In Pune, spend your weekend with a girl called Aya and a Maratha hero
From a jazz performance to a play on complicated relationships, here’s a glimpse of what’s in store for Pune this weekend.
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Caption: New York Round Midnight Orchestra What to do in Pune this weekend – from the beaches of Ivory Coast to an evening of jazz from the Netherlands.
Jazz By the Way
Sakal Lalit Kalagha
April 23, 6.30 pm
New York Round Midnight Orchestra, whose hits include ‘Mood Indigo’ and ‘Sing Sing Sing’, is a big swinging jazz band that performs to large crowds. Their roots are in The Netherlands but they evoke the golden era of jazz from the clubs around Broadway, New York. Koh Mr. Saxman is a Thai saxophone player and founder of the Saxophone Community in Thailand. His songs include ‘Jazz Man’ and ‘Love Song’. These are two of the world acts that will take centre stage as Banyan Tree’s World Jazz Festival comes to town. Entry: Rs 885 onwards. Contact: BookMyShow.
Aya, a fil
Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Pune
April 21, 6 pm -10 pm
A girl called Aya likes sleeping in the sand and picking coconuts She has spent her entire life on an island off the Ivory Coast. But when the water level begins to rise and the island slowly sinks into the sea, what can the inhabitants do? Aya, a film by Simon Coulibaly Gillard, is part of the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin. The other films in the festival are Stop Filming Us But Listen and A House Made Up Of Splinters. Entry: Free. Contact: 020-66447120
The Curtain Rises
Kalachhaya Cultural Centre, opp Vikhe Patil School
April 21, 22
Sihar Uthi Thi Maut Yahan, a Hindi play that is based on the life of Sambhaji Maharaj, had won in five out of eight categories at the 61st Maharashtra Rajya Natya Spardha 22-23. The play by Swatantra Theatre will open a festival to celebrate World Theatre Day on April 21 at 5 pm. The other plays are An Evening with Chekov, based on short stories by Russian writer Anton Chekhov, on April 21, 8 pm, the Partition drama Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya Woh Jamaya Nai on April 22, 5 pm; and the satire on corruption and red tape called Taj Mahal Ka Tender on April 22, 8 pm. Entry: Rs 100 onwards (for students). Contact: 9767178857, 8329696186.
Relationship status: It’s complicated
Nehru Memorial Hall
April 23, 6 pm
The pandemic tested almost every relationship as writer Shobhaa De depicted in her work Lockdown Liaisons. A stellar cast of Lillete Dubey, Ira Dubey and Joy Sengupta has explored a range of humans emotions that were shaped and reshaped within the four walls of a home during the Covid years in their play Vodka and No Tonic and Other Stories, which will have its Pune premiere. Entry: Rs 500 onwards. Contact: BookMyShow
Varied notes
The Base in Erandwane
April 23 at 6 pm
Santoor player Ninad Daithankar, who is a recipient of the City-NCPA scholarship, will attempt something different at his concert, titled ‘Sukoon’. Apart from classical melodies and fusion, Daithankar will perform folk tunes, film songs, and jazz on the santoor. He has been a part of several concerts in India and abroad. Entry: Free. Contact: 86983 77987
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