Lucknow’s most-awaited four-day Repertwahr Pageant is lower than a month away however might be staged at a brand new venue.
Prateek Kuhad, Javed Akhtar and Agnee Band would be the a part of the Repertwahr pageant this 12 months
An elaborate line-up of theatre and stand-up artistes, singers, writers, a meals enviornment and a bazaar is in retailer for attendees. Legendary author Javed Akhtar, singer Prateek Kuhad, Agnee Band, poet-writers within the literature enviornment and comedy acts by Gaurav Kapoor, Harsh Gujral and Ravi Gupta would be the spotlight this 12 months.
After making a comeback final 12 months at La Martinere Faculty, this 12 months’s version might be held on the sprawling Janeshwar Mishra Park, Gate 6, from December 19. This 12 months’s fest might be unfold throughout 4 days.
File photograph of Zakir Khan’s present held final 12 months in Lucknow
“We started as a theatre festival and then music and stand-up were added followed by our Shabd (literature) section. Last year, we added pop-ups and food and this year we are adding a bazaar to it which makes it the country’s most unique festival where we celebrate everything around performances. We have again curated the best of plays from different genres which will be staged at the make-shift area with covered black box for the first time,” says the occasion’s organiser, Bhoopesh Rai.
Actors Junaid Khan and Anoushka Zaveri would be the a part of Faezeh Jalali’s play Runaway Brides to be held this 12 months
Magnum opus play Mughal-e-Azam fame director Feroz Abbas Khan is bringing his play Hind 1947, which stars Sachin Khedekar and Sonal Jha, writer-director Faezeh Jalali’s play Runaway Brides can have actor Aamir Khan’s son, Junaid Khan, and Anoushka Zaveri within the star solid. In distinction, director Atul Kumar’s play The Curious Incident of the Canine within the Night time-Time primarily based by Mark Haddon’s well-known guide.
“Writer-poet Javed Akhtar will be the highlight of our literature section with names like writer-performer Azhar Iqbal, Priya Malik, Laksh Maheshwari, Raman Negi, Eishita Chaturvedi and Rahgir. Our stand-up comedy line-up is also very strong. Prateek and Agnee are very popular but DJ Karan Kanchan and Thaikkudam Bridge group will also rock the stage. We have ticketed in a way that visitors will get access to Shabd arena, bazaar and food stalls on the entry ticket. Rest plays, comedy and music are ticketed separately,” says the pageant’s co-founder Priyanka Sarkar.
Apart from, artistes from Lucknow might be given a platform titled Fankar at Sabdh manch through which they are going to be given an opportunity to carry out.
The road-up:
December 19
Prateek Kuhad
December 20
Azhar Iqbal
Eishita Chaturvedi
Gaurav Kapoor
Play Hind 1974
Thaikkudam Bridge band
December 21
Laksh Maheshwari
Rahgir
Javed Akhtar
Harsh Gujral
Play Runaway Bride
DJ Karan Kanchan
December 22
Raman negi
Ravi Gupta
Play The Curious Incident Of The Canine In The Night time-Time
Agnee Band