Toto Funds the Arts (TFA), Bangalore, is holding a 3-day creative writing workshop from July 25 to 27 (Friday to Sunday, 10 am ֠5 pm). Renowned poet, playwright and publisher Keki Daruwalla from New Delhi and poet and novelist Anjum Hasan from Bangalore will conduct the workshop. Those under 35 but over 18 may apply by sending in a maximum of three poems and/or a short story of no more than 3,500 words. Please note that the workshop will cover both poetry and fiction. The last date for submissions is July 15.

The workshop will include discussions on the two genres, discussion of work submitted, as well as on-the-spot assignments.

Venue: Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, 466, 9th Cross, Jayanagar 6th Block, Bangalore 560011
Dates and Timing: 25-Jul-2008 to 27-jul-2008, 10 am to 5 pm
Fee: Rs 1,400, inclusive of lunch, tea and snacks

Note: All submissions will be screened by the facilitators before acceptance. A maximum of 10ֱ2 participants will be chosen. Outstation applicants will have to make their own travel and lodging arrangements. For further information please write to tfaindia@yahoo.com or call 09880623357 between 10 am and 5 pm, Monday to Saturday.

Afterplaying to packed houses and critical acclaim at Rangashankara, Concern India Foundation presentsthe third run of “Lucknow 76″ – a playwritten and directed by Abhishek Majumdar and devised by the Maayaavan Ensemble.

Dates: 4-jul-2008 , 5-jul-2008

Tickets: Rs.150 each

Tickets are available at Alliance Cafe or for tele booking contact : 9986863615

About the Play

Lucknow ‘ 76 , a play set across 100 hundred years of Indian history, from 1876 to 1976,has beendirected by Abhishek Majumdar (who recently won the the Hindu Playwright Award 2008). Devised by an ensemble of actors the play looks at the lives of common people in the historic city of Lucknow in 1876 , when Queen Victoria had taken over from the East India Company as the empress of India and in 1976 when Indira Gandhi had imposed press censorship as part of the national emergency.

Lucknow ’76 moves between these two time frames and looks at the effects that history has on common people. The play has been supported by the British Library in London for its research and by Kathalaya in Bangalore for its making. This production is also supported by Black Coffee Productions , who are an established theatre company in the city.

The playis in aid of Concern India Foundation, a non-profit public charitable trust which was started in 1991 with the objective of ‘Helping People Help Themselves’. The aim of the foundation is to help make every underprivileged individual self-reliant, creating a society of independent people living with dignity.

Play Reviews and Previews

Hindu Review
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550710400.htm

Times of India Interview

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMi8yNCNBcjAxNzAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

India Today Recommendation

http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=57&id=8006&Itemid=1&sectionid=27

Deccan Herald preview

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/Feb292008/metro2008022854696.asp

Mid Day Preview

http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/whatson/bangalore/article?_EXT_5_articleId=975160&_EXT_5_groupId=14

Afterplaying to packed houses and critical acclaim at Rangashankara, Concern India Foundation presentsthe third run of “Lucknow 76″ – a playwritten and directed by Abhishek Majumdar and devised by the Maayaavan Ensemble.

Dates: 4-jul-2008 , 5-jul-2008

Tickets: Rs.150 each

Tickets are available at Alliance Cafe or for tele booking contact : 9986863615

About the Play

Lucknow ‘ 76 , a play set across 100 hundred years of Indian history, from 1876 to 1976,has beendirected by Abhishek Majumdar (who recently won the the Hindu Playwright Award 2008). Devised by an ensemble of actors the play looks at the lives of common people in the historic city of Lucknow in 1876 , when Queen Victoria had taken over from the East India Company as the empress of India and in 1976 when Indira Gandhi had imposed press censorship as part of the national emergency.

Lucknow ’76 moves between these two time frames and looks at the effects that history has on common people. The play has been supported by the British Library in London for its research and by Kathalaya in Bangalore for its making. This production is also supported by Black Coffee Productions , who are an established theatre company in the city.

The playis in aid of Concern India Foundation, a non-profit public charitable trust which was started in 1991 with the objective of ‘Helping People Help Themselves’. The aim of the foundation is to help make every underprivileged individual self-reliant, creating a society of independent people living with dignity.

Play Reviews and Previews

Hindu Review
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550710400.htm

Times of India Interview

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwOC8wMi8yNCNBcjAxNzAx&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

India Today Recommendation

http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=57&id=8006&Itemid=1&sectionid=27

Deccan Herald preview

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/Feb292008/metro2008022854696.asp

Mid Day Preview

http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/whatson/bangalore/article?_EXT_5_articleId=975160&_EXT_5_groupId=14