India hosts the largest theatre festival in Asia

13th January 2011

 

ASIAN VOICES: ANURADHA KAPUR

The director of, and professor at, the National School of Drama in India tells Suman Bhuchar about the 13th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, an annual festival, held this year on 7-22 January, and the biggest event of its kind in Asia. Recorded in Delhi.

Music is very interesting: Bhangra has changed, travelled and adapted, but contemporary performance pieces, which are similarly hybrid, seem not to be as easily consumable.