Pro Helvetia – the Swiss Arts Council in collaboration with Ranga Shankara presents Peter Rinderknecht’s Portifino-Ballade (English) for children above seven years and above on January 18 and 19 at 7.30 pm at Rangashankara.

Tickets priced at Rs 100 are available at the venue. The tele-booking counter is open on 9886998550.
AHA!, Ranga Shankara's sustained Theatre For Children programme has scheduled morning “schools only” shows.

Theatre For Children is on the top of Ranga Shankara's agenda. Under the programme aptly titled "AHA!" Ranga Shankara has been bringing meaningful theatre to the children of Bangalore.

The actor, director and author, Peter Rinderknecht has been one of the most important personalities in theatre for young audiences in Switzerland for over two decades and travels the world with his plays. With his open form of story telling Peter creates his own theatre world, in which reality and fantasy merge.

Portofino – Ballade is a play with music and puppets for curious people from the age of seven plus. Mr Cuckoo pops out of the clock on the hour, every hour, year in, year out.

That’s his job. His son hangs out in the back-room, bored to death. He doesn’t want to take over his father’s job; he wants to make his own way in the world.

Playing a double bass that opens up like an advent calendar, a musician takes us into the land of “What if? “. What if double basses were clocks? What if cuckoos were men?  A poignant story of family and freedom and what they really mean.