A mix-bag of theatre, comedy & music at this festival in Lucknow

One of the most-awaited theatre festivals in the city,

Repertwahr

is back with its 10th season. With five plays, three musical performances and two stand-up comedy acts, the creative performing arts festival, which is being organised in association with The Time of India will host artists from all across the country making it a perfect blend of theatre, music and stand-up comedy.

Aisi Taisi Democracy with Rahul Ram, Varun Grover and Sanjay Rajoura promises a laugh riot (BCCL)
Talking about what’s in store for the art lovers of the city in this season, Bhoopesh Rai, organizer of the festival, shares, "We have brought one of the most acclaimed theatres of India in this season. We have tried to give a festive feel to this season and on the content level, we have tried to keep it different. The collection of plays is more of comedy and musical and they are relevant. Except for Agra Bazaar, plays Mosambi Narangi,

Aurat Aurat Aurat

, Bone of Contention and Bali are relatively new plays."

A scene from the play Bali and (inset) Bhoopesh Rai, the organiser (BCCL)
He adds, "While in the music segment we have the Indian Ocean,

The Local Train

and

Parvaaz

. We have kept different genres from folk to Hindi rock, Urdu rock so that it encompasses language variations. The curation of stand-up comedy segment is focused on social satire so we have Aisi Taisi Democracy and

Aditi Mittal

. The decore at Repertwahr festivals has always caught one’s eye and this time too, the venue is done up in attractive, bright colours. “We are using waste and recycled material to spread a message of saving the environment in our decore at the festival," says Bhoopesh.

Members of The Local Train band will take you on a musical sojourn (BCCL)