The Habitat World presents the Old World Theatre Festival from September 18. September 18-19: Breathe In Breathe Out by Lillete Dubey, Kamala and Ek Saral Saras Kahani presented by the Dramatic Society of Kirori Mal College; September 20-21: Naseeruddin Shah's Manto Ismat Hazir Hai presented by Lady Shri Ram College, Romance by Chance by Divya Arora; September 22-23: Anastasia directed by Feisal Alkazi; September 24: Begum Akhtar directed by thumri singer and Akhtar's disciple Rita Ganguly. September 25-26: Sonata by Amal Allana. At the Habitat World, Lodhi Centre, Delhi 110002. For details call (011) 4682222, log on to www.habitatworld.com or e-mail: habitatworld@oldworldhospitality.com.

MUSIC
Once More

Virasat, a festival organised by spic-macay (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Among Youth), that aims at close interaction between students and musicians in schools and colleges, kicks off on September 27 with a santoor recital by Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and a vocal recital by Girija Devi at the Law Faculty, University of Delhi, North Campus. Time: 6.30 p.m. For passes, call (011) 6691233.

EXHIBITION
Rich Tensions

To understand what a critic means by saying that the image is determined not by an arrangement of forms but by what survives and what may be termed the heroic remnant of tensions between white and other colours, visit "Silent Moments", Kavita Jaiswal's exhibition of drawings and etchings. At Queen's Gallery, British Council, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Delhi. September 19-30.

AUCTION
Old-World Charm

Bowring Auctioneers, run by old Sotheby's hand Patrick Bowring, is organising an auction of Indian film memorabilia on October 23. The sale, at the Parkroyal Intercontinental, Nehru Place, Delhi, will include vintage prints, lobby cards, posters, synopsis handbooks and handbills from the collection of film historian B.D. Ganga and Riyad Vinci Wadia of Wadia Movietone, among others, as well as a selection of rare 19th century photographs. The sale traces the history of Indian cinema from Raja Harishchandra (1913) right up to the Amitabh Bachchan-dominated 1970s.