(From left) Navid Inamdar, Aswin Gidwani, Waman Kendre, Ashok Banthia. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

The Olympics reach the city
The much-awaited eighth edition of the Theatre Olympics, which made its Indian debut on February 17 in Delhi, has finally reached Mumbai. Organised in India by the National School of Drama, the Mumbai leg of its journey kickstarts on March 24 with NSD director Waman Kendre's play Mohe Piya. Known as the world's largest theatre festival, it has been held in Greece, Japan, Russia, Turkey, South Korea, China and Poland since inception in 1993. In India, it will cover 17 cities with over 25,000 artistes presenting 450 shows.