Must-catch events this weekend

If you are headed to Blue Frog this Sunday carry a drum along to make some noise along with percussion maestro Taufiq Qureshi and his group, Mumbai Stamp

Must-catch events this weekend

Beat a tin drum for liberty

August 14, 9 pm to 10.30 pm

Where Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.
Call 61586158
Entry Rs 300

If you are headed to Blue Frog this Sunday carry a drum along to make some noise along with percussion maestro Taufiq Qureshi and his group, Mumbai Stamp. The evening will begin with a performance by the eclectic group that plays percussion instruments as well as all sorts of waste materials like bins, cans, tin boxes, buckets and more. The Mumbai Stamp performance will culminate into a large drum circle where anyone is allowed to join in. This is where you get to show off your creativity with the drums. There will also be a few extra percussion instruments for those who don't have their own percussion instrument. The evening will end with a Tabla and DJ set by Mental Martians, and drummers from Mumbai Stamp will also join in. You cannot ask for a more high-tempo mood to bring in Independence Day.

Catch a three-day laugh riot at NCPA
On August 13 to 15, 6 pm
Where Experimental Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point.
Call 22824567
Tickets Rs 300, Rs 250 and Rs 200

An extended weekend is a time when Mumbai's theatrewallahs go out of their way to entertain their audience.

This, Raksha Bandhan and Independence Day weekend, NCPA presents Comedy Ki Bauchhaar, a three-day festival of comedy plays in Hindi. The festival includes popular plays like Rangbaaz Group's Bade Miyan Deewane (based on Pakistani writer Janab Shaukat Thanvi Sahab's novel Budhbhas) and Falsafa, a collection of four humorous short stories, as well as Yatri Productions' Ravanleela, which turns the concept of Ram Leela on its head.

Watch the tales of two cities
On Today, 7 pm
Where Alliance Francaise, Theosophy Hall, 40, New Marine Lines, next to Nirmala Niketan, Marine Lines.
Call 22036187

Before the festive mood takes over and the sugar rush from all the mithai makes you dizzy, take time out to watch two interesting short films that see the two biggest cities of the countryu00a0-- Delhi and Mumbaiu00a0-- through different perspectives. Filmmaker Mukul Kishore's Vertical City explores if and how the lives of Mumbai's slum dwellers change when they move from their homes in so-called slums to high-rise complexes that soon degenerate into places worse than slums. The film Dilli by Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas has been included as the official selection at numerous international film festivals. Shot in the heart of this bustling megapolis, the short film finds its storytellers in the men, women and children who are the invisible hands that continue to build this city of dreams.

"Exciting news! Mid-day is now on WhatsApp Channels