The Mayo Alumni Association of Southern India
presents

a
FIRST CITY THEATRE FOUNDATION
production

TWO PLAYS

MOUSE & POSITIONS

written and directed by Neel Chaudhuri

7:30 pm | 4-Apr-2008 and 5-Apr-2008 | Rangashankara
tickets available at venue

ABOUT THE FIRST CITY THEATRE FOUNDATION
The First City Theatre Foundation was set up by First City, Delhi’s city magazine, to produce and promote quality theatre in Delhi, and to encourage the development of innovative and original work on stage. Apart from staging full-fledged productions, The First City Theatre Foundation holds regular play readings, alternative performances and workshops through the calendar year, with the aim of revitalising theatre in the city.

ABOUT THE PLAYS
MOUSE is about a play in waiting. A young director readies her actor for the first performance of an idiosyncratic play. In the course of last minute revisions they struggle between her anxieties and his diffidence, making us wonder why this uncanny duo even came together in the first place. Mouse throws a torch light on the insecurities of the artist – the smallest, weakest artist. It is a play that observes our little ambitions in their most monstrous proportions.

POSITIONS is a collection of six vignettes or ‘stolen moments’ involving the interactions of a miscellany of characters. It has been developed over two years through a series of improvisations, workshops and two separate productions. The stories explore the nature of storytelling in theatre – plot, narrative and convention – with a sense of adventure. How we begin and end a story rarely changes. It is what we do in between and how that counts.

Excerpt from reviews:

” The strength of [Mouse] is the dialogue … This is not a play with a social message or with reformist ambitions and it doesn’t apologise for that. Rife with subtle satire it exposes the loftiness of directors’ ambitions, their timid insecurities and their unreal expectations of actors … The wit evokes Bernard Shaw. It uses his wry sarcasm but adds modern irony.” Nandini Nair, The Hindu

” The sort of storytelling that ‘Positions’ favours, with its long silences, garbled and often nonsensical dialogue, and quiet and accidental humour, should become the ‘stuff’ of this new breed of storytellers ŠEach vignette breathes a new sense of potential; if this is the future of Delhi theatre (and it must be), they might be on to something quite special.” Pratap Ramanathan

On Saturday, 29th of March 2007, Bright Sparks Montessori will be holding their Annual Concert and Graduation Ceremony ֠titled Ԍittle Stars Shinning BrightԮ

The Annual Concert and Graduation Ceremony will provide the students an opportunity to showcase their creative talents. It will be presided over Ms. Kavita Ganesh, president of KiliKili. Kilikili is an organization that creates awareness for the differently abled. The organization also ensures public parks are disabled friendly. She will also share her experiences with the parents, in addition to giving away mementos and certificates to the participants.

The Ceremony will include plays, skits and songs performed by the students. Starting at 5:00p.m., it will be held at Bright Sparks Montessori, 36/1 Millers Road, Benson Town, Bangalore ֠46.

For additional information on, contact Fathima Chinoy, Principal, Bright Sparks Montessori, 080 23544179/ 9342484152

This is the first residential workshop for children initiated by Theatre Lab. It will be run at our Artist’s Retreat, 40 km down the Magadi Road, Bangalore and next to Centre for Learning.
The focus is theatre; hence all activities will be inter-related and eventually linked to the theatre-making process.
The camp will run from April 10th ֠13th 2008. It is meant for children aged 11 and over, with a keen interest in theatre, learning and skills-building.
PROGRAM
Trekking
Sources for Theatre-making: Nature Diaries
Physical Theatre: Kalari Payattu
Shakespeare: Iambic Pentameter/Sonnets/Soliloquies
Masks: Archetypes & Mask making in Theatre
Sutradhar skills: Story creating/telling in Theatre
Rangabhoomi: Terracotta tile-making
Creation of a story telling stage

Logistics

ؠ Five adult resource persons for children at all times
ؠ To Retreat – On the 10th, there will be a central pick up by bus for all the children
ؠ From Retreat – On the 13th, parents are invited to join us for dinner and a showing of work by the children
ؠ Accommodation will be in a dormitory & tents
ؠ Food will be vegetarian/organic/healthy
ؠ Children will participate in picking vegetables and cooking dinner
ؠ Children will have free time to write, paint and play football, volleyball & cricket
ؠFee Rs 4,000/- each.
ؠ For more information, contact Kirtana at 98452-13857 or 25559291

