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Yours Truly Theatre announces
Theatre classes for children
age group (7 to 13 and 14 to 18 years)
Classes every Saturday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, where children will explore Interactive Theatre in its purest form
starting with work on body theatre, storytelling, patterns, and rhythms, training in different
forms and formats of Interactive Theatre.
Yours Truly is looking for young and enthusiastic students to be a part of this workshop. Classes to start in June. (12/06/2010)
For more details contact 9845243051/9845853093 OR mail us: yourstrulytheatre@gmail.com
Website:www.yourstruly-theatre.com
Venue: ALMA CMH Road, Indiranagar Google Map – http://tinyurl.com/ykgyqht
June 1st, 2010
Yours Truly Theatre
Presents
“DON’T MAKE me laugh”
An interactive theatre show
Date with us saar & madamu on 12th Dec 2009 ( 12/12/2009)
at 7pm saarp uu.
Since you are not a celebrity nor page 3 personality,
we will charge you wonly hundred rupueesu.
Venue – swami come to JC road, if you daant know that valso,
Come to corporation circleuu, within Ravindra kalakshetra, you will findu Nayana Hallu.
Still gotteelaa!!! click maplinku http://www.yourstruly-theatre.com/nayana.jpg
Yen show ri! Wat show is this da!
aiyooo we also daant know sir, you come, we will listen
to your isstory and performu some natakka and you full maaja maadi!
Yeen Sir! Still doubta ?? callu 9845853093/ 9845243051 or mailu yourstrulytheatre@gmail.com
and ticket book maadi! yella wokay! Life serious yake!
Dan’t forgetu to check namma situ – www.yourstruly-theatre.com
December 10th, 2009
THE ARTS APPRECIATION SERIES
“No Retakes – the magic and the pitfalls of a stage production”
by Arundhati Raja
Saturday, 5 December, 2009, 6.30 pm
The Bangalore International Centre, as part of its “Arts Appreciation Series” has arranged an illustrated talk, “No Retakes – the magic and the pitfalls of a stage production” by Arundhati Raja on Saturday, 5th December, 2009 at 6.30 p.m. at the Auditorium, Bangalore International Centre, TERI Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage, Bangalore – 560 071
“No Retakes – the magic and the pitfalls of a stage production”
Have you seen plays where you didn’t really think it was good but didn’t know quite why? Did you think a production was really good and then found you were the only one who thought so? Did you notice the lighting or the set or the costume? Did you wonder why one actor caught your attention immediately they stepped on stage where none of the others had?
Translating printed dialogue into a dramatic and dynamic piece of theatre on stage is no easy task. When the piece of theatre is based on physical movement and mime, different skills come into play. But when the dialogue is naturalistic, it takes a great deal of work on character interpretation and motivation to be convincing. When you watch a natural and convincing performance, it often seems easy to present but is in fact the opposite.
The interactive presentation seeks to go through the basic elements of stage production, giving you an insight into the intricacies of rehearsal and show. With the Bangalore Habba on very soon, perhaps you’ll be able to watch some of the plays on offer and give a more informed critique.
Arundhati Raja
Arundhati Raja is Artistic Director of Artistes’ Repertory Theatre, an English Language theatre group, founded, with her husband Jagdish, in 1982. And of JAGRITI, a performing arts centre due to be launched mid 2010.
With thirty years experience in the teaching of subjects as varied as science, language arts and drama, she conducts training workshops in drama for groups of all ages and background.
As an actor, she made her debut on the Bangalore stage in 1977 and has since played a wide variety of roles, including the role of Martha in ART’s award winning production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. In 2005, she premiered the English version of Girish Karnad’s new one-woman play, A Heap of Broken Images performing over thirty shows in Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi.
As director she has designed and directed over forty productions and has participated in a British Council seminar in the UK, on Advanced Theatre Direction in July 1994, being sponsored by the British Council and the Charles Wallace India Trust for the Arts.
In 2006 Arundhati, was festival coordinator for Kannada Rangabhoomi Namaskara. This was a six-day festival in association with the Karnataka Nataka Academy, of six plays by eminent Kannada playwrights in English translation.
