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…
Bolo Kya Banoge Tum is the story of a king and a slave. The king is the oppressor, the slave is the oppressed. The characters are stereotypical, and the situations, at first glance, are simple. Yet, as the students probe deeper and deeper, they are able to discover many layers and many different ways of…
MONOLOGUES BY MANJULA PADMANABHAN AND OTHER WRIRINGS G. D. BIRLA SABHAGHAR 7 JULY / 7 PM DIRECTED BY JAYANT KRIPALANI, A THEATRE PRODUCTION BY THE RED CURTAIN PRESENTED BY SEAGULL EMPIRE AND SANSKRITI SAGAR BASED ON MANJULA PADMANABHAN’S ‘HIDDEN FIRES : FOUR MONOLOGUES IN RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS IN GUJARAT‘ Hidden Fires . . .…
