Weekend happenings: Plenty for music lovers at Bluefrog

 

Norman Doray 

 

Norman Doray will be playing loads of house, progressive and submerge at Bluefrog on Friday. Norman started off with turntables and was chosen by David Guetta to play the renowned Pacha party “Fu** Me I’m Famous” in Ibiza. Norman has played at the best parties: Fu** Me I’m Famous with David Guetta, Dark Forest with the Swedish House Mafia, Papaya club (Croatia), Warehouse Tokyo, Set  Club Miami and Sankeys Manchester, to name just a few.

 

Catch him at Bluefrog in Mumbai from 10:30 pm onwards on Friday.

 

Gatechrasher party feat. DJ Sophie Sugar

 

Ma Faiza is with her brand of new electronic music. She is one of the few artists from India playing at some of the biggest parties and festivals on the planet. "Naz" is one of London's most prolific and exciting DJs. A true pillar of the Dance music scene in London, Naz was behind the  legendary "Jet Set Sounds of London" parties where the likes of Asian DubFoundation and Ibiza legend Alex P among others came to soak in the magic.

 

Catch her at Bluefrog on Saturday from 10:30 pm onwards.

 

 

Parvesh Java is organizing a piano festival to mark the 200th birth anniversary for Robert Schumann. Robert Schumann was an infuential composer during the 19th century and had died in 1856. Through the festival, called 'Schumania', Java hopes that this will help the city remember the German composer's legacy. The festival will feature solo recitals, duets, chamber and choral music. This festival will also kickstart the Furtados' Con Brio competition, which is planned as an annual talent hunt for young pianists. 

Catch this at the NCPA on Saturday and at 7 pm and on Sunday at 10 am and 7 pm at the NCPA, NCPA Marg, near Hilton Towers at Nariman Point. Tickets are at priced at Rs. 300 and Rs.500.

 

 

The WeirdassHAMateur Night feat. The Cardinal Bengans

 

They are India’ first improvisational comedy troupe.  No script, no rehearsal, pure madness, on the spot. Improvisational comedy involves using techniques to perform spontaneously and humourously. These techniques can be anything from playing out games which make the performers create characters, songs, situations, dialogues and scientific laws spontaneously, accepting suggestions and participation from the audience to do the above, to just forgetting your lines in a play and singing out nursery rhymes instead. This art form has risen to fame with the likes of ‘ Whose Line is it Anyway?’. The Bengans are the first ones to do it for Indian audiences, with Indian content. Their games are original, and their faces are pretty. The troop includes VIR DAS, ROHAN JOSHI, ANU MENON, ASHWIN MUSHRAN, PADMINI, KAVI SHASTRI

 

Catch it on Sunday at Bluefrog between 8:00 and 11:00 pm on Sunday night.

 

 

Broken Images

 

Broken Images is a one-woman play directed by Alygue Padamsee starring Shabana Azmi. Catch it in Bangalore at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall, 16th Cross, GD Park Extension, Vyalikaval. Tickets are priced between Rs 300 and 2000 and are available at the venue.

 

Naariyal Paani

 

The new play from actor and writer Sandeep Shikar is a love story that explores the act of storytelling itself. It attempts to probe the teller's many compulsiaons to tell a story in a certain way, whilte story itself constantly fights its completion.

 

Catch this at 7:30 pm in Bangalore at ADA Ranga Mandira, 109, JC Road. Tickets are available for Rs.100.