Jaipur is getting all crazy as one of the biggest theatre festivals of India, Jairangam 2014, hits the Pink City with some incredible plays by renowned theatre artists, directors and playwrights of the country. Jaipur Theatre Festival began on December 8 and will continue till December 15, 2014 at Ravindra Manch and Jawahar Kala Kendra. It has created a rage among the theatre lovers of Jaipur and everybody in the city is going insane.
This festival also saw school and college students participating in ‘Nukkad Natak’ at various places in the city to showcase their talent and voice their messages about various social issues. Day 1 & 2 witnessed brilliant street plays performed by artists from city based theatre groups and school and college drama societies.
Jairangam in association with Jaipur beat also initiated an online photography contest, Khushboo-e-Jaipur, which was held from 1st – 25th November, 2014. The contest created a buzz on social media and received an overwhelming response from the photography lovers of the city. The shortlisted photographs of the contest have been displayed at an exhibition at Jawahar Kala Kendra which was inaugurated on December 10, 2014. The top 3 winners will be declared on the 15th of this month.
The week long theatre festival will see great artists like Manav Kaul, Kalki Koechlin, Makarand Deshpanade, Avatar Gill, Rakesh Bedi, Lushin Dubey etc. perform on stage and add to the glory of the festival. With a promise to bring famous plays by noted writers and dramatists of the country like Salaam India, Sir Sir Sarla, Colour Blind, etc., Jairangam 2014 has already become a sesnsation in the town.
Here is the list of plays that will be performed in this festival from 8th to 15th December, 2014 at Jawahar Kala Kendra and Ravindra Manch.