India GOCultural show in Kochi
Kathakali: the make-up hour, then the play
For an hour the face is built in front of the audience (rice-paste ridges glued on, green pigment laid over it, the whites of the eyes turned red), and only then does the story begin.
from ₹600 · Daily. Make-up 5–6 pm, performance 6–7 pm
Chavittu Nadakam at Gothuruthu
Latin Catholic opera in which armoured kings stamp a wooden stage hard enough to make it resound, singing episodes from Charlemagne and the Bible.
On request · Performed on demand; troupes also perform at church feasts and at Muziris and Biennale events
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