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There will be a five-day festival in memory of C.G. Krishnaswamy
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Among many A scene from Allamana Bayalaata
In memory of C.G. Krishnaswamy, the late theatre activist and Chairman of the Karnataka Nataka Academy, Ranga Chetana has organised a theatre festival from April 21 to April 26. This is modelled on CGK’s dream of Janapara Samskruti Utsava.The festival will kick off on April 21. At 7 p.m. Panchama Samskritika Sangha will present “Jenu Hudugi”.On April 22, Lakshmipathi Kolar’s play “Allamana Bayalaata” will be staged. It is directed by Dr. K. Ramakrishnaiah and presented by Ranga Nirantara. On April 23 is Nisargapriya’s “Nijaguna Shivayogi” directed by Nataraj Honnavalli for Sanehalli’s Shivasanchara.
The kavigoshti, poetry reading session on April 24 is at 5.30, chaired by Prof. H. V. Venugopal. This will be followed by “Nammellara Buddha”, written by Dr. Lokesh Agasanakatte and directed by Y.D. Badami. The women’s poetry reading session is on April 25, chaired by Usha P. Rai. Chandrashekar Talya’s “Allama” will be staged after this, directed by Shreesh Dobala. Both plays are by Shivasanchara, Sanehalli.
On the evening of April 26, 5 p.m., there will be a folk mela and folk songs. Also, Nadachetana and CGK Awards will be given away. This year’s CGK Award goes to Sukumar Mohan, theatre activist from Udupi, and the Nadachetana Award goes to ten people from various walks of life.
The venue for all the programmes is Ravindra Kalakshetra. On all days, the plays begins at 7 p.m. For details call 94486 84055.
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