Love is… A musical clown show!

A new musical clown show!!  Samantha is a cleaner, who happens to be a clown. As she heads to work a strange little tune pops into her head. ‘Love is a stranger to me…’

Join Samantha on her journey as she mulls over this question and you might end up with some

 on her journey as she mulls over this question and you might end up with some

questions of your own:

‘Will she meet a stranger?’

‘Will she find love?’

‘Will she ever get all that cleaning done?’

Using music and clown through mask, the performers explore all types of love. Not just romantic love, but every kind of love: familial, friendship and self-love included. Samantha on her journey as she mulls over this question and you might end up with some

, the clown engages with her audiences, inviting them to travel with her through layers of music, theatre, and a little mischief, discovering together what

love is

Director: Tamar Keane, Dublin-based theatre-maker, currently associated with the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Ireland’s National Disability Authority and Founder and former Creative Producer of SQUAD Productions.

Performers: Aching Shaiza, pianist and mezzo-soprano, former music faculty member, The American Embassy School, The British School and The Delhi School of Music, currently she is Voice Faculty at the Caux Artist Program, Switzerland, and Head of the Voice Department at THEME Music Institute, Delhi NCR; Caitríona Ní Threasaigh, Irish actor and visual artist

IIC Film Club

Windows into the Northeast

Presents a curated selection of contemporary films from Northeast India, bringing together distinctive cinematic voices from the region. Spanning diverse languages, landscapes and lived experiences, the films offer intimate reflections on identity, memory, community and change.

Karken, Arunachal Pradesh
(2024; Galo with English subtitles)
Director: Loder Nending

A rural medical officer leaves behind the security of his profession to pursue his long-cherished dream of becoming an actor. Set within the social and cultural landscape of Arunachal Pradesh, the film reflects on ambition, personal sacrifice and the uncertainties of choosing an unconventional path.

(This month’s film club films are open for all)

(Collaboration: Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER)
 

Fandi: Experience the Truth Unfold

Written by Shankar Shesh
Directed by Vishaal Vashishtha
Actors on Stage: Vishaal Vashishtha as Advocate; Akbar as Fandi; Dinesh Sharma as Warden

Fandi follows a truck driver imprisoned for the mercy killing of his terminally ill father, who was suffering from advanced throat cancer. Claiming he merely fulfilled his father’s wish to end unbearable pain, Fandi becomes the centre of a legal and moral debate on euthanasia, poverty, suffering, and humanity. Through Vakil Bhagatram’s defence, the play raises difficult questions about dignity, compassion, and the right to die.
 

IIC Film Club

Windows into the Northeast

Presents a curated selection of contemporary films from Northeast India, bringing together distinctive cinematic voices from the region. Spanning diverse languages, landscapes and lived experiences, the films offer intimate reflections on identity, memory, community and change.

Mi Bo (Missing Person), Mizoram

(80 minutes; 2024; Mizo with English subtitles)

Director: Raymond Colney

With Maruata Rawite, Zoparmawii, Bunny Colney, Michael, K.Thangbiakzuala

Missing Person tells the emotionally charged story of Remlala, who, diagnosed with a chronic illness, chooses to conceal his condition from his sister, Muani, in an attempt to protect her. However, his well-intentioned efforts inadvertently create emotional distance between them, with a seemingly simple gift—a phone—further straining their relationship. The film powerfully illustrates how our efforts to shield loved ones can backfire, and how material possessions can sometimes create barriers between us and those we care about most.

(This month’s film club films are open for all)

(Collaboration: Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER

IIC Summer Festival of Music & Dance: 11 & 12 June 2026

IIC Summer Festival of Dance

Odissi Recital

By Sourav Mohanty from  Bhubaneswar, disciple of Guru Durga Charan Ranbir  & Shri Rahul Acharya

At 19:00

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Sandhya Easwar  from Chennai, disciple of Smt.Shanta & Shri V.P Dhananjayan

IIC Summer Festival of Music & Dance: 11 & 12 June 2026

Violin Recital

By Dr.Santosh Nahar from Delhi, disciple of Shri T.M.Patnaik

Accompanist: Pandit (Dr) Raj Kumar Nahar (Tabla)

At 19:00

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Nila Sinha Roy from Delhi, disciple of Pt Amiya Ranjan Banerjee, Vidushi Dipali Nag & Guru Smt Shanti Hiranand.

Accompanists: Pandit.Durjay Bhaumik(Tabla) & Ustad Murad Ali Khan(Sarangi)

Samanvay - Melodies That Build Us

Piano Recital by Gauri Mishra, distinguished pianist, awarded the National Award-Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, All India Radio graded artist.

An immersive experience taking one through the depth of Indian classical music and the pianist’s signature fusion compositions, filled with musical surprises along the way. Accompanied by renowned artists, each performance creates a seamless blend of tradition, innovation, and harmony, promising an unforgettable and enriching musical journey.
 

Piano Recital by Balázs Fülei

Balázs Fülei, Professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, recipient of the Liszt Ferenc Prize, the Kodály Prize, the Artisjus Award, and the Junior Prima Award.  Since 2015, Professor Fülei has served as Head of the Chamber Music Department at the Academy

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA, BALLET AND CONCERT FILMS 
Curated and Introduced by Sunit Tandon

CONCERT
A Mozart Gala from Salzburg
(106 min; 2006; dvd)

Anna Netrebko, soprano; Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano; Patricia Petibon, soprano; Ekaterina Siurina, soprano; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Michael Schade, tenor; René Pape, bass

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Harpsichord: Anton Holzapfel
Directed by Brian Large

Mozart was born in Salzburg and, except when touring Europe as a Wunderkind, spent his formative years there. His relationship with the Salzburg was not always happy, but the city more than made amends in 2006 when it celebrated the 250th anniversary of his birth. Besides staging every one of his operas, it mounted this very special gala concert on 30th July that year, with what amounted to a United Nations assembly of distinguished Mozartians. The conductor was British, the orchestra Austrian, the singers were, in order of appearance, German (René Pape), Canadian (Michael Schade), French (Patricia Petibon); Czech (Magdalena Kožená), American (Thomas Hampson) and Russian (Ekaterina Siurina and Anna Netrebko). Yet they all spoke a common language: Mozart.

Opening with the Don Giovanni Overture, the Gala included arias from that opera, from Mitridate, re di Ponto, La Clemenza di Tito, Cosi Fan Tutte, the Overture and excerpts from Idomeneo and was rounded off with a performance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D major, K.504, which was premiered under the composer’s direction in Prague.
 

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA, BALLET AND CONCERT FILMS 
Curated and Introduced by Sunit Tandon

OPERA
Gaetano Donizetti: La Fille du regiment
Opéra-comique in two acts
(121 min; 2005; dvd; English subtitles)

From the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, with Patrizia Ciofi (Marie); Juan Diego Flórez (Tonio); Francesca Franci (La Marquise de Berkenfeld); Dario Benini (Hortensius); Nicola Ulivieri (Sulpice); Filippo Bettoschi (a Corporal); Maurizia Burlando (La Duchesse de Crackentorp)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza
Stage Director: Emilio Sagi
Costume and Set Designer: Julio Galán
Lighting: Daniele Naldi

Top bel canto tenor, Juan Diego Florez, and acclaimed Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi lead a superb ensemble cast in Donizetti’s sparkling French language opéra-comique in a production that sets the action in the final days of World War II. Marie is the daughter of an American army captain, Tonio is a young French villager whose love for her leads him to join the American ranks. When the secret of Marie’s birth is revealed and her mother insists on an aristocratic suitor, only an appeal to the memory of young love can reunite them.