"The Ramayana" English play at Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg > 7pm to 9 :45pm on 26th to 30th September & 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th October 2014


Time : 7:00 pm - 9:45 pm Add to Calendar 26-09-2014 19:00:00 05-10-2014 21:45:00 68 "The Ramayana" English play Event Page : http://goo.gl/ywsZrj Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : by Tickets priced at Rs. 500/-, 350/- & 250/- available at : 
Online : BookMyShow
Offline : at the venue
Note : For 10 years old and above.


Venue : Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110001 
Landmark : Next to RML Hospital Emergency Gate 5
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Patel Chowk(Yellow Line)Exit Gate - 3'
Parking : Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital public parking or Inside Akshara Theatre

Event Description : Akshara Theatre presents Gopal Sharman’s internationally acclaimed stage production, The Ramayana (in English)

The Ramayana  was originally performed by the celebrated actress Jalabala Vaidya as a one-woman performance, on Broadway, London’s West End, United Nations Headquarters, National Theatres of Europe, Canada, as far as the Fiji Islands, as well as in 35 Indian cities and towns: from Mumbai to Manipal, Kolkata to Jammu, Delhi to Calicut -- to packed houses, rave reviews and standing ovations worldwide – creating dramatic history.

In this production of The Ramayana, Jalabala performs the opening and closing of the play -- as the Contemporary Person, the Katha Vachaka, Dasharatha and Kaikeyi at the start of the play, and Rama and Sita at the end of the play, while a cast of superbly talented young actors performs the other scenes creating an exciting and innovative theatrical experience,.

The actors includes Jalabala’s talented grand-daughter Nisa as Sita, Vikalp Mudgal as Rama and Angad Thakur as Ravana. Romit plays Bharata, Rakesh Palisetty plays Lakshmana,  Shaily Priya Pandey plays Mandodari, while Hanuman is played by two actors: Mahant Shah and Dhruv Shetty.

Critics and audience members the world over have praised the dramatic intensity of Gopal Sharman’s script, which explores the human characters of Rama and Sita, with reverence, delicacy and insight, through some of the most exquisite stage writing in modern theatre. When The Ramayana was performed on Broadway, it was hailed as “India’s Gift to Broadway” by the New York Times. The Times, London found it  “Noble, commanding and heroic”. The Indian Express exclaimed “The Ramayana is etched in tremendous beauty”, while critic Raghava Menon, wrote in the Hindustan Times “This Ramayana challenges you to look at the meaning of the story from a brand new angle.”

Director : Gopal Sharman

Cast & Crew : Jalabala Vaidya, Vikalp Mudgal, Nisa Shetty, Vidur Mohan, Pushkar Garg, Rakesh Palisetty, Sarah Jaggi, Mahant Shah, Dhruv Shetty

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"The Ramayana" English play at Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg > 7pm to 9 :45pm on 26th to 30th September & 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th October 2014 "The Ramayana" English play at Akshara Theatre, 11-12 B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg > 7pm to 9 :45pm on 26th to 30th September & 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th October 2014 Reviewed by Delhi Events on Sunday, October 05, 2014 Rating: 5

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