Previous Events

In an evening of electronic music inspired by cultural heritage, the natural world. We have two artists Uday Dass & the duo Ethnica performing alongside Yosi Horikawa from Japan on the Delhi leg of his world tour. Yosi picks up everyday sounds, often taken for granted & synthesizes them to create music. A childhood habit of tinkering with objects lead him down this path of discovery where he was able to find melody in the mundane. His work is truly deserving of the term "original". Age - 20+

We have been craving a safe, fun and judgement-free space to just let loose and dance in Delhi. Saturday Fishfry is a community dance event for all you dance-monkeys out there. Enthusiasm is mandatory, nothing else required. We will be kicking off the first edition at Shed9 on July 20th with Soul, Funk & Disco music courtesy of Stefan Kaye and Rodali Dutta. Bring yourselves, bring your friends and bring your moves. Ages 21 & above.

Ditty is an Indian musician and urban ecologist based in Goa. She recently released her debut album, Poetry Ceylon, inspired by the natural world and people on the island of Sri Lanka. An earthy, eclectic and experimental journey of music, Poetry Ceylon offers the listener an invitation to feel all that is beautiful and heart wrenching about being human. Joining Ditty for this concert are Shantanu Pandit & Dhruv Bhola who recorded and arranged the record. For ages 16 and above.

One month following the demise of veteran theatre personality Girish Karnad an ensemble of theatre artists from across the city gather to pay this legend a tribute. Theatre repertories as well as individual performers come together to perform vignettes from several of Karnad's plays including Nagamandala, Tughlaq and Boiled Beans on Toast. For ages 16 and above.

Three musicians jam in the round surrounded by audience members, their set builds a loose narrative about the unpredictable journey of a struggling musician. Guitarist and vocalist Azaan Khan, bassist Danik Ghosh and percussionist Makrand Sanon perform original compositions reflecting their individual forays into folk, indie and acoustic music. Come for a casual, interactive sing-song evening where the audience helps build the narrative of the show. For ages 16 and above.

Unravel is an interactive theatre ​production bringing experiences with mental health and wellness to the fore. The ensemble uses spontaneous improv, theatre exercises and audience suggestions to devise the final performance on the spot. What follows is a candid and light hearted sharing from the room at large, that offers an approachable perspective on emotional challenges that are often intimidating or stigmatized. For ages 16 and above.

An introduction to the basics of improvisation, this workshop focuses on the simple act of saying "yes" as a way to heighten self awareness and acceptance. It creates a safe and fun space to observe and enhance your own thoughts, behaviors, abilities and mental wellness. Often limited as merely a comedic performance medium, improv also has far reaching effects on life skills like patience, perseverance, hope and trust. Participants can come for one day or all three. For ages 16 and above.

Combining romance and fantasy with a sensitive commentary on learning disabilities Akvarious Productions, Mumbai presents a slice of life comedy about an adolescent boy coming of age. Homi, our protagonist, can’t seem to focus in school. He is told that he has ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), which affects his concentration in class. With the help of his mother, his father's guitar, his first potential girlfriend, and some great thinkers from history, Homi comes up with creative ways of dealing with his condition. Based on the work of Pierre Pichot and adapted for the stage by Akarsh Khurana, this play tugs at the emotional strings that tie the bonds between parents and children. Younger audiences and their adults will likely find that this story speaks to people on both ends of this tender relationship, and indeed, everyone in between. For ages 9 and above.

This is a reading & discussion that puts the focus on disappearing dialects of our city. Dastango Fouzia & academic Saneya explore the ways of life and 'boli' (dialects) of micro-communities that once resided here, through poems and prose from Urdu literature. Their distinct speech, gendered idiolect and mannerisms will be contextualised with a historical brief, followed by Fouzia narrating excerpts in Naayi (barber) ki boli, Karkhandari Zubaan, Dhoban (washerwoman) ki boli, Begumati Zubaan.

One BHK explores a mother-daughter relationship through a series of phone conversations, emails, text messages, recollections and reflections which span a period of one year. In a way, One BHK is about everyone who has left home to find a new one. It is about the everyday monotony of living alone. It is about young, reckless dreams and old, unlived ones. It is about learning to live with yourself. And it is about understanding that the old were once young too. In this experiment, audience members themselves participate in the storytelling. 6 members of the audience can choose to read while others listen. The milieu of different voices and versions of a universally shared experience adds another layer of intimacy and engagement to the proceedings.

A compendium of ten short classical and contemporary dance pieces, curated and mentored by Aditi Mangaldas. On Saturday, Ms. Mangaldas will be giving an informal talk, providing insight into her process of creating and choreographing work. The performances are bound together by a single conceptual thread: "What do the numbers say to you?". Each piece is a personal interpretation of a given number by past or present Drishtikon repertory members. Explorations of the numbers range from a depiction of the confluence of three rivers to a scrutiny of the sixth sense - each performance holds it's own yet flows from one to other seamlessly. For ages 16 and above.

The Drishtikon Baithak presents an exciting glimpse into music and dance by emerging young artists. This edition begins with an informal talk by Aditi Mangaldas at 7 pm on tradition and modernity in Indian dance, followed by two vastly different pieces beginning at 8 pm. Shikhandi: The Inner Quest is a Bharatanatyam solo performed by Himanshu Srivastava. A character from the Mahabharata often painted in queer shades, Shikhandi played a pivotal role in the battle of Kurukshetra. Raising questions of self awareness and a search for inner peace, Himanshu leads the audience on a riveting journey. The second performance by Urvi Vora is a contemporary dance-theatre piece called S.K.U.M. Manifesto (Society against Kamasutra and Uncouth Men). The performer depicts a "Woman in a Saree" as a museum object and then goes on to illustrate a satire on the Kamasutra through a woman's perspective. For ages 16 and above.