National Center For The Performing Arts, Mumbai

NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS, MUMBAI.

 THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (NCPA) IS A MULTI-
VENUE, MULTI-PURPOSE CULTURAL CENTRE IN MUMBAI, INDIA, WHICH AIMS TO
PROMOTE AND PRESERVE INDIA'S HERITAGE OF MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE,
FILM, LITERATURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
 THE NCPA IS ALSO THE HOME OF THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF INDIA,
WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY NCPA IN 2006. IN 2010 THE ORCHESTRA
PERFORMED BEETHOVEN'S 9TH SYMPHONY IN MOSCOW AT THE 5TH WORLD
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL - THE FIRST TIME AN ORCHESTRA FROM
INDIA HAD PERFORMED THERE.
 BUILT IN - 1969
 ARCHITECTS -PHILIP JOHNSON-CONCEPT PART; PRINCIPAL
ARCHITECT RUSTOM PATELL OF PATELL BATLIWALA &
ASSOCIATES.
 FOUNDER - JRD TATA AND DR. JAMSHED BHABHA.
 LOCATION : THE SITE IS SITUATED AT N.C.P.A MARG, SOUTH MUMBAI.
 ITS LOCATED IN A COMMERCIAL AREA, SURROUNDED BY HOTEL AND MALLS.
 THE NCPA COMPLEX OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT 32,000 SQUARE
METERS (340,000 SQ FT) AT NARIMAN POINT, ON LAND RECLAIMED FROM
THE SEA.
 IT HAS 5 THEATRES IN ITS PREMISE, EACH CATERING TO A UNIQUE GENRE
OF PERFORMING ARTS.
1. TATA THEATER
2. JHAMSHED SITE PLAN
BHABHA
THEATER
3. MAIN
ADMINISTRATI
VE OFFICE
4. TEACHING AND
REASERCH
BLOCK
5. EXPERIMENTAL
THEATER
6. GODREJ
DANCE
ACEDEMY
THEATER
7. BLACK BOX
8. ART GALLERY
9. STAFF AND
GUEST ROOMS
AND N.C.P.A
APARTMENTS
10. CAFÉ
11. LIBRARY
12. GREEN ROOM
13. KICHTEN
14. RECEPTION
15. OPEN AIR
THEATER
TATA THEATRE
 DESIGNED BY PHILLIP JHONSON
& ACOUSTICIAN CYRIL HARRIS.
 OPENED IN 1982.
 SEATING CAPACITY 1010
PERSONS.
 FOYER CAPACITY 500 – 600
PERSONS.
 SIX ENTRY SEATINGS.
 FOR MUSIC CONCERT , DANCE
AND DRAMA.
 ROTATING STAGE. VIEW
 6 GREEN ROOMS WITH
ATTACHED TOILET.
 SEA VIEW ROOM.
 TECHINICAL ROOMS.
 STORE ROOM.
 WAITING AREA FOR THE
PERFORMERS.
 ELEVATORS FOR HANDICAPPED.
 THE HEIGHT OF THE
AUDITORIUM IS 15 M.
FOYER
TATA THEATRE
PLAN
SECTIO
N
THERE ARE SEPARATE ENTRANCES , ONE FOR THE PERFORMERS AND THE OTHER FOR
THE AUDIENCES.
THE ENTRY FOR THE PERFORMER WERE ALSO USED AS THE SERVIECE ENTRY.
TWO EMERGENCY EXIT ARE PROVIDED NEAR THE STAGE
TATA THEATRE
THE THEATER IS FAN SHAPED ,
THE SEATING ARRANGEMENT IS
DIVIDED INTO FIVE EQUAL PART.
 SEATING CAPACITY IS 1010
PERSONS.
 EACH BAY CONSISTS OF 202
SEATS.
SIX AISLES DIVIDED.
DIMENSIONS
SEATING ARRANGEMENT
TATA THEATRE
 FLOORING – R.C.C
FLOOR IS COVERED
WITH WOOLLEN
CARPET.
 STAGE:
• SEMI-CIRCULAR STAGE
• NO CURTAINS AND FINS
• THE INNER PORTION
(UPTO4.7M RADIUS) IS
ROTATABLE
• THE OUTER PORTION
OF THE STAGE IS FIXED
• IT ROTATES 180 DEGREE
IN 80 SECS
• THE RADIUS OF THE
SEMICIRCULAR STAGE IS
7M
 STAGE FLOOR:
•HARDWOOD TIMBER
FLOORING OVER
CONCRETE THE STAGE VIEW
JAMSHED BHABA THEATRE
 JAMSHED BHABHA
THEATRE, FROM LARGE
FORMAT ORCHESTRAS
TO FULL-SCALE OPERAS,
THE MOST TECHNICALLY
COMPLEX
PERFORMANCES CAN BE
STAGED AT THIS
PROSCENIUM THEATRE
WITH A SEATING
CAPACITY OF 1,109.
 NAMED AFTER THE
FOUNDER, AND
OPERATIONAL SINCE VIEW FROM THE STAGE
1999, ITS TECHNICAL
FACILITIES ALLOW FOR
INTERNATIONAL
PRODUCTIONS OF
OPERA, BALLET AND
MAJOR MUSICALS.
 THIS WELL-EQUIPPED,
ELEGANT THEATRE
ALSO BOASTS OF A
HISTORIC MARBLE
STAIRCASE AND A
DAZZLING DOUBLE-
LEVEL FOYER.
 THE ENTIRE STAIRCASE
WAS TRANSPLANTED
FROM ANOTHER
LOCATION; MORE AS AN
ART OBJECT OR FOYER
ARCHITECTURAL FOLLY.
 IT IS, UNDOUBTEDLY,
THE CORNERSTONE
FOR THEATRICAL
EXTRAVAGANZAS
STAGED IN SOUTH ASIA.
ACCESS
6 SIDE DOORS
2 FOYER ENTRIES
DOORS: 2.3M * 2.1 M, 18
CM THICH WITH PANIC
BARS
MATERIALS - WALL
LEATHER AND THICK
FOAM CUSHIONING FROM
THE OUTSIDE, 15 CM
DENSE WOOD INSIDE
SEATING
CAPACITY- 1109
REDUCED BY
ORCHESTRA PIT BY 91
ENTRIES AND EXITS SEATS.
3M
SECTION
POP WORK TO
COVER THE
SEATING ARRANGEMENT STEEL
FRAMEWORK
SECTION
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, AS FLEXIBLE AS ITS

NAME, THIS THEATRE OPENED IN 1986 AND HAS 300
MOVABLE SEATSWHICH ALLOW IT TO BE
CONFIGURED TO SUIT A RANGE OF EVENTS.
ITS UNIQUE 'BLACK BOX' AUDITORIUM IS THE
PERFECT PLATFORM FOR INNOVATIVE THEATRE
PRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS SMALL-SCALE DANCE
AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES.
IT ALSO DOUBLES UP AS A TEACHING AND
WORKSHOP SPACE
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
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