Shows

New Delhi, Delhi

Kamani Auditorium on Copernicus Marg is New Delhi's most important mid-sized performing arts showroom — a 620-seat venue that has been the primary home for classical Indian music, dance, and theatre in the national capital for decades, presenting performances of extraordinary Indian classical arts to sophisticated Delhi audiences. The auditorium's remarkable central location, its outstanding programming of Hindustani classical music, Kathak, and Indian theatrical productions create a showroom of considerable Indian performing arts significance.

1 Copernicus Marg, New Delhi 110001

New Delhi, Delhi

Shri Ram Centre in the Mandi House arts district is one of New Delhi's most important theatrical showrooms — an institution that has presented outstanding Hindi and English theatrical productions and nurtured generations of Indian theatre artists in the national capital's most concentrated arts and culture district. Mandi House's remarkable concentration of cultural institutions (National School of Drama, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Sahitya Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi) creates the most important performing arts showroom district in India.

4 Safdar Hashmi Marg, New Delhi 110001

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Alliance Française Mumbai is one of the most important cultural showrooms for international arts and independent cinema in India — a French cultural institute presenting outstanding independent theatre, world cinema, and cross-cultural performances that serve as a bridge between Indian and French cultural traditions in India's most cosmopolitan city. The Alliance Française network's extraordinary contribution to cultural exchange in India and Mumbai's remarkable openness to international artistic influence create a showroom of considerable Indian international cultural significance.

Theosophy Hall, 40 New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400020

Mumbai, Maharashtra

NCPA (National Centre for the Performing Arts) is India's most important performing arts complex — a five-venue Nariman Point institution housing the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, Tata Theatre, Experimental Theatre, Little Theatre, and Godrej Dance Theatre that presents India's most comprehensive performing arts programming including the Symphony Orchestra of India, international opera, ballet, and Indian classical music. NCPA's extraordinary role as India's premier performing arts institution and its remarkable programming breadth create a showroom of singular Indian performing arts cultural significance.

NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Prithvi Theatre in Juhu is the most beloved and culturally significant theatrical showroom in India — an intimate 200-seat venue founded by Shashi Kapoor of the legendary Kapoor acting dynasty that has nurtured some of the finest Indian theatrical talent and presented outstanding Hindi-language productions since 1978. Prithvi's extraordinary role in sustaining Hindi theatre culture in India's Bollywood capital and its remarkable community of outstanding Indian theatre artists create a showroom of genuine Indian theatrical heritage significance.

Juhu Church Rd, Juhu, Mumbai 400049

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Shanmukhananda Hall in Sion is one of India's most important classical and popular music showrooms — a 2,800-seat hall that has hosted virtually every major Indian classical musician, Bollywood singer, and cultural performance for Mumbai's Kannada and South Indian communities for over 60 years. The hall's extraordinary capacity and its remarkable role in presenting Indian classical music (Carnatic and Hindustani) to Mumbai's diverse population create a showroom of considerable Indian performing arts significance.

Sion-Matunga Estate, Sion, Mumbai 400022

Imphal, Manipur

Manipur's classical dance showrooms celebrate Manipuri dance — one of India's eight classical dance forms, characterized by its extraordinary lyrical grace and gentle circular movements that express the devotional poetry of the Vaishnavite tradition. Manipur's remarkable cultural identity (located at the intersection of South Asian, Southeast Asian, and East Asian cultural spheres) and the extraordinary beauty of Manipuri dance create performing arts showrooms of considerable Indian Northeast cultural heritage significance.

Imphal, Manipur 795001

Hyderabad, Telangana

Ravindra Bharathi is the most important performing arts showroom in Hyderabad — a beautiful 1,000-seat theatre presenting outstanding Telugu cultural productions, classical Kuchipudi dance (Kuchipudi is a classical dance form originating from Andhra Pradesh that is one of India's eight classical dance styles), and Carnatic music performances. Hyderabad's extraordinary Nizam heritage (the Nizams of Hyderabad were among the wealthiest individuals in human history and created a remarkable composite Hindu-Muslim culture) and Ravindra Bharathi's cultural role create a showroom of genuine Indian Deccan heritage significance.

Ravindra Bharati, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500004

Kolkata, West Bengal

Nandan Film Centre in Kolkata is the most important cinema and film culture showroom in India — a West Bengal government film complex housing three screens dedicated to Indian art cinema, parallel cinema, and international art films that honors the tradition of Satyajit Ray (who worked here and is widely considered the greatest filmmaker of Asian cinema). The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) at Nandan is the most important film festival in India and one of the most significant in Asia, presenting world cinema to the most film-literate audience in the subcontinent.

AJC Bose Rd, Kolkata 700017

Kolkata, West Bengal

Rabindra Sadan is the most important performing arts showroom in Kolkata — a 990-seat Tagore memorial theatre presenting Bengali theatrical productions, Rabindra Sangeet (songs of Tagore, the defining musical form of Bengali cultural identity), classical dance, and contemporary cultural performances in the city that produced the greatest literary and cultural figures in Indian history. Kolkata's extraordinary Bengali cultural heritage (the Bengal Renaissance produced more great thinkers, writers, and scientists per capita than any comparable historical period) and Rabindra Sadan's central role create a showroom of genuine Indian cultural heritage significance.

AJC Bose Rd, Kolkata 700017