LOOKING GLASS
Go Delhi: Animation Call him what you will:
feverish, nutty, berserk, insistent. Prabal Pramanik has probably heard all of it; and
from his work, it appears that he doesn't give a damn. The maestro of paper-cutting is
showing six short animation films of about 20 minutes, done with paper cuttings and
sculpture-the one on Christ has a stained glass effect-at ICCR's Azad Bhavan from March
4-9. There is also an exhibition of cuttings and 3-D paper sculpture from March 3-15.
Restobar
As far as names go, it's funky. H2O+, also the latest makeover
effort of the Ambassador Hotel, is a self-professed repository of new-age cuisine. Close
To The Mermaid's Heart (really!)-artichoke hearts with lemon and coriander dressing, and
other such offerings. The danger with a place like this-all flashy decor-is that the
novelty tends to wear off. The hotel's recent push to become a dining destination will
decide whether this place is funky enough to go to as well, given its cost+ deal. An
evening with cocktails+ can go to Rs 1,000+ for two.
Theatre There isn't much to say about this,
just to see. Steven Berkoff is English theatre's versatile genius-maverick-he is equally
at home in TV and film-and he brings to India Shakespeare's Villains-A Masterclass in
Evil. Berkoff, a Shakespeare veteran, is going to present a series of monologues and
soliloquies by some of the most memorable of Shakespeare's villains, among them Iago,
Macbeth, Richard III and Shylock. This exploration of evil begins in Mumbai over March 3-4
at the NCPA, followed by shows in other cities (March 7 Pune; March 9-10 Delhi; March 13
Lucknow; March 18-20 Calcutta and March 26-27 Bangalore). Berkoff radiates raw energy. The
audience usually picks up all of it. Make time.
Call him what you will:
feverish, nutty, berserk, insistent. Prabal Pramanik has probably heard all of it; and
from his work, it appears that he doesn't give a damn. The maestro of paper-cutting is
showing six short animation films of about 20 minutes, done with paper cuttings and
sculpture-the one on Christ has a stained glass effect-at ICCR's Azad Bhavan from March
4-9. There is also an exhibition of cuttings and 3-D paper sculpture from March 3-15. 
There isn't much to say about this,
just to see. Steven Berkoff is English theatre's versatile genius-maverick-he is equally
at home in TV and film-and he brings to India Shakespeare's Villains-A Masterclass in
Evil. Berkoff, a Shakespeare veteran, is going to present a series of monologues and
soliloquies by some of the most memorable of Shakespeare's villains, among them Iago,
Macbeth, Richard III and Shylock. This exploration of evil begins in Mumbai over March 3-4
at the NCPA, followed by shows in other cities (March 7 Pune; March 9-10 Delhi; March 13
Lucknow; March 18-20 Calcutta and March 26-27 Bangalore). Berkoff radiates raw energy. The
audience usually picks up all of it. Make time.