The Eleventh Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Monday, November 16th to Sunday, November 22nd 2020

Virtual Festival
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Andrew Bovell

Australia

Andrew is one of Australia’s most respected and successful playwrights. His work has been produced extensively throughout Australia and internationally. His plays include ‘The Secret River’, ‘Holy Day’, ‘Ship of Fools’, ‘The Ballad of Lois Ryan’, ‘State of Defense’ and the multiple award winning, ‘When the Rain Stops Falling’.

For film he is currently adapting the American novel ‘Stoner’, by John Williams for Blumhouse Productions. Other films include ‘Edge of Darkness’, ‘Piccolo Mondo’, ‘Strictly Ballroom’, the multi-award winning ‘Lantana’, and ‘A Most Wanted Man’ starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams.

sessions

Finding the Shape of a Play : Scripting A Story

Workshops Thursday, 14th Nov 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sea View Room - NCPA

Scripting a story.

Join Andrew Bovell as he teaches the art of writing a play

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Apocalypse Now

Panel Discussions Saturday, 16th Nov 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Tata Theatre - NCPA

Is it already too late to save the Earth?

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Staging Life

Panel Discussions Sunday, 17th Nov 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Godrej Theatre - NCPA

Playwrights as anthropologists.

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Speaking In Tongues

Performances Sunday, 17th Nov 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Prithvi Theatre - Prithvi

Nine parallel lives, four infidelities, one missing person and a mysterious red stiletto reveal a darker side of human nature.

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Speaking In Tongues

Performances Sunday, 17th Nov 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Prithvi Theatre - Prithvi

Nine parallel lives, four infidelities, one missing person and a mysterious red stiletto reveal a darker side of human nature.

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  • A C Grayling

    England

    A C Grayling CBE, is the Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, and its Professor of Philosophy. He is also a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s…

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  • Alexander McCall Smith

    Scotland

    A former Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh, Alexander has written more than 100 books. He is best known for ‘The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’…

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  • Ambarish Satwik

    India

    Ambarish is a Delhi-based vascular surgeon and writer. His debut novel ‘Perineum: Nether Parts of the Empire’, a rogue, fictive sexual history of the British Raj, was published in…

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  • Amrita Mahale

    India

    Amrita is the author of the novel ‘Milk Teeth’. Her writing has appeared in ‘Hindustan Times’, ‘Scroll’, ‘Himal Southasian’ and ‘Brown Paper Bag’. Amrita was trained as an aerospace…

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