Bangalore International Centre
The Bangalore International Centre, founded in 2005, is a premier non-governmental organisation that is being developed as a hub of cultural and intellectual activities in the city. It provides an opportunity and a platform for interaction across professions to collectively foster intellectual activity, cultural enterprise and innovation in development.
In its continuing efforts to promote the arts, the Bangalore International Centre, under the banner of the Arts Appreciation Series, hosts a number of illustrated talks on several aspects of the visual, heritage and performing arts, bringing maestros in the field closer to audiences. In demystifying certain nuances of the arts, the Series endeavours to appeal to both audiences and artistes and foster critical and aesthetic appreciation of the arts.
Entry is free. Attendees must register with the BIC for the performance at 080-25359680.
For further information please contact:
Bangalore International Centre,
TERI Complex,4th Main, 2nd Cross,
Domlur II Stage,
Bangalore – 560 071
Tel: 080-25359680
Email: bic@teri.res.in
Website: www.bicentre.org
November 30th, 2009
17th NOV – FOREVER YOUNG WINE FESTIVAL Presents DISPOSABLE HEROES at BACCHUS
Title: Disposable Heroes
Description:
Space becomes as alive as the body throbbing with absence and presence, being cut, sliced, made whole again with bodies in it, out of it. Time is an integral part of both these disciplines and more so in the martial arts. It’s a fight, a fight where your body is your weapon as well as your armor. A wrong step or a wrong move can be fatal. It is interesting to apply this to dance, to see your other dancers as opponents. Martial arts presuppose a fight between good and evil. The bad guys and the good guys those are available in most movie genres. The protagonist and the antagonist propelled by their own desires, their own ambitions. Life isn’t so clear cut and dry, the world is not divided into the good and the evil. The shades of grey dominate such spaces. The antagonist is as much a shade of grey as the protagonist. Why is it that the hero always wins? what if the bad guy wins because he is more courageous? Or maybe luck favors him? Looking at us performers the performance for us is like one big fight, we prepare like hell and we perform and then we get ready for another one. Somehow we are all fighters inside.Battle is symptomatic of the kind of lives we lead today. We fight for everything with everyone. We fight in relationships, in friendships. We fight for our views, for our beliefs. We fight against fighting.
NOV 20th – LADIES NITE SPECIAL at BACCHUS LAUNCH OF MAAL!
Maal is a brand of clothing that amalgamates flavours from across the country as well as from all over the world. An initiative by Priyanka, Maal came into being as a result of her need and urge to translate a sense of individuality into something tangible!!
NOV 21st – FOOD FOR THOUGHT presents OPERA NOIR with Sridhar/Thayil @ Global Tree Cafe
Sridhar/Thayil brings a dark Indian twist to opera with Opera Noir –
a lyrical confrontation between a soprano and a ghost about God, murder and showbiz. Experience the grand operatic themes of love and deception in this stripped down contemporary production. The performance pays tribute to the musical style of opera while simultaneously subverting the grandeur of it – noir meets opera in a two-person performance.
Name of group: Sridhar/Thayil
Name of production: ‘Opera Noir’
Language: English
Duration: 1 hour, no interval.
Cast & Credits: Jeet Thayil: ghost; Suman Sridhar: soprano
Concept, libretto, music by Sridhar/Thayil
BIOS:
Suman Sridhar is a singer, actor, and songwriter. She grew up in Mumbai with Carnatic and Hindustani classical music and studied Western classical music in NJ, USA. Suman directed and produced ‘Yoni Ki Baat’ in NJ, USA, where she sang with several jazz bands. Her vocals appear on independent albums including ‘Bliss Beyond’ (Earth Tones Music, NY 2005). On stage, she has appeared in musicals such as My Fair Lady (USA) and Exit the King (India). Suman has been described as a “wonderful ironic soprano” who “provides depth with a clear sound.”
