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.
Know MoreAs 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…
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…
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…
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