Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Photography exhibition, Broadway-style musical and more

FRIDAY, MAY 6
PHOTOGRAPHY Metropolis at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of images of 22 major cities by Dutch photographer Martin Roemers. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per person for adults and Rs 5 per person for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per person for adults and Rs 50 per person for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Tuesday, May 24. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

SHOPPING & STYLE Bandit Queen at Artisans’ Centre
The home furnishings brand will sell its range of cotton bed, bath and table linen at discounted prices.
When: Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Artisans’ Centre, V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.

ART Dhruva Mistry at Jhaveri Contemporary
Baroda-based artist Dhruva Mistry’s solo show The Human Abstract includes sculptures in fibreglass and bronze, paintings in pastels and gilded plaster reliefs.
When: Until Saturday, May 7. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Jhaveri Contemporary, 2, Krishna Niwas, 58A Walkeshwar Road. Tel: 022 2369 3639.

ART Gauri Gill at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke
Delhi photographer Gauri Gill’s show The Mark on the Wall encompasses three bodies of work. "Fields of Sight" is a set of images shot in an Adivasi village in Dahanu with drawings by rural artist Rajesh Vangad; "Places, Traces" has photos from Notes from the Desert, Gill’s series of pictures of rural Rajasthan; and "The Mark on the Wall" is a collection of photographs of drawings made by kids and teachers in government schools in Rajasthan. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Thursday, June 30. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, 2 Sunny House, 16/18 Mereweather Road, behind Taj Mahal Hotel, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3030.

ART Experiments: Five Postmodern Expressions from Bengal at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
The show, organised in collaboration with the Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA) in Kolkata, will feature the works of five contemporary artists: Sumitro Basak, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Pitambar Khan, Sangita Maity and Kingshuk Sarkar. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per person for adults and Rs 5 per person for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per person for adults and Rs 50 per person for children below the age of 13.
When: Sunday, May 8 to Tuesday, May 24. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

THEATRE Beauty and the Beast at Dome@NSCI
Disney’s first Indian production of a Broadway-style musical, Beauty and the Beast will return for a second run. Read our review of the play, which is largely based on the 1991 animated film, here. Tickets priced at Rs 1,500, Rs 2,500, Rs 3,500, Rs 4,000, Rs 4,500, Rs 5,000, Rs 5,500, Rs 6,000 and Rs 7,500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, May 6 at 7.30 pm and Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 8 at 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: Dome, SVP Stadium, National Sports Club of India, Lala Lajpatrai Marg, Worli.

ART TALKS Parul Dave Mukherji at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
The professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Arts And aesthetics will deliver a lecture titled The Global Politics of Diversity and Region in Contemporary Art. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, May 6 at 6 pm.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

EVENTS FOR KIDS Summer Fiesta at the NCPA Experimental Theatre + Godrej Dance Theatre
The National Centre for the Performing Arts’s six-week-long package of plays and workshops for children above the age of four will run throughout May and June. Among the plays this weekend are Jungle Book 2, an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s novel in Hindi and English directed by Lokesh Rai and Swapnil Shrirao (Friday at 6.30 pm at the Experimental Theatre; tickets priced at Rs 250, Rs 300 and Rs 350 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com) and Alice in Wonderland, an object theatre performance directed by Choiti Ghosh, in which four bored individuals spin a world of fantasy using the objects around them (Sunday at 4 pm at the Godrej Dance Theatre; tickets priced at Rs 350 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com).
When: Until Sunday, June 12.
Where: Experimental Theatre and Godrej Dance Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

FILM The Patience Stone at Whistling Woods Andheri Base
Alliance Francaise de Bombay will show French-Afghani writer and director Atiq Rahimi’s 2013 film The Patience Stone (Syngue Sabour: Pierre de Patience). Set in Afghanistan, the movie, which is based on Rahimi’s novel of the same name, is about a young woman who has to care for her older husband, reduced to a vegetative state by a bullet in the neck. One day she decides to confide her feelings about their marriage and her life to him. The film, which in is Dari, will be screened with English subtitles. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, May 6 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Whistling Woods Andheri Base, Sharyans-Audeus, the same building as Hard Rock Café, in the same lane as Fun Republic, off Linking Road, Andheri (West).