Little Jasmine Films & DigiFunk
58 St.Mark’s Road
Bangalore 560 001
INDIA

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On behalf of CSI Bangalore Chapter, it is my pleasure to invite you for an evening talk on BCM Global Best
Practices entitled – ” Protecting Your Brand, Reputation & Profits through Business Continuity
Management ” to be held on Thursday March 27, 2007. The talk will be delivered by Mr. Dhiraj Lal, Country
Manager BCMI India.
The sessions will enable professionals across the industry to appreciate the criticality of Business
Continuity Management and the steps involved inputting in place a robust BC plan in-line with the
global best practices framework. Participants wouldalso learn how an international certification in BCM
will act as a key differentiator that will set them apart from their peers, and will enable participants
to meet their personal development objectives. Each participant would receive their personal,
complimentary copy of the India Business Continuity Survey 2007!
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Sun 30-Mar -2008 11am ֠1pm
(Timezone: India Standard Time)
St. Mary’s Boys Orphanage, 2nd Cross, D’costa Layout, Cooke Town, Bangalore 560 084 (map)
Calendar:

Hi All,

The next OCC meet will be at
St. Mary’s Boys Orphanage,
2nd Cross, D’costa Layout,
Cooke Town, Bangalore 560 084
(google map will follow)

We will have Mr. Ramesh Jude Thomas with us. You can find the profile of Mr. Ramesh in the attachment.

Mr.Ramesh is the CEO of EQUITOR Management Consulting P Ltd., the first and probably the only management consultancy in India focusing on brands as lead business assets. Amongst his key professional contributions is having led the first known Strategic Brand Valuation in India which was for Titan Industries Ltd. Followed by the valuation of the TATA brand. Mr. Ramesh’s lectures are attended by very high profile CEO’s, and he has lectured at the CII, IIM B and various other forums of repute.

It is fortunate that he will be with us on 30th. Let us learn a bit about branding.

Hippocampus Childrenӳ Company presents Camp Yakaboo – a summer camp for children from 2 years to 14 years.
For 2- 4 years
Exploring “Seasons” from April 7 to April 18
Exploring “Transport” from April 21 to May 2

Timings: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, at Eagle Ridge Prep. School. Conducted by Eagle Ridge Prep Mentors.

The child should have had prior pre-school experience to participate in this camp.

For 4 – 6 years

March 31 to April 11 – Art by Alpa Bansal (Theme: Stars) and Dance by Sanjana & Ansul of SwingAge. Includes a Pool Party.

April 14 to April 25 – Art by Sarayu Perumal (Theme: Me and My Home) and Dance by Manisha Mehta. Includes a fun day at Monkeynastix Gymboree.

April 28 to May 9 – Art by Sarayu Perumal (Theme: Colours) and Monkeynastix by Bremah Ramasamy. Includes a picnic at the park.

Timings: 10:30 am to 1:00 pm at Hippocampus Experience Center, Koramangala

For 7 – 9 years

Cooking from April 7 to April 11: An exciting five-day culinary journey around the world with Anju Sudarshan, Chef de Cuisine of Trupti Catering.

Fun with Science from April 14 to April 18: Make your own litmus paper, magnet, optical illusions and a model airplane that flies with Dr. Utpal Chattopadhyay and Dr. Sukanya Sinha.

Bread Craft from April 21 to April 25: Turn plain bread into colourful masterpieces such as Fridge Magnets, Fruit Dolls and Pencil Toppers with Shanthi Swamy.

Body Talk from April 28 to May 9 ֠Developing creativity, communication skills and confidence through movement activities and story building with Preeti Sunderajan and Ashwini Shridhar of Shiri Dance Company.

Timings: 10:30 am to 1:00 pm at Eagle Ridge Prep. School, Koramangala 3rd Block

For 9 – 14 years

Introduction to Theatre from April 7 to April 18 ֠Basic acting skills and techniques, working with a script, introduction to production elements such as space, costume, props, make up and backstage with Shibani Rao of Black Coffee Productions.

Self Empowerment from April 21 to 25 ֠3-fold training involving Mind, Spirit & Body, through public speaking, self defense techniques, quigong and hara meditation by Black Belt holders Debabrata Dutta and Esther Cecilia Dutta.

Timings: 10:30 am to 1:00 pm at Eagle Ridge Prep. School, Koramangala 3rd Block

To know more or register, please call 080-25630206.

About Hippocampus:

Hippocampus has been involved with promoting reading and reading skills among children in Bangalore and Chennai for five years. Our association with children started with the setting up of a library in Koramangala in March 2003, followed by one in Shankarapuram in December 2004, and in Abhiramapuram, Chennai in 2005.