Jeet Thayil is a performance poet, guitarist-songwriter, and author of four books including ‘These Errors are Correct’ (Tranquebar, 2008). He has been described as “a master of the knockout lyric punchline.” Jeet has performed at venues as diverse as the Jaipur Literary Festival (India), the Knitting Factory (NYC), and the Edinborough Book Festival (UK); and with bands such as Atomic forest, Crosswinds, Chronic Blues Band (India) and Bombay Down (NYC). His TV and audio programs have aired on CNN-IBN and All India Radio.
November 14th, 2009
Attend a free theatre workshop conducted by Rudreswaraiah H. M, artiste and director of the thought-provoking play “Bang Bang You’re Dead”. The workshop consists of various activities like expression development, voice modulation, body movement, theatrical dance techniques, miming and improvisation, to name a few. The duration of the workshop can vary from 3 to 4 weeks, starting mid-November. Participants of the workshop will be eligible for auditions to act in an English play based on social evils that have crept into the Indian culture. Call 9886019699 or 9886320030 for further details.
November 12th, 2009
Parents’ Workshop
Faculty Neeraj Kabi, Mumbai
Description General theatre
Date April 24th to April 26th (Fri to Sun)
Venue Ranga Shankara
Age Group Parents
Timings 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fees Rs. 1000
Workshop Contents
“If parents cannot become their children’s leader, motivator, inspiration and his/ her closest friend … somebody else will. And this is the beginning of conflict, distancing and arrogance in a child.”
The workshop is based on science and philosophy. The course technique would be to teach through a continuous series of psychological games, physical games, theatre exercises, theatre arts such as painting, music, masks, etc. so that the parents participate in mind, body and spirit to understand the workshop and apply it.
Neeraj Kabi and the Parents’ Workshop
Every year, Neeraj Kabi invites parents of the participants on the last day of his workshop. He gives a glimpse of what their children learnt in the workshop by making them do it themselves too!
And every year, we have had demands from parents for a workshop for themselves. Ranga Shankara is happy to introduce this workshop in Summer Express 2009.
Become a child again to understand your children better!
March 5th, 2009
Age Group: 13 – 16 years
Faculty Neeraj Kabi, Mumbai
Description The Power of Expression — A Theatre Workshop with emphasis on Speech
Date April 13th to April 23rd (no classes on Sun, 19th April)
Venue Ranga Shankara
Age Group 13 to 16 years as on 1st April 2009 To be born on or after 1st april 1992 and before 31st march 1997
Timings 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Fees Rs. 3000
Workshop Contents
This is a workshop on self-expression that explores breathing skills, belief, emotions, clarity, projection, sound and techniques of approaching classic text pieces from literature, poetry and drama. The workshop attempts to remove the fear of speaking and inculcates a strong self-belief. It makes children realize that speech is a very powerful tool to reach out and connect to the world regardless of who you are speaking to. The workshop ultimately opens the entire vocal system and teaches the child to be one (in body and mind) with what she/he speaks, to be herself/ himself and not put on an act of speech.
About Neeraj Kabi
An actor, director and human resource trainer, Neeraj Kabi’s workshops at Ranga Shankara are much sought after. His systematic approach to workshopping, the pleasant manner in which he works with children and the individual attention he gives to every participant make his workshops an unforgettable experience. Neeraj has designed this brand new workshop for Summer Express ’09.
Neeraj Kabi is also the Founder and Director of Pravah Theatre, a group that has several productions to its credit and performs regularly all over India.
March 5th, 2009
Age Group — 13 – 16 years
Faculty Jaimini Pathak and Nayantara Roy, Mumbai
Description The Truth in Fantasy — Playwriting and Acting Workshop
Date April 27th to 2nd may. (Mon to Sat)
Venue Ranga Shankara
Age Group 13 to 16 years as on 1st April 2009 To be born on or after 1st april 1992 and before 31st march 1997
Timings 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Fees Rs. 2000
Workshop Contents
Writers and Actors will be exposed to various kinds of theatrical scripts and genres. This will be facilitated by theatre games and exercises on the workshop floor. Writers will be encouraged to develop short scripts of their own and Actors will be closely involved in the process of breathing life into these scripts, in addition to the other texts chosen for the workshop.