MUSIC Where We At 004 with Gurbax + Mozzdeep at Bonobo
The fourth edition of Bandra bar Bonobo’s monthly gig series Where We At, curated by music and comedy events-focused company Only Much Louder, will comprise sets by two rising bass music DJ-producers from Bangalore, Gurbax aka Kunaal Gurbaxani and Mozzdeep aka Anirudha Ajay. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, May 6 at 9 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

MUSIC Sound Avatar + Dub Sharma at Blue Frog
Bass music DJ-producers Sound Avatar aka Piyush Bhatnagar from Mumbai and Siddharth "Dub" Sharma from Chandigarh, who recently released this viral hit, will each play sets. There is an entry fee of Rs 600 or cover charge of Rs 1,500 per person for men; free entry for women. See here for more information.
When: Friday, May 6 at 10 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC Zaeden at Kitty Su
The house music DJ and producer from Gurgaon, who was born Sahil Sharma, will man the decks. Tickets, priced at Rs 1,500 per couple (of any gender), are being sold on Kittysu.com.
When: Friday, May 6 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.

MUSIC Sartek at MasalaBar
Delhi electro-house DJ and producer Sartek, whose family and friends know him as Sarthak Sardana, will play the recently-opened Bandra nightspot. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, May 6 at 10.30 pm.
Where: MasalaBar, First Floor, Gagangiri Apartments, above Cafe Coffee Day, Carter Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 6770 1793.

SATURDAY, MAY 7
SHOPPING & STYLE Black Taxi Blowout Sale at The Easel
Designer togs and accessories will be available at discounts of up to 70 per cent at this summer sale hosted by Black Taxi Creative Concepts where the clothing labels on offer will include Nisha Sainani, Harsh Harsh, House of Sohn; and Soup by Sougat Paul. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, May 7, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: The Easel, near Prithvi Theatre and Juhu Church, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 98205 24748.

FOOD & DRINK Not Just A Craft Beer Festival at Aqaba
Mumbai microbreweries such as Brewbot, Gateway Brewing Co. and The White Owl will serve craft beers at this day-long festival hosted by Lower Parel restaurant Aqaba where beers by Bira 91, sangrias and cocktails will also be available at the bar. The food menu will include shawarmas, mac ‘n’ cheese, German sausages, hot dogs, burgers, pizzas and fish and chips. Proceeds from the festival will be donated to the Concern India Foundation, an NGO that supports development-oriented organisations working for the disadvantaged. Tickets are priced at Rs 900 per person if you book online and at Rs 1,200 per person at the venue on the day of the event. The entry passes entitle you to three pints of beer or three glasses of sangria; food and cocktails have to be paid for separately. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, May 7, from 3 pm to 10.30 pm.
Where: Aqaba, Peninsula Business Park, Level P5, Club House, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6151 2222.

TALKS Paromita Vohra at MCubed Library
Documentary filmmaker, writer and founder of the multi-media project Agents of Ishq, Paromita Vohra will give a talk titled Art As Ishq, Internet As Art. There is no entry fee for the event, which is part of arts organisation Junoon’s Mumbai Local series.
When: Saturday, May 7 at 5 pm.
Where: MCubed Library (Maharashtra Mitra Mandal Library), Princess Building, near Bandra Gymkhana, D’Monte Park Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2641 1497.

THEATRE Dopehri at Prithvi Theatre
In this solo performance in Hindi, film and television actor Pankaj Kapur narrates a story he has written about Amma Bi, an old woman living by herself in a haveli in Lucknow. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 at 6 pm and 9 pm on both days.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 9546.

STORYTELLING True Stories Told Live at Cuckoo Club by The Hive
Five individuals will narrate personal stories at this event that’s part of Tall Tales, a series of storytelling sessions organised by American filmmaker Michael Burns. Tickets are priced at Rs 400 per person via Insider.in and at Rs 500 per person at the venue on the day of the event. The show is part of The Hive Community Festival, a two-day series of art workshops and music and theatre performances at Khar venue The Hive and its recently-opened Bandra outpost Cuckoo Club. For more details about the festival, see The Hive’s Facebook page.
When: Saturday, May 7 at 7 pm.
Where: Cuckoo Club by The Hive, 5AA Pali Hill Road, next to Candies, near Learners Academy, Bandra (West). Tel: 96199 62969.

