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DELHI

FRIENDS OF ODDBIRD
FESTIVAL 2025

SEP 11-14
2025

FRIENDS OF ODDBIRD FESTIVAL 2025

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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Since 2016, Oddbird has been a home for independent artists - a room full of strangers sharing good memories, warm vibes, and the magic of live performance. This September, we open a new season with the Friends of Oddbird Festival - four days of theatre, music, and dance, unfolding across every corner of the venue. From the experimental to the familiar, the festival is a celebration of the full spectrum of live performance.It’s also part of something larger: our campaign to keep Oddbird alive and thriving. Each performance, each ticket, and each conversation helps sustain the stage we’ve built together.

CURATED
PERFORMANCES

Each day brings together theatre, music, and dance - from boundary-pushing experiments to crowd-favourite classics. Handpicked artists take over Oddbird’s spaces in intimate formats. Every show is a chance to gather, reflect, and celebrate live performance.

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FRAMES IN
LIVE MOTION

Dance moves from stage to screen in a series of films curated for the festival. Each frame captures the body in motion, tracing stories, gestures, and ideas that live beyond the live stage. A way to see dance differently - through the eye of the camera.

talks & live conversations

Not just panels, but open circles where artists and audiences meet eye-to-eye. Stories of making work today - the struggles, the surprises, the shared ground across disciplines. These conversations turn dialogue into part of the festival’s live experience.

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LINE UP

  • Salon of the Anonymous: Episode 1
    Salon of the Anonymous: Episode 1
    17 days to the event
    Thu, 11 Sept11 Sept 2025, 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm
    11 Sept 2025, 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    An open gathering where artists and non-artists share unfinished works, first attempts, and personal expressions with honesty rather than polish. | Language: English | For ages 16+
  • Kujita: A Solo in Odissi
    Kujita: A Solo in Odissi
    17 days to the event
    Thu, 11 Sept11 Sept 2025, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    11 Sept 2025, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    Rooted in a year-long collaboration, the piece brings Odissi and Hindustani traditions into dialogue - where music leads, dance responds, and both breathe together. | For ages 16+
  • Tadpole Repertory: After Hours
    Tadpole Repertory: After Hours
    17 days to the event
    Thu, 11 Sept11 Sept 2025, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
    11 Sept 2025, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    Gather for an after-hours sing-along with Delhi's very own Tadpole Repertory - music and conversation from their previous productions in a warm setting. | Language: English | For ages 16+
  • Amb da Boota
    Amb da Boota
    18 days to the event
    Fri, 12 Sept12 Sept 2025, 8:30 pm – 9:40 pm
    12 Sept 2025, 8:30 pm – 9:40 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    An ensemble theatre piece drawing from the textures of Punjabi households and the women who inhabit them, this is a story about freedom, inheritance, and a dying woman’s wish to become a mango tree. | Languages: Hindi and Punjabi | For ages 16+
  • Audience Reading Room: Taramandal
    Audience Reading Room: Taramandal
    19 days to the event
    Sat, 13 Sept13 Sept 2025, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
    13 Sept 2025, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    A facilitated script reading that invites you to step into a character, explore a story, and read as part of an ensemble - no prior theatre experience required. | Facilitated by Kriti Pant | For ages 18+
  • Meepao
    Meepao
    19 days to the event
    Sat, 13 Sept13 Sept 2025, 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm
    13 Sept 2025, 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    An ensemble from Manipur uses minimal, ritualistic movements to create a synchronistic dance, offering a message of harmony, coexistence and diversity. | For ages 16+
  • Tipriti: My Sonic Identity
    Tipriti: My Sonic Identity
    19 days to the event
    Sat, 13 Sept13 Sept 2025, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
    13 Sept 2025, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    Vocalist Tipriti Kharbangar traces her roots through song, voice, and the Khasi language in a folk set accompanied by the duitara. | Languages: English, Khasi | For ages 16+
  • Fishbowl Dialogues: Between Hustle and Creation
    Fishbowl Dialogues: Between Hustle and Creation
    20 days to the event
    Sun, 14 Sept14 Sept 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
    14 Sept 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    A live conversation where artists from different disciplines discuss making work in India’s unorganised arts ecosystem. | Language: English, Hindi | For ages 16+
  • Seconds Before Coming
    Seconds Before Coming
    20 days to the event
    Sun, 14 Sept14 Sept 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
    14 Sept 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    As a woman reaches for pleasure, she's met by the girl she once was - in a solo performance that moves through memory and desire with humour, reflection, and a shifting sense of time. | Languages: English and Hindi | For ages 18+
  • Exit-Mynah
    Exit-Mynah
    20 days to the event
    Sun, 14 Sept14 Sept 2025, 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
    14 Sept 2025, 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
    9, Dhan Mill, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi, 110074
    A solo performance by Shashwat Bulusu that weaves music and storytelling to trace fragments of a life - its grief, humour, and detours - through the voice of a Mynah bird. | Language: English, Hindi | For ages 16+

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SEP 11-14, 2025 

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