Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts
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Getting there
Nearest: Mandi House (Blue and Violet Lines), ~5 min walk
Upcoming at Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts
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About Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts
Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (SRCPA), on Safdar Hashmi Marg in Mandi House, is both a theatre venue and a theatre company. It grew out of the Indian National Theatre, which started in 1950, and is run by the Indian National Theatre Trust. The Brutalist building was designed by Shiv Nath Prasad and Mahendra Raj, with help from Ebrahim Alkazi, and built between 1966 and 1969. Its proscenium theatre, the Shankar Lal Murli Dhar Auditorium, seats about 375 people. The resident SRC Repertory, founded in 1980, stages Hindi and English plays, and the centre runs acting courses and workshops. Its yearly events include the Sheila Bharat Ram and Panna Bharat Ram theatre festivals, the Swami Haridas–Tansen Sangeet Nritya Mahotsav and the Shri Ram Kavi Sammelan. Visiting groups also rent the hall for their own productions.
Tips before you go
- Many SRC productions and visiting plays sell tickets on BookMyShow. Some events, like the annual Kavi Sammelan, are by free invitation passes that you collect from the centre.
- Shri Ram Centre is not the same as Kamani Auditorium or Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra. They are separate institutions a few minutes apart.
- Mandi House metro is about a 5-minute walk away, which makes the centre easy to reach and leave after an evening show.
- Weekend, two-month and one-year acting courses are listed on srcpa.in if you want to try theatre yourself.
Frequently asked questions
What is the nearest metro station to Shri Ram Centre?
Mandi House on the Blue and Violet Lines, about 350 m or a 5-minute walk along Safdar Hashmi Marg.
How big is the Shri Ram Centre auditorium?
The Shankar Lal Murli Dhar Auditorium seats about 375: roughly 300 in the stalls and 75 in the balcony.
Is Shri Ram Centre the same as Kamani Auditorium?
No. Kamani belongs to the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra complex on Copernicus Marg, while Shri Ram Centre is a separate theatre on Safdar Hashmi Marg.
Does Shri Ram Centre run acting classes?
Yes. It offers a one-year acting programme plus weekend, two-month, voice and camera-acting workshops. Details are on srcpa.in.
Around Mandi House
Mandi House is Delhi's theatre district. Within a few hundred metres of the Mandi House roundabout are Kamani Auditorium, the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, the National School of Drama's stages at Bahawalpur House
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