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Badagutittu Yakshagana

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Badagutittu Yakshagana performer with the Himmela musicians on stage

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Badagutittu Yakshagana: colour, craft, and command.

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MORE THAN A SCREEN

Made for every kind of stage.

The traditions we are building StageNow around — and the artists who keep them running, night after night.

Yakshagana performer in traditional costume under stage lights

Living traditions

Yakshagana, up close

Two Kannada theatre performers on a dark stage under a warm spotlight

Stories for the stage

Kannada theatre, wherever you are

Close-up of a Badagutittu Yakshagana performer's costume and ornaments

The art of transformation

Badagutittu in every detail

Yakshagana Himmela musicians playing maddale beside a Badagutittu performer on stage

The voice of the night

The Bhagavata leads the story

Two theatre actors in an intimate contemporary drama scene

Close to the story

Theatre that stays with you

Four theatre performers in a colourful ensemble stage performance

A shared spotlight

A whole stage in motion

Carnatic vocalist performing with violin and mridangam musicians on a warmly lit theatre stage

Music, up close

Every note, from the front row

Bharatanatyam dancer performing under a warm theatre spotlight

Movement and memory

Dance that holds the room

Yakshagana Himmela with a Bhagavata, maddalegara, and chandegara guiding a live stage performance

Himmela • the musical spine

The voice that carries the prasanga

Song, tala, maddale, and chende guide each entrance, pause, and turn in the prasanga.

Yakshagana artistes in full costume performing on stage

Mummela • the performers

Characters made for the night

Characters are built through make-up, costume, rhythm, and a lifetime of stagecraft.

Talamaddale performers seated in formal dialogue with the Himmela ensemble behind them

Talamaddale • spoken theatre

No costume. No dance. Just the argument.

Bhagavata and percussion hold the musical text while arthadharis build the episode in extempore dialogue.

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