The stage is set for 6 exciting performances in Mumbai this week

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Classics on the keys

Tune into an evening of Western classical music with Italian concert pianist (right) Sergio De Simone. The critically acclaimed maestro will breathe life into compositions including Chopin, Polish folk inspired melodies, Schumann's romantic compositions on the keys and Beethoven's smooth and sustained melodies.
ON May 15; 7 pm
AT Royal Opera House, Girgaon.
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Memories of pop

Dance like it's the 2010s at British-Irish pop band The Wanted's debut show in India. The quartet will revisit the boyband craze with radio anthems like Glad you came and Chasing the sun that took the Internet by storm in 2012.
ON May 17; 6.30 pm onwards
AT Dublin Square, Phoenix MarketCity, Kurla West.
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ENTRY Rs 999 onwards

Feeling folksy

Catch British singer, songwriter and musician Ben Howard in an intimate live-setup concert. The 2013 Brit Award winner in the British male solo artist, and British breakthrough act categories, will perform hits like Walking Backwards and Days of Lantana from his latest album, Is It? that marks his foray into textured, experimental pop songs.
ON May 17; 8 pm onwards
AT Famous Studios, Dr E Moses Road, Gandhi Nagar, Mahalakshmi.
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ENTRY Rs 1,999 onwards

From Mumbai to Madagascar

Madagascar - A Musical Adventure is an adaptation of the animated motion picture Madagascar. Meet Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip-hip Hippo and, of course, the hilarious, plotting penguins as they take you for the musical adventure.
ON May 18, 5.30 pm; May 19, 11.30 am and 4 pm
AT Royal Opera House, Girgaon.
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Cost Rs 400 onwards

A fantastical realm

In this post-modern two-hourlong Marathi play, Golkonda Diamonds, two people find themselves in a mysterious realm with no apparent exit during a train journey.
ON May 19, 3 pm
AT NCPA, Nariman Point.
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Cost Rs 350

Steps to an apology

In the play The Apology, a student crafts a self-apology from her Guru only to be set free through classical dance.
ON May 18, 6 pm
AT Veda Blackbox by Veda Factory, Andheri West.
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Cost Rs 300