Synopsis The play is set in the city of Padmavati. The king desires that his minister's daughter Malati marry a youth called Nandana. Malati is in love with Madhava ever since she saw him and drew his portrait. Madhava reciprocates, and draws a portrait of her in...
Ninasam
Kalandugeya Kathe
Synopsis Kalandugeya Kathe is a stage adaptation of H. S. Shivaprakash's Madure Kanda, Madhavi and Matruka. All the three plays are based on the Tamil classic Silapadikaram. The epic poem from 4th century is about an anklet. But this stage production juxtaposes the...
Atta Dari Itta Puli
Synopsis Tirugata is a repertory of Ninasam established in 1985. A group of 20 ex-students of Ninasam Theatre Institute formed every July, rehearse that season’s plays and travel all over the state for almost a year. Performing almost every day with roughly 120...
Training
ನೀನಾಸಮ್, ಹೆಗ್ಗೋಡು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಂಚಿ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್ ಜೊತೆಯಾಗಿ ನಡೆಸುವ ಕಿರುಚಿತ್ರ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರ ಮೂರನೆಯ ವರ್ಷದ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ೨೦೧೭ನೇ ಇಸವಿಯ ಜನವರಿ ೨೧ರಿಂದ ೨೬ರವರೆಗೆ ಹೆಗ್ಗೋಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯಲಿರುವ ಈ ಸನಿವಾಸ ಶಿಬಿರಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳನ್ನು ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ಹದಿನೈದಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ...
Ninasam Documentation 2016
In 2015, Sanchi Foundation joined hands with Ninasam to document three Kannada plays. We wanted to document these Kannada plays and present it to the world community of theatre connoisseurs and academicians. Plays were recorded in HD with were subtitled in English....
Oresthis Purana
Synopsis Some of the main themes explored by Greek Tragedies are the Concept of State and the Disputes between Statuses. These frictions sometimes surface as a physical tussle and sometimes become a struggle between representative mindsets. On one side we have...
Tartuffe
Synopsis Orgon’s family is up in arms because Orgon and his mother have fallen under the influence of Tartuffe, a pious fraud (and a vagrant prior to Orgon’s help). Tartuffe pretends to be pious and to speak with divine authority, and Orgon and his...
Gunamukha
Synopsis The renowned Persian Emperor Nadir Shaw lived for about 60 years (1688–1747). Beginning his invasion of India (then, the Hindustan) in 1739, he defeated the Mughal army at the battle of Karnal in 1740, and captured Delhi. Lacking in fidelity and morality, the...
Ninasam Documentation Project
Karnataka has had a long history in theatre. However, there has not been much systematic audio-visual documentation of plays. Sanchi Foundation decided to partner with Ninasam, a premier theatre school in Karnataka, for a documentation project. Three productions of...