“Art carries the power to engage with society. It has to take note of what is happening around,” says Jayakrishna S J, secretary of Kerala Kalakshetra Academy of Arts and Culture, Amballur, in ...

The Mahabharata will come alive on stage at the India International Centre as a Kathakali performance in Duryodhan Vadham (The Killing of Duryodhan), presented by Guru Sadanam Balakrishnan of the Inte ...

Organised by Tripunithura Kathakali Kendra as part of its monthly programme, Kamsa Janardhanam took the audience through the helplessness of Kamsa’s father Ugrasen, who was imprisoned by his own son; ...

At a recent contemporary theatre festival in Ottapalam, a small town in Palakkad district, movie and stage actor Santhosh Keezhattoor made a simple request: “We want to act, give us the space.” He ...

The acclaimed artist reflects on Kathakali’s traditions, evolving storytelling, visual grandeur, and the growing interest among younger generations in this classical dance-drama Renjish Nair, an ...

For the first time in its 92-year-old history, Kerala Kalamandalam played host to the Kathakali arangettam (debut performance) of girl students, on Monday. Four girl students who had joined for a PG ...