THEATRE Ladies Sangeet at St. Andrew’s Auditorium
Written and directed by Purva Naresh, Ladies Sangeet (in English and Hindi) is set in a household preparing for a wedding. In the play, which is the third production of Aadyam’s second season, Radha is looking forward to marrying Manas but she has no idea what life will be like once the wedding is over. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 750 and Rs 1,000 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, May 7 at 7.30 pm and Sunday, May 8 at 4 pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: St. Andrew’s Auditorium, St. Andrew’s College, St. Dominic Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1657.

MUSIC Tasker at AntiSocial
British techno DJ and record label owner Nic Tasker, who uses only his surname professionally, will play his ongoing India tour’s Mumbai leg, which has been organised by recently-formed music events-focused company WAVLNGTH. The entry fee is Rs 300 per person before 11 pm after which it is Rs 500. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, May 7 at 9 pm.
Where: AntiSocial, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, near Ramee Guest Line Hotel, S. V. Road, Khar. Tel: 022 6522 6324.

MUSIC Ellen Allien at Kitty Su
German electronic dance music DJ and producer Ellen Allien, whose real surname is Fraatz, will take over the console. Tickets, priced at Rs 500 per person for women and Rs 1,500 per couple (of any gender), are being sold on Kittysu.com.
When: Saturday, May 7 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.

SUNDAY, MAY 8
WALKS What’s Inside Dharavi? at Dharavi

A Dharavi local will conduct a two-hour walk around the neighbourhood organised by tour company Some Place Else. Tickets, priced at Rs 650 per person, are being sold on Bookmyshow.com and Insider.in. For more details, see the Facebook event page.
When: Sunday, May 8 at 9 am and 4 pm.
Where: The walk will begin from outside Mahim Railway Station.

SHOPPING & STYLE Bar-Bados A Summer Pop-up at Bonobo
At this summer sale and exhibition organised by The Petite Project, there will be on offer shoes and sunglasses by Blur Designs, summer dresses by Silai and Ritu Advani & Maiti Shahani, menswear by UFF, leather accessories by Brandless and T-shirts by Daily Label. There is an entry fee of Rs 100 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, May 8, from 11 am to 8.30 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, near KFC, off Linking Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.

ART TALKS Prabhakar Kolte at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
The well-known painter will discuss the teaching of art. The talk, which is part of arts organisation Junoon’s Mumbai Local series of events, is free. Attendees must, however, pay museum entrance fees. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per person for adults and Rs 5 per person for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per person for adults and Rs 50 per person for children below the age of 13.
When: Sunday, May 8 at 5 pm.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

MUSIC Yellow Claw at Richardson and Cruddas
Dutch electronic music trio Yellow Claw, whose sound is a mix of hip hop, dubstep, trap and moombathon, will headline a gig that will feature supporting sets by Indian acts B.R.E.E.D., Su Real aka Suhrid Manchanda, Muxka Jar aka Peter Manuel, and Bassque aka Vibhu Sharma. Tickets, the prices of which start at Rs 1,750 per person, are being sold on Justdial.com.
When: Sunday, May 8 at 5 pm.
Where: Richardson and Cruddas, Sir JJ Road, Byculla.

THEATRE Barff at the NCPA Tata Theatre
Written and directed by Saurabh Shukla, this Hindi thriller is set in Kashmir. Dr. Siddharth Kaul accompanies Gulam Rasool to his village to treat his ailing son. When they reach the village, Kaul realises that the Rasools are the village’s only inhabitants. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 760, Rs 1,000, Rs 1,200 and Rs 1,500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, May 8 at 7 pm.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

THEATRE Madbeth at Cuckoo Club by The Hive
In this music and mime-filled act loosely based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, theatre actor Rupesh Tillu plays Beth, who’s staging a show of the play in an attempt to get over the murderous death of his girlfriend and his dog Tommy. Tickets priced at Rs 350 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com. The show is part of The Hive Community Festival, a two-day series of art workshops and music and theatre performances at Khar venue The Hive and its recently-opened Bandra outpost Cuckoo Club. For more details about the festival, see The Hive’s Facebook page.
When: Sunday, May 8 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Cuckoo Club by The Hive, 5AA Pali Hill Road, next to Candies, near Learners Academy, Bandra (West). Tel: 96199 62969.

