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  The Prithvi Theater Festivals began in 1983, the brainchild of Jennifer Kapoor, in celebration of the Prithvi Theatre's 5th anniversary. These five years had proved that Prithvi Theatre had cultivated a discerning theatre audience and initiated a theatre movement. The Festival brought to Bombay the best Indian talent from across the country, as well as International theatre companies.

  Since 1983 the Prithvi Theatre has played host to 12 Festivals, 6 of which have been International, and two have been Children' s Theatre Festivals.

  Theater audiences as well as theatre groups across the country await November- the month our annual theatre festival takes place. Audiences bear the terrible traffic of Bombay to get to the Prithvi Theatre on time, for they are sure to see something of quality ( . . . and late comers are turned away!!).

  Of late we have spread our wings and organised performances of the Festival in other auditoria in Bombay, as well as tours across the country.

  The Prithvi Festival 1997, took a look at Theatre of India Today.

  And Prithvi Festival1998, an international festival, will bring the best of European theatre to the country.

  Given below are some photographs from the Prithvi
  International Festival 1995.
  

International Prithvi Festival 2000

Hutchison Max Telecom Limited (HMTL), Mumbai`s leading cellular service provider, is sponsoring the International Prithvi Theatre Festival 2000. The theme of International Prithvi Theatre Festival 2000 is `Setting the Stage`. The festival spanning 21 days  from November 15, 2000 and closed on December 5, 2000.

Seven theatre groups from US, UK, Northern Ireland, Italy, South Africa and India will captivate Mumbai theatre lovers with their performances. The festival will begin with `` Nosferatu the Vampyre``. Some of the other major plays to be staged are ``Fish`` from Northern Ireland, ``Distant Sisters`` and ``Borders and Freeways`` from UK, ``Ganapati`` and ``Vastraharan`` from India, ``Skadonk`` from South Africa and ``Dark side of the Light`` from Italy.

To give the audience a perspective of different aspects of content, style and expressions of theatre, the festival programme also includes film screenings on theatre and platform performances before every show. In addition to this, groups will conduct workshops for actors, lecture demonstrations, and discussions in open forums in Mumbai and Pune.

The first of Prithvi`s theme-based festivals was held in 1992 focusing on ` The Playwright at the Centre of Theatre`. In 1995, the theme was ` Contemporary World Theatre`. And in 1997, as a tribute to the fiftieth year of India`s Independence, the festival was marked with performances from Indian artists from all over the country. The Prithvi Theatre Festival aims to bring together the best theatrical talent from India and abroad to the Indian theatre lovers.

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