A Report on the Hindi Theatre Workshop From the open space of the English theatre workshop it was quite a change to attend the Hindi theatre workshop in the closed space of the Padatik theatre hall. Though small, it was not cramped. It was rather comfortable. It being an actual theatre space, I got to…
A Report on the Theatre Workshop The English theatre workshop was conducted by the theatre company Tin Can. The setting—the terrace of an apartment building, was perfect because it provided a ready audience, albeit very few. This included a little girl who kept asking ‘What name?’ from her balcony in the opposite building. The rest…
Hindi Theatre Street Performance Day One New Market As soon as we arrived at Simpark in New Market and began setting up the banners and props, the two security guards present came up to us and ordered us to seek permission before performing in that space. The Seagull representative who was with us argued that…
PeaceWorks facilitated a 3-day intensive workshop on peace-building and conflict resolution by ‘Play for Peace’ a global organisation that brings together children, youth and organisations from communities in conflict. Play for Peace is a process of community building. It is the creation of ongoing learning partnerships that teaches people to be leaders of peace. The…
STAGE 1: Group reading of a story and presentation Right at the outset, the students were divided into three groups and each group was given a story called ‘The Impossible Dream’. This story was accompanied by 11 questions, prompting the children to ponder over the issues raised. They were asked to relate the story to…