Hippocampus has produced various programmes for children, including Hoophoria, a three-day carnival in May 2004, Stand Up, Noah Small! a musical for children in December 2004, and more recently, Hooӳ Tales, a carnival of stories in March 2008.

I was doubtful till the last minute about the weather. Unseasonal rains pouring in and around Bangalore were the main cause for my worries. But thankfully weather was on our side till the last minute. We started quite early reaching the Kamat Lokruchi by 9. Our target was to reach Melkote by 10, which we achieved.

Lake on the way to Melkote

Melukote (map: 12.65,76.67) in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka, is one of the sacred places in Karnataka. The place is also known as Thirunarayanapuram. It is built on rocky hills known as Yadavagiri or Yadugiri overlooking the Cauvery valley. It is about 30 miles from Mysore and 97 miles from Bangalore.

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FilmCamp.TV is an organization that focuses on teaching, producing and screening new Indian cinema. As part of the teaching initiative, FilmCamp.TV conducts Junior FilmCamp, a summer filmmaking workshop for children, ages 9-16. At this workshop, children will write, shoot, enact, direct and edit two minute films over a two-week period. This activity is collaborative with children working in groups not exceeding 5, each group making a film.

The workshop consists of 6 sessions, each session lasting two hours. The method of instruction is a combination of informal interactive sessions with children, encouraging active participation in groups, hands-on demonstrations of equipment and the screening of clips from Hollywood films to illustrate the filmmaking process.

In the first two sessions, children will get a brief introduction to how cinema is made (the Hollywood way) using clips from films. They will initially write treatments (the story in three paragraphs) followed by a script. They will be introduced to the camera, how to operate it and how to use it with a tripod.

In the third and fourth session they will breakdown their scripts into a storyboard. They will learn how to bring the script to screen using frames (close-ups, medium-shots, long-shots). They will learn how to use overlapping action to create continuity in cinema. They will prepare for the film shoot by rehearsing shots from the storyboard and enacting them.

On the fifth session, they will actually shoot their films in 2-3 hours. In the 6th session, they will edit the film to complete their production. The editing session will also be done in the park using Apple computers. FilmCamp.TV will fine-tune the edit, add music and have an outdoor screening of the films to which the public is invited. All students will be given a DVD copy of their film.

FilmCamp.TV has conducted 13 one-day workshops for adults in 4 cities – Bangalore, Chennai, Mysore and Hyderabad. Over 200 individuals have participated in our workshops producing over 30 films. Check out www.filmcamp.tv to view these films.

The details are:

Workshop Begins: 7th Apr 2008,

Sessions: 6 sessions (on alternate days) over two weeks,

Batches: Mon-Wed-Fri

Workshop Ends: 18th Apr 2008

Venue: Lal Bagh Botanical Garden

For more info visit: www.filmcamp.tv or Call: 0-92434 22797 / mail: direct@filmcamp.tv

FilmCamp.TV workshops are intended as media-empowerment for the common man. FilmCamp.TV conducts non-profit workshop which is dedicated to the underprivileged and economically backward sections of society. FilmCamp.TV aims to use digital tools and the internet to demystify the filmmaking process and make it available to all.

Apart from the Metaquizziks Anniversary Quiz, KQA will hold two other
open quizzes on Sunday 23 March 2008 at daly Memorial Hall, Mythic
Society, Nrupatunga Road, Bangalore.

EVENT II

Lao Me Thanda
The Annual Quiz on Love-Type Things

QM: Arul Mani

Open to two-member teams
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team

1330hrs to 1430hrs

Prizes: Rs. 1000/-, Rs. 750/- and Rs. 500/-

Event III
The March Open Quiz

QM: Kiran Vijayakumar

Teams of 4 members
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/- per team

Prelims: 1500hrs
Finals: 1600hrs

Prizes for all finalists.

Please note that this quiz will be decisive as far as the Open
rankings for 2007-08 are concerned. The scores are pretty close: till
last week, WaltWo were ahead of the pack on 63.5 after several
sterling performances in the Specialist Opens (where they won three
out of five such open quizzes). They finished sixth in the Wingco
Memorial Open, and picked up three ranking points to take their total
to 66.5. Metaquizziks won the Wingco Memorial Quiz and moved up from
52 to 67 points. The third, fourth and fifth spots in the ranking will
also hinge on the finish at this Sunday’s quiz.

We thank all the individuals who volunteered to help us with events in
the new season. More than 30 people responded. We will be in touch
with all those who volunteered by the first week of April.

We also thank the organisers of Under the Peepal Tree at RVCE for
having graciously rescheduled their events to prevent any clash with
KQA events on 23 March.

Thank you!

Best Regards

Arul Mani