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The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, is India’s premier cultural institution. Inaugurated in 1969, it was the first multi-venue, multi-genre cultural centre in South Asia. The NCPA is committed to preserving and promoting India’s rich and vibrant artistic heritage in the fields of music, dance, theatre, film, literature and photography, as well as presenting new and innovative work by Indian and international artists from a diverse range of genres including drama, contemporary dance, orchestral concerts, opera, jazz and chamber music. Today, the NCPA hosts more than 700 events each year, making it India’s largest and most holistic performing arts centre.

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11 March 2025

Archival Inspirations

As Chemould, the contemporary art gallery, prepares its months-long celebration of having completed 60 years, we speak to the people behind the scenes of this important Mumbai institution to understand how its archive is serving as the lodestar for curation…

11 March 2025

STAGES OF REBELLION

As the Indian People’s Theatre Association turns 80, we explore the past and future of what began as a potent weapon in the fight for India’s independence. By Vipasha Aloukik Pai  In the early 1940s, India, still struggling against the…

11 March 2025

The Verses and Metaverses of Satish Alekar

In Thakishi Samvaad, an elderly man living by himself finds fellowship in his last days. Satish Alekar wrestles—and makes the audience wrestle—with this simple premise in the most remarkable ways. By Vipasha Aloukik Pai Having read Thakishi Samvaad in the…

Theatre

Theatre 20 March 2025

Olga Koch Comes From Money

Indian Music

Indian Music 4 April 2025

Saz-e-Bahar: Festival of Indian Instrumental Music

International Music

International Music 26 March 2025

Movies Under the Stars

Western Classical Music

Western Classical Music 20 March 2025

Talks on Western Classical Music

Dance

Dance 20 March 2025

A Perspective – Drishtikon by Divya Warier

Film & Screenings

Film & Screenings 19 March 2025

Short Film Corner

Multi Arts

Multi Arts 22 March 2025

NCPA@thePark 2024-25

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