KNMA Theatre Festival: The Power of Vulnerability

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20 Oct 2025

Lineup: Beesu Kamsale, The Nights, Love and Information, Portal Waiting, Talki via Bengaluru, Project Darling, नज़र के सामने/ Before Your Eyes, Bhaagi Hui Ladkiyan, Be-Loved:

Theatre, Music, Queerness & Ishq!, Enchanted Walk, wepushthesky, Notion(s): In Between You and Me, Vali Vadha

Based on the theme ‘The Power of Vulnerability’ and curated by Bengaluru-based actor, director and filmmaker Kirtana Kumar, the inaugural edition of KNMA’s Theatre Festival was centred around the role of contemporary theatre in addressing current social vulnerabilities. Productions such as Talki via Bengaluru, Be-Loved: Theatre, Music, Queerness and Ishq! and Project Darling unravelled emerging discourses around sexuality, while performances such as wepushthesky, Bhaagi Hui Ladkiyaan and Nazar ke Saamne foregrounded personal narratives that threw light on how identity comes to be influenced by religion, gender, location, class and caste. The festival included Enchanted Walk, an interactive site specific puppet installation created by The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust. Forms such as Beesu Kamsale and Yakshagana, traditionally considered ‘folk’ provoked reflections on culture and contemporaneity. In the same vein, a curated workshop, lecture demonstration, and symposium created a charged space of discussion wherein performance theorists like Anuradha Kapur, Dr Brahma Prakash and Amanda Culp engaged with students and practitioners to share diverse perspectives on contemporary theatre.

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When

14 Oct 2025 - 20 Oct 2025

Where

Sunder Nursery, New Delhi

Curated By

Kirtana Kumar

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The Nights Music Workshop Contemporary Theatre Symposium Lecture Demonstration Beesu Kamsale Love and Information Portal Waiting Talki via Bengaluru Project Darling Before Your Eyes Bhaagi Hui Ladkiyan Be-Loved: Theatre Queerness & Ishq Enchanted Walk wepushthesky Notion(s): In Between You and Me Vali Vadha

KNMA Theatre Festival: The Power of Vulnerability