective. A solo performance that combines kathak, text and guitar, this two-time Meta Awardee thoughtfully weaves together distinct and unique staging elements. The narrative proceeds through relationships, internal dilemmas and the wholly human motives of this mythological character, underscored by nuanced use of the red blindfold. Ages 10+

Kathak and contemporary movement embody the mystic voices of bhakti poetry in this dance-theatre piece. An abstract interplay of sound and movement progresses into storytelling with song, dance and abhinaya. Voice and improvised guitar are punctuated by tabla and ghungroos in a musical score adapted from arrangements of the Gundecha Brothers and Kumar Gandharva. Using metaphors the poems offer: the cloth, the boat and the body, Jheeni celebrates the rich philosophies of devotion. Ages 10+

In an immersive experience with food, documents, found footage, and music, all sorts of stimuli are brought to a community table to touch, taste, see, or hold. An intimate audience is invited to become visitors, friends, tasters, and witnesses to a radical life led on stage and beyond. This first episode of Table Radica presents the life, loves, and food of Habib Tanvir, an iconic Urdu and Hindi playwright, a director, poet and actor of the modern theatre in India, a man of the world. Ages 16+

Psychologist Rhea Narula facilitates a guided conversation designed to reflect and unlearn stereotypes about mental health. Participants will do small-group exercises based on elements of psychodrama and enactment to understand ingrained stigmas. Coping skills are introduced and explored with support from the collective. The hope is to enhance knowledge about the therapeutic process and foster positive perspectives towards one's mental wellbeing. Age 18+

How do we pray? How do our bodies perform belief? Responding to an environment of growing intolerance, this movement piece delves into 4 universally familiar gestures of praying - bowing, kneeling, lowering the forehead to the floor and bringing the palms together. By breaking down these gestures in time and dispersing them through space, an embodied case for the secular is made. Herein the audience is invited to explore the performative language of belief. Ages 16+