THEATRE FEST : Ishara International Puppet Festival at Epicentre, Gurgaon & Amphitheatre, IHC, Lodhi Road > 7:30pm on on 5th to 14th February 2016

Time : 7:30 pm Add to Calendar 05/02/2016 19:30 14/02/2016 20:30 Asia/Kolkata THEATRE FEST : Ishara International Puppet Festival Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/02/theatre-fest-ishara-international.html Epicentre, Gurgaon & Amphitheatre, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : by tickets priced at Rs. 375, Available at : 
Online : BookMyShow
Note : For all age groups.

Venues : 

Venue 1 : Epicentre, Apparel House, Sector 44, Gurgaon
Landmark : Opp. Power Grid Residential Complex
Venue Info : Events | Map | About | Nearest Metro Station - 'Huda City Centre(Yellow Line)'

Venue 2 : Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 (Bikes & Bicycles)
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Stations :
'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)Exit Gate-1' - Walk Direction
'Khan Market(Violet Line)'
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : Ishara International Puppet Festival.

Schedule : 

5th February at Epicentre 
6th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Puppet Got Talent (Eng & Musical/40mins) 
Dir. Mohamed Fawzy 
Prod. Kayan Marionette Theatre 
Country. Egypt. 
Straight from the land of the Pyramids, it’s the spectacular puppet talent show that's got everybody talking. Get ready to meet a belly dancing diva named Cleopatra, a zany clown, a kooky musician and a handsome prince on his horse looking for lots of adventure; it’s a unique celebration of the folk tales of Egypt through a wide variety of highly entertaining acts.  This musical show also features a spectacular Sufi dance performance on stage incorporating puppets as you’ve never seen before. 

6th February at Epicentre 
7th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Bravo Bravissimo (Multi-Musical/60mins) 
Dir. Francesco Mattioni 
Prod. Theatro Verde 
Country. Italy. 
"BRAVO BRAVISSIMO" a meaningful title, coming from the renowned aria of Rossini’s Cenerentola that suits well our new show based on stories and fairytales from all times and places, kings and queens, witches and wizards, enchantments, dragons, talking animals, any kind of heroes ... these are the eternal stars who accompanied us along over 20 years of theatre. A phantasmagorical Carnival - starring actors, puppets, rag dolls that form a sweeping repertoire of attractions of our Company – animated figures, symbols coming from past ages are but the pretext to time travel in a sequence of amusing, poetic, thrilling events. 

7th February at Epicentre 
11th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Behind my House (Eng/50mins) 
Dir. Dora Cantero 
Prod. Pierre-Alain Rolle 
Country. Switzerland. 
In his garden, Boniface and his cronies are stretched out on the grass, watching the clouds pass by. Nearby, the governor of the grey city gives orders for tar to be spread and buildings to be built. The workman Pim and Pam get busy bustling around, but create chaos. The city grows … flowers disappear … a crane looms threateningly. Madam Paulette prepares her secret weapon, a mug of hot chocolate. In ‘Behind my House’, there is plenty of knockabout action but also laughter and tenderness. 

8th February at Epicentre 
10th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Dinosaur (Musical/40mins) 
Dir. Anurupa Roy 
Prod. Katkath Puppet Trust 
Country. India. 
Dinosaur is a non verbal show and uses puppets that are human size or bigger. These puppets are extensions of the puppeteers bodies. The story is about a T Rex egg that gets separated from the next. The baby dinosaur that hatches does not know he is a T Rex. He starts to desperately look for his mother. Instead he lands up in the midst of a hungry Raptor pack. The oldest raptor and he become friends but the other raptors still want to eat him up. Time and again the old raptor saves him but then there is a huge volcanic eruption. Will the old raptor be able to save the little T Rex baby again? 

9th February at Epicentre 
5th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
VARIETY (Eng & Gibrish/40mins) 
Dir. & Performer. Svarta Katten 
Country. Sweden. 
Variety is a medley of marionette sketches performed in different techniques such as string marionettes and bunraku puppet. The show contains comedy stuff with the mad physician Doctor Schwindelfrtz, a Pulcinella like character and his clients, oriental belly dance, the dancing skeletons and we present the only fire eating marionette in the world. 

10th February at Epicentre 
13th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Petrushka (Eng/45mins) 
Dir. Anatoly Arhipov 
Prod. Moscow Puppet Theatre 
Country. Russia. 
“Petrushka” - the performance creates the original atmosphere of cheerful Russian Fair with the certain Petrushka Theatre at it. Petrushka is the main character of the traditional, national popular puppet show over 300 years old. It is dressed in red shirt and cap with a brush. It derides human defects speaking with a special, ridiculous voice which amuses people. 

11th February at Epicentre 
9th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Little Red Riding Hood (Eng/45mins) 
Dir. & Performer. Paul Mesner 
Country. USA. 
Paul Mesner Puppets presents the tale of Little Red Riding Hood accompanied by a collection of American folk and traditional rhymes. Performed with beautifully crafted glove, rod and hand puppets, this show uses humorous wordplay to explore the playful quality of the English language. Join Georgette, the First Lady of the Paul Menser Puppets, as she introduces Little Red, Miss Suzy and her baby, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Little Miss Muffet, Old McDonald, Barnaby the Dog, On Top of Spaghetti, and Mary Had a Little Lamb. 

12th February at Epicentre 
8th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Water and Others (Musical/45mins) 
Dir. Alireza Nassehi 
Prod. IMA Puppet Group 
Country. Iran. 
Wasting water causes drought. So Mr. Foot is looking for a drop of water for his flowerpot while a battle is taking place for an empty water bottle! Mr. Foot is crawling desperately, suddenly it started raining and blessing the world..

13th February : NA

14th February at Epicentre 
12th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre 
Hans In Luck (Hindi, Urdu, Eng/60mins) 
Dir. Luts Grosman and Abdul Haq Haqjoo 
Performer. Abdulhaq Haqjoo 
Country. Afghanistan. 
Hans is a young boy; it is 7 years that he didn’t meet his mother and his hometown because of his work. So he planned to meet his mother. Hans was an honest person so his boss gives him a circular gold same as his head because of his honesty. Hans moved toward of his town. On the way to home, the people which he met wants to cheat him and they refer him to changed his gold with different animals and high and low value things step by steps. Finally when he arrived at home he was missing everything and reached to home without any things, but he was happy because he succeeds to meet his mother and hometown. 

14th February at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
(INDIA) IMAGES OF TRUTH
Design & Direction: Dadi D. Pudumjee
Performed By: Ishara Puppet Theatre Group
Language: Musical, Non Verbal
Medium: Puppets, Masks, Objects, Actors and Dance 
Duration: 50 minutes
Recommended: All Ages
Ishara’s groundbreaking and inspiring masterpiece returns to the Indian stage after almost a decade. Choreographed to music from across the world, it’s a mesmerising, non verbal, musical adaption on one of mankind’s most iconic figures - Mahatma Gandhi. Gain insight on his early life to his spiritual discovery of the universal message of Satyagraha &nonviolent protest. Images of history and contemporary India mesh together as Pudumjee & Ishara’s performers create powerful, moving images with which both the young and old alike can relate.

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