MUSIC Bajaao Entertainment presents Roots at AntiSocial
Music-focused event company Bajaao Entertainment will present the first edition of its new gig series Roots, which will be made up of sets by two city metal bands, Bhayanak Maut and Providence. The entry fee is Rs 500 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, May 8 at 8 pm.
Where: AntiSocial, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, near Ramee Guest Line Hotel, S. V. Road, Khar. Tel: 022 6522 6324.

ONGOING
EVENTS FOR KIDS THEATRE Summertime at Prithvi Theatre
Prithvi Theatre’s annual series of workshops and plays for children will feature 31 plays and 20 workshops this year. For the complete schedules, see here and here. To sign up for workshops and details of prices, visit the box office.
When: Until Saturday, June 4.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 9546.

FILM PHOTOGRAPHY Silver Magic: Vintage Photographs of the Golden Age of Hindi Cinema at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of photographer Jethalal H. Thakker’s film stills and portraits of Hindi movie actors from the 1950s and ’60s. For more details, see here. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per person for adults and Rs 5 per person for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per person for adults and Rs 50 per person for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Tuesday, May 31. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Kamalnayan Bajaj Gallery, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

ART Neha Choksi at Project 88
The artist’s new show Save the translation for later is a series of woodcuts and a video projection of her performance for the exhibition. For more details, visit Project88.in.
When: Until Sunday, June 5. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Project 88, BMP Building, Narayan A. Sawant Marg, near Colaba Fire Station, Colaba. Tel: 022 2281 0066.

ART Prabhakar Pachpute at the National Gallery Of Modern Art
Artist Prabhakar Pachpute’s solo show of wall drawings and sculpture titled no, it wasn’t the locust cloud deals with mining in India and initiatives such as afforestation and collective farming by a group of poets in his hometown Chandrapur. Tickets are priced at Rs 20 per person for Indians and Rs 500 per person for foreign nationals. There is no entry fee for children studying in school up to class 12.
When: Until Sunday, May 15. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: National Gallery of Modern Art, Madam Cama Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2288 1969.

ART Sachin Bonde at Clark House Initiative
Mumbai artist Sachin Bonde’s solo show Soil Oil hinges on the politics of oil production. See here for a review and the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Sunday, May 15. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Clark House Initiative, Ground Floor, Clark House, 8 Nathalal Parekh Marg (Old Wodehouse Road), opposite Sahakari Bhandar, near Woodside Inn, in the lane opposite Regal Cinema, Colaba. Tel: 98202 13816.

ART The Art of Santiniketan at DAG Modern
An exhibition of paintings by artists Rabindranath Tagore, Ramkinkar Baij, Nandalal Bose and Benode Behari Mukherjee that explores the development of modernism in Santiniketan.
When: Until Tuesday, May 31. Open Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: DAG Modern, 58 V. B. Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort. Tel: 022 4922 2700.

EXHIBITION ‘Without Walls: An Investigation Into The Lives Of Mumbai’s Homeless Families’ at Studio-X
This exhibition uses “multimedia, photography and mapping to interrogate three key aspects of homelessness: lived experiences of Mumbai’s homeless women; livelihoods and the dignity of labour; and the physical space and its relationship to the infrastructure of the city”. There is no entry fee. See here for details.
When: Until Friday, May 13. Open Monday to Friday, from 11 am to 6.30 pm; Saturday and Sunday, closed.
Where: Studio-X, Kitab Mahal, Fourth Floor, 192 Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Fort. Tel: 98204 01836.

PHOTOGRAPHY The Deepak Puri Collection: Legacy of Photojournalism at Tarq
This exhibition, put together by Bangalore gallery Tasveer and the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), an institution being built in that city, comprises 50 images by 30 photographers. The works have been selected from The Deepak Puri Collection: Legacy of Photojournalism, a set of over 150 images donated to MAP by Puri, the former photo editor of Time-Life News Service’s south Asia bureau. The photos on display include those by such major lensmen as Raghu Rai and Prashant Panjiar from India, Sebastião Salgado from Brazil and James Nachtwey from the US. See here for a preview.
When: Until Thursday, May 26. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Tarq, F35/36 Dhanraj Mahal, Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Tel: 022 6615 0424.