Ada art desire activism

GDP – Gender. Drag. Persona

What if we measured a nation’s progress not by profit or productivity—but by freedom, fluidity, and visibility?

Desire in Urdu and Sufi Poetry

Accompanying a panel discussion by Wafa Hamid, Amit Julka and Madhavi Menon, the kathak-qawwali performance immersed into the rich

Dil Dilli Dehleez

Dilli? Delhi or Dehli? or Dehleez? Isn’t that where the city’s name comes from? A threshold?A city that was the entry point into the fertile

Wa*cking Kya Hai Aap Meri Jaan Lijiye

The performance was an outcome of The Kolkata Centre for Creativity Art Fellowship Outcome '22-'23 and has been well received for its auto-narrative style

Cast Off All Shame

A doctorate in literature and a trained Kathak dancer, Ulka Mayur is a versatile artist. She has been working as a storyteller for over ten years

Bebaak Manto

Directed by Anil Sharma, this play is based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s “Hatak” (meaning insult), a short story written on the

A conversation and presentation on Sundari: An Actor Prepares (1998-99)

Accompanying a panel discussion by Wafa Hamid, Amit Julka and Madhavi Menon, the kathak-qawwali performance immersed into the rich

The Hunger Artist

Inside a steel cage, the hunger artist makes a living by fasting. Outside, we, the well-fed, watch on. This is the story of cotton pickers...

Dohri Zindagi (Two Lives)

A production based on well-known Rajasthani writer Vijaydaan Detha’s story titled Dohri Zindagi (Two Lives), it deals with ideas....

Allegedly

‘Allegedly’ is an interactive play that constructs the story of the grey areas of consent, legal definitions and loopholes...

Contempt: A Theatrical Rendition of the Section 377 Hearings

Contempt brings into focus legal practice, institution and discourse as it meets the lived experiences of individuals identifying....

Femme in Public

What feminine part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world? At what point does femininity become...

Performing the Goddess: The Chapal Bhaduri Story

Chapal Bhaduri alias Chapal Rani or Queen Chapal, leading lady of Bengal’s traditional folk travelling theatre-in-the-round, the Jatra....

Queen-Size

As our inaugural event in the ADA series, we are hosting a performance of Queen-size, a protest-performance in response to the sexual...

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