16th edition of Kathakar - International Storytellers Festival
Friday, 1st December 2023
4:00 pm – Vikram Betal by D. Atarbayan (Mongolia) and Godfrey Duncan TUUP (UK)
5:00 pm – Aborigine stories: Whale Story by Jodi Edwards (Australia)
6:00 pm – The Woman Made of Flowers & Other Tales: British Legend by Katy Cawkwell (UK)
7:00 pm – Ghazal Gayaki by Nis
schal Zaveri (India)
8:00 pm – Japanese Shadow Show by Spice Arthur 702 (Japan)
8:45 pm – Juke box of tales from around the world with Jodi, Katy, TUUP, moderated by Shaguna Gahilote
9:00 pm – Inauguration
9:15 pm – Kissey Kahani: Mohit Chauhan In Conversation with A R Rahman moderated by Prarthana Gahilot
Saturday, 2nd December 2023
10 am to 2 pm – Acting Workshop with Mukesh Chhabra (India)
4:00 pm – Kamishi-bai: Japanese paper theatre by Spice Arthur 702 (Japan)
4:45 pm – Musical folktales by D. Atarbayan (Mongolia)
5:15 pm – River creation – Aborigine stories by Jodi Edwards (Australia)
6:00 pm – African folktales by Godfrey Duncan TUUP (UK)
6:45 pm – Phoneix: Russian and Middle Eastern mythology by Katy Cawkwell (UK)
7:30 pm – The Art of Storytelling: Storytellers in Conversation with Rachna Bisht
8:00 pm – Kissey, Kahani aur Adakaari: Mohit Chauhan in conversation with Mukesh Chabbra moderated by Prarthana Gahilote (India)
9:00 pm – Qawwali by Warsi Brothers (India)
Sunday, 3rd December 2023
10 am to 1 pm – Art of Storytelling Workshop with International storytellers
10 am to 3 pm – Imtiaz Ali Retrospective: Film Screening of Rockstar and Highway inaugurated by film director Imtiaz Ali
4:00 pm – Jukebox of tales from around the world by Jodi, Katy, TUUP, Agnieszka, Marta, and more, led by Shaguna Gahilote
6:00 pm - Meddah traditional Turkish Storytelling by Agnieszka Aysen Kaim and Marta Maslanka (Poland/Turkey)
7:00 pm – Ramayana: traditional shadow puppetry by Kande Ramadas (India)
8:00 pm – Musical performance (TBC)
9:00 pm – Kissey, Kahani aur Cinema - Imtiaz Ali Retrospective: Prarthana Gahilote in conversation with Imtiaz Ali (India)
