The 12-day Veerangana Theatre Festival will kickstart on Monday with ballet 'Anukriti'. The theatre festival will be held at Shaurya Smarak auditorium.
The Minister of Culture, Tourism Usha Thakur will inaugurate the Veerangana Natya Samaroh on the occasion of International Women's Day.
The theatre festival is being organized from March 8 to 19 at Shaurya Smarak Bhopal under the joint aegis of Culture Department, Swaraj Institute Directorate and Multipurpose Social Institution. All the plays will be staged at the theatrical ceremony have been directed by female directors.
The Veerangana Natya Samaroh will start with a ballet Anukriti directed by Suchitra Harmalkar Indore based on the great feminine power of India.
The second performance of the festival will be Jhansi ki Rani directed by Shruti Barik and it will be held on March 9. On March 10, Lamjhana directed by Jyoti Dubey will be performed.
Life on Phone directed by Bishna Chauhan will be staged on March 11, Jhalkari directed by Sindhu Dhaulpure will be performed on March 12, Panna Dhai directed by Niti Srivastava will be performed on March 13.
Another play Rani Chennamma directed by Pooja Kewat will be performed on March , Rani Velunchiyaar directed by Vaibhav Srivastava will be performed on March15, Veerangana Avantibai Lodhi directed by Palak Patwardhan will be performed on March 16, Kabuliwala directed by Reena Sinha will be performed on March 17, Biwi Kaur drama directed by Devanshi Sinha on March 18.
On 19 March, the last day of the festival 'Mujhe Amrita Chahiye' directed by Khushbu Pandey will be staged.