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Interestingly, the festival will be inaugurated at Horniman Circle Garden instead of its suburban bastion with Dubey’s latest play, Khuda Ke Liye Mat Dekhna. A look at the festival fare gives away Dubey’s penchant for taking a fresh look at Mumbai’s best plays in the recent times.

The plays getting ready for a fresh round of applause are All About Women, Antigone, C for Clown, Cotton 56, Polyester 84, Giribala, Karodo Mein Ek, Sukubai, Shakkar Ke Paanch Daane and Tu.

On the second day of the festival, Prithvi Theatre will host The Dubey Show while an exhibition on him will open at Horniman Circle Garden. “This year’s exhibition is specially structured to make carrying the exhibits and displaying them at other places easier,” says Sanjna Kapoor.

This is the third annual exhibition organised by Prithvi Theatre after the ones on Naya Theatre and Prithviraj Kapoor.

The world might be battling a meltdown but the theatre has managed to find sponsors to make the 11-day theatre extravaganza busier.

Unlike last year when the festival was confined to Juhu, this year plays will be staged at three venues—Prithvi Theatre, Karnataka Sangha and Horniman Circle Garden.

Platform performances at 8.15 pm, from November 8 to 16, will make sure that festival attendees’ evenings are packed.

This year’s platform dos have some well-known names like Dilip Prabhavalkar, Trishla Patel, Hidayat Sami, Sandeep Kulkari and Irawati Karniki. However, it’s the ‘Festival Juloos’ that comes across as a special pre-festival feature.

These open-air skits across the city will feature stilt walkers as well as young performers. On the closing day, Vijay Tendulkar’s Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe, directed by Dubey, will be screened at Prithvi Theatre.

FESTIVAL FARE

All About Women by Hidaayat Sami

Antigone by Satyadev Dubey

C for Clown by Rajat Kapoor

Cotton 56, Polyester 84 by Sunil Shanbag

Giribala by Chetan Datar

Karodo Mein Ek by Makrand Deshpande

Khuda Ke Liye Mat Dekhna by Satyadev Dubey

Sukubai by Nadia Zaheer Babbar

Shakkar Ke Paanch Daane by Manav Kaul

Tu by Mohit Takalkar