Theatre The Chakkar Theatre The Chakkar

Jyoti Dogra’s MAAS: The Body and Its Desires

Delivered with humour and discomfort, Jyoti Dagra’s solo performance Maas examines the politics of beauty and its intersections with social media, the public and the private gaze, and our capitalist society’s conception of female beauty. By Prerna S.

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Theatre The Chakkar Theatre The Chakkar

A Play on Blurred Sexual Lines—Now in India

Aakash Prabhakar—who directed and acted in the Indian reimagining of Mark Bartlett’s play, Cock—speaks to Chintan Girish Modi about the complexities of adaptation, casting, identity politics, and the human discomfort with ambiguities.

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Theatre The Chakkar Theatre The Chakkar

Hanging on to the Trapeze

The pandemic threatens to be the last nail in the coffin for many of India’s great circus troupes. By taking their act online, Rambo Circus hopes to keep an acrobatic balance for the show to go on. - By Barkha Kumari

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