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{{Infobox venue
| name = JT Pac
| fullname = Jose Thomas Performing Arts Centre
| logo_image = JTPac Logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
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| location = [[Tripunithura]], [[Kerala]], India
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| type = Theatre
| genre = Theatre, music, dance
| built =
| opened = {{Start date|2009|02|26|df=y}}
| capacity = 700
| owner = [[Mohanlal]] (Chairman)<br/>Jose Thomas (President)
| website = {{URL|jtpac.org}}
}}

The '''Jose Thomas Performing Arts Centre''' ('''JT Pac)''' is a [[theatre]] of [[performing arts]] situated in [[Thrippunithura]], [[Kerala]], India. It was founded on 26 February 2009 by actor [[Mohanlal]] and The Choice Group chairman Jose Thomas who respectively serves as the Chairman and President of the arts centre.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2009/mohanlal-arts-centre-jt-pac-160109.html|title=Mohanlal to launch an arts centre|date=16 January 2009|publisher=entertainment.oneindia.in|accessdate=14 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress">{{cite news|author1=Meera Suresh|title=Labour of Love Goes Unnoticed?|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2016/mar/01/Labour-of-Love-Goes-Unnoticed-898302.html|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=The New Indian Express|date=1 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Reinventing the theatre|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article655883.ece|work=The Hindu|date=22 January 2009|language=en-IN}}</ref> The centre is situated in the [[Choice School]] complex and has a sitting-capacity of 700.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohanlal's JT PAC to commence today|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2009/mohanlal-jt-pac-260209.html|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=www.filmibeat.com|date=26 February 2009}}</ref>

==Arts==
The Rhyme by Soorya Krishnamoorthy was the first show played at the theatre and as of 2013 it has organised about 165 shows.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pradeep|first1=K.|title=A modern theatre for performing arts|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/a-modern-theatre-for-performing-arts/article362657.ece|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=26 February 2009|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=T Ramavarman|title=JTPac moves ahead with pan-Indian plans|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/JTPac-moves-ahead-with-pan-Indian-plans/articleshow/20500866.cms|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=The Times of India|date=9 June 2013}}</ref>

Many notable artists including [[Pankaj Udhas]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia]], [[Ustad Amjad Ali Khan]], and [[Naseeruddin Shah]] have performed at the theatre.<ref>{{cite news|title=When Mohanlal, Mammootty shared the same stage|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-malayalam-snippets/20100916.htm|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=Rediff|date=16 September 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Mohanlal played [[Prospero]] in a Malayalam-language version of ''[[The Tempest]]'' ,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/01/29/stories/2009012950640100.htm
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125162053/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/01/29/stories/2009012950640100.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=25 January 2013
|title=Mohanlal to play Prospero|date=29 January 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]
|accessdate=14 August 2012}}</ref> and [[Bhima]] in a play titled ''Chayamukhi''.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Siva Das Varma|title=All the world's a stage|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2009/oct/09/all-the-worlds-a-stage-91037.html|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=The New Indian Express|date=9 October 2009}}</ref>

In 2012, the arts centre organised a four-day dance festival titled, ''Parampara'' in which [[Padma Shri]] recipient [[Madhavi Mudgal]] and [[Bharati Shivaji]], [[Saswati Sen]] and [[Rama Vaidyanathan]] among others performed at the centre.<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Parampara’ dance fest begins|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Parampara-dance-fest-begins/articleshow/13187214.cms|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=The Times of India|date=17 May 2012}}</ref>

In 2016, the President of the arts center, Josh Thomas said that the centre is incurring a loss.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pradeep|first1=K.|title=More than just a businessman|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/jose-thomas-of-the-choice-group-on-what-drives-him/article8331615.ece|accessdate=10 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=9 March 2016|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.jtpac.org}}

{{Mohanlal}}

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[[Category:Theatrical organisations in India]]
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