Mysuru: Theatre buffs, students and general public must extend their co-operation to increase the ticket prices of Rangayana Weekend Shows, said Ranga Samaja Member Mahantesh Gajendragada, here yesterday. He was speaking at the felicitation ceremony to artistes and yakshagana ‘Karibhantana Kalaga’ organised as part of Navarathri Rangotsava at Bhoomigeethe in Rangayana. Ranga Samaja members Shashidhar…
Satish Tiptur takes charge as Rangayana Director
August 21, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Theatre person Satish Tiptur took charge as the Director of Rangayana Theatre Repertory, Mysuru, yesterday. He was greeted by Department of Kannada and Culture Joint Director V.N. Mallikarjunaswamy, Assistant Director Dr. M.D. Sudarshan and Ranga Samaja Member Suresh Babu. Later, speaking to the media persons, Satish said that Rangayana had earned a great reputation…
Finally, Rangayana Mysuru gets a new Director
August 13, 2024Engineering graduate-turned-theatre person Satish Tiptur to head city’s theatre repertory; Five other repertories across the State also get new Directors Mysore/Mysuru: Finally, after over a year-long wait, Government has appointed Directors to six Rangayana theatre repertories in the State, including that of Mysuru on Monday. According to a notification issued by Kannada and Culture Minister…
Rangayana’s legacy in danger as senior artistes retire
June 16, 202435-year-old theatre repertory has only three senior artistes; no action on contractual appointment of new faces Mysore/Mysuru: Rangayana, the pride of Mysuru, has enriched the world of theatre for the past three-and-a-half decades with numerous acclaimed plays embraced by diverse audiences. Founded in 1989 with 24 artistes under its first Director B.V. Karanth, this theatre…
Chinnara Natakotsava begins at Rangayana
May 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The five-day long Chinnara Natakotsava organised by Rangayana for the children taking part in this year’s Chinnara Mela began here yesterday with the staging of a mythological play ‘Sri Krishna Garudi’, here yesterday. Earlier, the Natakotsava was inaugurated by noted Theatre Director Sridhar Heggodu by reciting a song ‘Aata Aata…Chinnara Meladalli Makkala Aata’. On…
Chinnara Mela: 300 applications sold out in 90 minutes
April 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Applications for Chinnara Mela, the annual summer camp of Rangayana in Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road in city, were distributed today morning. A total of 300 applications were sold out in a short span of 90 minutes, with the parents waiting in queue from yesterday midnight. The annual summer camp of the theatre repertory…
Curtains fall on Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival
March 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Curtains fell on the six-day Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival with the staging of plays, folk dance and theatre songs at Rangayana, here yesterday. Despite the absence of the Director, the officials and staff at the theatre repertory were able to organise the mega event successfully. People were not only treated to plays and folk…
Mix of plays from different genres staged
March 10, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The third-day of Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival-2024 drew theatre lovers in droves to Rangayana, the State’s first theatre repertory, serving as the perfect weekend getaway. A variety of plays based on different genres were staged in different venues within the precincts of the repertory— Vanaranga, Bhoomigeetha, Kalamandira and Kiru Ranga Mandira (Mini Theatre), with…
Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival – 2024 begins
March 9, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival-2024, organised by Rangayana, Mysuru, got off to a good start at Vanaranga in the premises of the repertory on Vinobha Road in the city on Thursday. The annual Theatre Festival planned with unique theme every year, this time is themed after 12th Century social reformer Basavanna’s vachana ‘Iva Nammava Iva…
Kindarijogi premises decked for ‘Janapada Sambhrama’
March 6, 2024Folk extravaganza to be launched this evening; Formal inauguration of Bahuroopi-2024 tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: With the inauguration of Janapada Sambhrama, organised as a part of 5-day Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival-2024, scheduled this evening, artistes of various folk troupes from across the State and outside arrived at Rangayana on Vinoba Road in the city to prepare for…















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