Firstact

FirstAct: Watch Star Light, a play about friendship, love, and the miracles that human relationships often are

Star Light is a story of love and friendship blossoming in the warmth of Christmas.

FirstAct: In 'Between the Banks', a physical performance embodies Manipur's infrastructural irregularities, repercussions

Akhoka Theatre's Between the Banks aspires to embody the physical attitude and behaviour of contemporary Manipur from the context of a developmental project initiated by the state government, particularly the Dolaithabi dam in Manipur.

FirstAct: Watch Between the Banks, a performative theatre production on Manipur's tryst with developmental discrepancies

'Between the Banks' is a physical performance embodying Manipur's infrastructural irregularities and their repercussions.

The Friday List: From Netflix's Ratched to folklore around supernatural cats, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.

FirstAct: Watch MD Pallavi's Salt, a play about ramifications of poverty in a pandemic

In MD Pallavi's 'Salt', a woman and her daughters walk the hard line between hunger and dignity.

FirstAct: In 'Salt', a woman and her daughters walk the hard line between hunger and dignity

'Salt' revolves around a family of three women — a mother and two daughters — who are coping with the pandemic and its resulting shortcomings by telling each other stories and faking the food on their plate.

The Friday List: From Atlas Obscura's pickling class to Thespo's clown workshop, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.

FirstAct: Chanakya Vyas' Leftovers examines a pandemic's semantics, its effects on everyday lives

Leftovers, the upcoming FirstAct presentation in association with Chanakya Vyas, deals with the themes of privilege, fear, and othering — all of which are in focus during the ongoing pandemic.

FirstAct: OGLAM's Abey Yaar! vets relationships in a digital age through the lenses of privilege and prejudice

In OGLAM's Abey Yaar!, a seemingly casual, fun reunion of five friends over a Zoom call sheds light on human behaviour driven by social anxiety, issues of gender, caste, class, and everything in between.

FirstAct: Theatre Jil Jil Ramamani's Haiku in a Bun explores relationships and grieving in the time of a pandemic

Haiku in a Bun is a tale of three siblings, separated by continents and time-zones, who log on to a video-conferencing app to steady each other through a recent bereavement.