Indoor Things to Do in Trivandrum

Trivandrum gets rain from both monsoons, the south-west from June to September and the north-east in October and November, when thunderstorms roll in most evenings, so a list of indoor plans is useful for more than half the year. The events below are refreshed daily and cover theatre, film, talks, workshops, exhibitions and comedy. The dependable indoor stages are in Vazhuthacaud and Thycaud: Tagore Theatre for plays and dance, Bharat Bhavan for its Friday film screening and visiting productions, and Alliance Française for French cinema and exhibitions, with Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan's koothambalam near the Museum for classical performances. For a daytime visit, Napier Museum and the Sree Chitra Art Gallery, the Kerala State Science and Technology Museum with its planetarium, and the guided tour of Kuthiramalika Palace are all under a roof. Lulu Mall at Aakkulam has the IMAX screen and an indoor entertainment zone, and Mall of Travancore has a multiplex and games arcade near the airport. Ayyankali Hall and the convention centres host week-long handloom, book and trade exhibitions. In December the whole city centre turns indoors for IFFK, and January brings the Assembly's book festival. Workshops in baking, pottery, painting and coding run most weekends in studios around Pattom, Kowdiar and Kazhakkoottam.