In its final three days, the Prithvi Theatre Festival surges toward a spectacular finish, offering dance, theatre, storytelling, and music of extraordinary calibre—performances that celebrate India’s artistic soul and promise audiences an unforgettable cultural high.

As the Prithvi Theatre Festival enters its last three days, the iconic cultural hub gears up to deliver its most powerful line-up yet—featuring Bharatanatyam, absurdist theatre, Dastangoi masterpieces, a Mumbai-rooted solo act, and a world-class jazz finale. With acclaimed performers like Shreema Upadhyaya, Mahmood Farooqui, Paridhi Bhandari, and giants of Indian jazz Louiz Banks and Gino Banks, this closing stretch is a rare confluence of tradition, innovation, and artistic excellence. If there is one weekend Mumbai cannot afford to miss, it is this one.

Three Days Of Unmissable Brilliance

With only three days left, the Prithvi Theatre Festival is gearing up for its most exhilarating finale yet. From classical dance and absurdist theatre to powerful Dastangoi and a jazz spectacle led by legends—this final lap promises the kind of artistic immersion that has made Prithvi an irreplaceable cultural home for Mumbai.

LEELA: THE DIVINE PLAY

Dance – Performed by Shreema Upadhyaya

Saturday, 15th Nov – 5 pm | Prithvi Theatre | Tickets: BookMyShow

Leela: The Divine Play is a spellbinding Bharatanatyam solo that explores the eternal idea of divinity as a cosmic performer. Shreema Upadhyaya draws from the Margam structure to weave compositions that embody tenderness, compassion, fierceness, playfulness, and transcendence. Through stories, energies, and philosophical reflections, the performance becomes an invitation into the divine play that resides both within and beyond us.

TAAMBEY KE KEEDEY – PUNAHA THEATRE

Saturday, 15th Nov – 4 pm & 6 pm | Prithvi House | Tickets: BookMyShow

Writer: Bhuvaneshwar & Abhinav Grover | Director: Abhinav Grover

In a world collapsing around us, Taambey Ke Keedey poses a haunting, absurdist question—can art save us from the meaninglessness it mirrors? A play without plot or traditional characters, it challenges form, structure, and expectation through its ensemble: Shimlli Basu, Soumya Zacharia, Abhijeet Singh, Rakshit Yaduvanshi, Neeraj Singh, Vaibhav Jain, Shravan Baliga, and Abhinav Grover.

DASTAN-E-GURU DUTT – DASTANGOI COLLECTIVE

Saturday, 15th Nov – 9 pm | Sunday, 16th Nov – 9 pm | Prithvi Theatre | Tickets: BookMyShow  Writer & Director: Mahmood Farooqui | Cast: Mahmood Farooqui

Mahmood Farooqui’s Dastan-e-Guru Dutt is an evocative storytelling tapestry that positions Guru Dutt among the cinematic greats—Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy, and Mehboob Khan. Traversing Bombay noir, the ache of its rain-soaked melancholy, the brilliance of Geeta Roy and Waheeda Rehman, the lyricism of Sahir and S. D. Burman, and the political pulse of IPTA and PWA, this Dastan is an emotional, intellectual, and cinematic odyssey.

DASTAN RAJA VIKRAM KE ISHQ KI – DASTANGOI COLLECTIVE

Sunday, 16th Nov – 3 pm | Prithvi Theatre | Tickets: BookMyShow

Writer & Director: Mahmood Farooqui | Cast: Poonam Girdhani & Darain Shahidi

Inspired by A. K. Ramanujan’s folk tales and the poetry of Mir Taqi Mir, this Dastan traces Raja Vikramjit’s painful journey of love and his eventual return to peace. The narrative brings alive longing, wisdom, and the timeless emotional truth of folk storytelling.

DABBEWAALI – PB THEATRE

Sunday, 16th Nov – 5 pm & 7 pm | Prithvi House | Tickets: BookMyShow

Writer: Paridhi Bhandari & Vibhanshu Doshi | Director & Cast: Paridhi Bhandari

Dabbewaali is a delightful, heartwarming solo piece about Mumbai’s iconic dabbawala universe—told through the city’s only female dabbawala. Funny, tender, and deeply rooted in urban storytelling, the play celebrates Mumbai’s hidden worlds and the unsung heroes who keep it running.

DASTAN-E-KABIR – DASTANGOI COLLECTIVE

Sunday, 16th Nov – 6 pm | Tickets: BookMyShow

Writer: Udit Yadav | Director: Mahmood Farooqui | Cast: Udit Yadav & Poonam Girdhani

Dastan Dhai Aakhar Ki revisits the life, poetry, and philosophy of Kabir Das. Drawing from the Bijaks and scholarship by Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Mujeeb Rizvi, Purushottam Agrawal, Linda Hess, Ali Sardar Jafri, and more, it reframes Kabir through the lens of existentialism, Buddha, Ambedkar, Iqbal, Mir, Ghalib, and contemporary thought. A stirring re-illumination of Kabir’s timeless, rebellious voice.

JAZZ @ PRITHVI – TIMELESS EXPRESSIONS

Monday, 17th Nov – 8 pm | Tickets: BookMyShow

Featuring: Louiz Banks, Gino Banks, Sanjay Divecha, Sheldon D’Silva, Jarryd Rodrigues, Bihu Mukherjee, Rahul D’Lima

The festival culminates in a thunderous jazz finale. The evening opens with a 25-minute acoustic solo by Sanjay Divecha, setting a contemplative tone. Then comes the high-energy main set led by maestro Louiz Banks and powerhouse drummer Gino Banks, joined by an extraordinary ensemble. The addition of tap dancer Rahul D’Lima elevates the performance into a multisensory feast of rhythm, harmony, and improvisation.

As the Prithvi Theatre Festival races toward its closing night, these final three days embody everything the festival stands for: excellence, diversity, imagination, and the magic of live performance.

Mumbai, this is your last chance this year—don’t miss it.