Four years ago, the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) decided to give theatre aficionados much reason to rejoice when it launched its first-ever, multi-lingual festival of premiering plays named Centrestage. The event not only gave a platform to groups to showcase new works but also helped people to see productions in myriad languages. Over the course of time, pieces, which were solely written and performed for Centrestage, have been staged at national and international festivals and also bagged awards. Continuing the tradition, this year too, the fourth edition of the festival, which starts on November 29 and concludes on December 8, has on offer 15 mint new plays in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati coupled with workshops. Theatre lovers will get to watch diverse productions including a street play, a stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s critically acclaimed film, Rope, an abridged version of the Bard’s works with the shortest-ever performance of Hamlet clocking in at 43 seconds and Rabindranath Tagore’s relationship with Victoria Ocampo, an Argentinian writer.u00a0

SUNDAY MiD DAY previews the six most interesting plays that one shouldn’t miss: