BackThe Mint Planner, 5 February 2016
From music and movies to dance and drama, there's plenty to do or experience over the coming week
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Around town
The Great Indian Golchakkar
5-7 February
Relish a variety of cuisines at the food stalls set up by restaurants such as Fat Lulu’s, Zambar and Punjab Grill.
Noon-10pm. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Lodhi Road (24369781). Tickets, ₹ 200, available at the venue. For details, visit www.the-gig.in
Delicacies Of Chinese New Year
6-8 February
Celebrate the Chinese New Year at Jade, The Claridges. Choose from among eight varieties of dim sums, enjoy shitake mushroom and bamboo shoot soup with bean sprouts, or munch on crispy spinach and golden corn. Other dishes on the menu include deep-fried tofu served in spicy tangy sauce, soy-braised pork with egg and pak choi.
12.30-2.45pm (lunch) and 7.30-11.30pm (dinner). The Claridges, 12, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road (39555000). Meal for two, ₹ 3,500, plus taxes.s
Theatre
Ishara International Puppet Festival 2016
5-14 February
The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust and Teamwork Arts will present the 14th edition of the Ishara International Puppet Festival. Puppeteers from India, Egypt, Iran, the US, Afghanistan, Italy, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland will showcase traditional as well as modern forms of puppetry— from the Japanese Bunraku techniques and string marionettes to masks, objects and actors. Dadi D. Pudumjee’s Images Of Truth, with puppets, masks, objects, actors and dance, will return to the Indian stage after almost a decade.
Timings, venues and ticket prices vary. For details, visit www.isharapuppet.com
Bharat Rang Mahotsav
Till 21 February
The 18th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, organized by the National School of Drama (NSD), is showcasing 80 plays from 10 countries. Among the international acts are Somewhere In Quixote (Spanish, 12 February), directed by Yayo Caceres, and Among Fog (11 February) by Pakistan’s NAPA Repertory Theatre. The festival will also travel to Jammu, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Thiruvananthapuram this year.
Timings, venues and ticket prices vary. Tickets, available on Eticket.nsd.gov.in and at the NSD box office, Bahawalpur House, 1, Bhagwan Das Road, Mandi House.
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Around town
Kathakar—International Storytellers Festival 2016
5-7 February
Storytellers Tim Ralphs, Emily Hennessey and Giles Abbott from the UK, and Puran Bhat and Usha Venkataraman from India, will tell modern stories, as well as stories inspired by folk tales, epics and legend, at the fifth edition of Kathakar. An open-mic session will be held on 6 February and a workshop on storytelling techniques, on 7 February.
Timings vary. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 1, CV Mess, Janpath (23388155). Seating on first-come, first-served basis. For details, visit www.ghummakkadnarain.org
By Chanpreet Khurana
MUMBAI
Dance
Mahabharata Reinterpreted—Ateet Ki Parchhaiyan
5 February
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