Rangayana to host Greeshma Rangotsava from June 29
Speaking to reporters, Rangayana director Satish Tiptur said the annual festival will commemorate senior theatre activist C G Krishnaswamy, popularly known as CGK in theatre circles.
The festival, Greeshma Rangotsava, is organised to provide a platform and to promote amateur theatre troupes, which play a crucial role in keeping the theatre movement alive in the state.
As part of the festival, seven plays will be staged every weekend by various theatre troupes, Tiptur said.
The festival will be inaugurated by noted theatre personality and former Rangayana director H Janardhan. He will be joined by Ranga Samaj member H S Suresh Babu, joint director of Kannada and culture V N Mallikarjunaswamy, and assistant director M D Sudarshan.
The director said the repertory will provide all necessary facilities to the artists during their stay in the city. Ranga Samaj member H S Sureshbabu and Greeshma Rangotsav convener Arsikere Yogananda were also present at the media briefing.
SCHEDULE
June 29: Play on poet laureate Kuvempu's 'Smashana Kurukshetra', directed by Manjuanth Byate.
July 6: Play based on Anton Chekhov's 'Ward Number 6,' translated into Kannada by D R Nagaraj, directed by Mime Ramesh.
July 13: Street play on 'Ahalya', directed by Yatish Kollegala.
July 20: 'Srinivasaprabhu', directed by Raviprasad.
July 27: 'Kalasutra', translated into Kannada by Prakash Parvathikara, directed by H S Suresh Babu.
August 2: Dr Rajappa Dalvoy's stage play 'Nitya Sachiva', directed by Pramod Shiggav.
August 10: Stage play on 'Kuhu', directed by Arunlal.
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