<p>Vedike Foundation, the well-known theatre group based in Bengaluru, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a year-long Kannada theatre festival. The festival also commemorates the 80th birth anniversary of the group’s founder C R Simha (1942-2014).</p>.<p>It opens with Girish Karnad’s ‘Tughlaq’, a play originally directed by Simha, and P Lankesh’s ‘Polisariddaare Eccharikke’, directed by Jasleen R S. Ritwik Simha, C R Simha’s son, is directing a series of plays for the festival, which revives Vedike’s popular productions such as ‘Kaakana Kote’, ‘Bhairavi’, ‘Haavu Yeni’, ‘8/15’, and ‘Nirase.com’. The festival opens on January 14, on the occasion of Sankranti. “We are beginning the festival with the celebrated play ‘Tughlaq’, a milestone in the history of Kannada theatre. The primary focus of the festival is to provide a wholesome theatrical experience through a variety of genres,” Ritwik Simha told <em><span class="italic">Metrolife</span></em>. </p>.<p>Vedike Foundation plans to put up 36 shows and 15 plays during the year. Tickets are available at the venues. From February, tickets are also available online.<br /><em>* Vedike 40, K H Kalasoudha, Hanumanthanagar, and Vyoma Artspace, J P Nagar, on the second and fourth Saturday of every month.</em></p>
<p>Vedike Foundation, the well-known theatre group based in Bengaluru, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a year-long Kannada theatre festival. The festival also commemorates the 80th birth anniversary of the group’s founder C R Simha (1942-2014).</p>.<p>It opens with Girish Karnad’s ‘Tughlaq’, a play originally directed by Simha, and P Lankesh’s ‘Polisariddaare Eccharikke’, directed by Jasleen R S. Ritwik Simha, C R Simha’s son, is directing a series of plays for the festival, which revives Vedike’s popular productions such as ‘Kaakana Kote’, ‘Bhairavi’, ‘Haavu Yeni’, ‘8/15’, and ‘Nirase.com’. The festival opens on January 14, on the occasion of Sankranti. “We are beginning the festival with the celebrated play ‘Tughlaq’, a milestone in the history of Kannada theatre. The primary focus of the festival is to provide a wholesome theatrical experience through a variety of genres,” Ritwik Simha told <em><span class="italic">Metrolife</span></em>. </p>.<p>Vedike Foundation plans to put up 36 shows and 15 plays during the year. Tickets are available at the venues. From February, tickets are also available online.<br /><em>* Vedike 40, K H Kalasoudha, Hanumanthanagar, and Vyoma Artspace, J P Nagar, on the second and fourth Saturday of every month.</em></p>