About Jaimini Pathak
Actor, Director and Writer, Jaimini Pathak is a well-reckoned name in the Indian English Theatre circuit today. As an actor, Jaimini has delivered some remarkable performances, recent amongst which has been his solo performance in the play Mahadevbhai.
Nayantara Roy
Nayantara Roy is a young theatre actor with immense potential. Her recent work in Tukra’s Dream was much appreciated. She loves engaging with children through workshops as she feels, “Children come without any baggage – they are not bound by the complexities and principles of theatrical traditions and always ask questions!”
March 5th, 2009
Age Group: 7 – 9 years
Faculty Padmavati Rao
Description Theatre Nature and I
Puppetry Workshop
Date April 6th to 11th (Mon to Sat)
Timings Batch 1 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am (Theatre, Nature and I)
Batch 2 – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm (Puppetry Workshop)
Venue Ranga Shankara
Age Group 7 to 9 years as on 1st April 2009. To be born on or after 1st April 1999 and before 31st March 2002
Fees Rs. 2000
Workshop Contents
Theatre, Nature and I
This workshop takes children on a journey that sensitizes them to Nature. They will be exposed to true environmental stories of triumph. The workshop endeavours to enable children to translate environmental awareness into theatrical expressions.
Puppetry Workshop
As David Logan said, “The marvellous thrill of puppetry is that puppets by their very nature do things that are not humanly possible. This allows for the imagination to explore countless different possibilities.”
This workshop takes children through the process of creating a puppet, a character, giving a voice and a personality too. Children would be exposed to a cultural experience of telling a story through puppet theatre.
About Padmavati Rao
Padmavati Rao has anchored Ranga Shankara’s Summer Express since its inception. Extremely popular (and hence sold out within a couple of days!), Pinty Akka as she is known, works with children to help them discover themselves and their creative sides in the most fond manner. She has designed these two brand new workshops for children between 7 and 9 years of age for Summer Express 2009.
Padmavati is very actively involved with Theatre in Education and works for an educational institution in Bangalore. She is very well known for her translations (Girish Karnad’s “Bikhre Bimb” and others), and plays for children that she has directed (“Gumma Banda Gumma” and “The First Leaf”). She was Shankar Nag’s Assistant Director for Malgudi Days and has acted in several movies in Hindi and Kannada.
Age Group: 10 – 12 years
Faculty Kirtana Kumar
Description Theatre Lab
Date April 13th to 18th (Mon to Sat)
Venue Ranga Shankara
Age Group 10 to 12 years as on 1st April 2009. To be born on or after 1st April 1997 and before 31 March 1999
Timings 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Fees Rs. 2000
Workshop Contents
This workshop will approach theatre in the fashion of a laboratory by working on participants’ bodies and voices, exploring their minds and ideas and experiment with devising scenes.
For body, voice and mind, three specific skills will be brought to the workshop:
Kalari payattu (the martial art form from Kerala)
Konokol (for rhythm)
Shakespeare and Iambic Pentameter
One of the principle objectives of this workshop is to make classic texts, such as Shakespeare, accessible and comprehensible for children. Using the framework of Shakespeare, the workshop will work on a variety of scenes that children will enjoy, including soliloquy, dialogue and chorus.
Some examples of text we will use include:
- Puck’s last soliloquy in tetrameter from Mid Summer Night’s Dream
- The Bee duet between Katherina and Petrucchio from Taming of the Shrew
- “Friends, Romans & Countrymen” from Julius Caesar
- “Speak the speech” from Hamlet
- “These are the forgeries” – Titania’s pentametric soliloquy from Mid Summer Night’s Dream
About Kirtana Kumar
Actor and film-maker, Karana Kumar has a Master’s Degree in European Classics and American Literature. She trained and performed for six years as an actor with The Asian-American Theatre Project at The Los Angeles Theatre Centre (LATC). To support her performance, she has variously trained in Suzuki Theatre & Booth, Thang-ta, Kalaripayattu, Carnatic vocals and choral singing. She is currently studying Bharathnatayam from Shraddha Kumar, a senior student of Dr. Padma Subramaniam.
She is a trustee of Women Artists’ Group, that runs the year long Theatre Lab for children and is also the proprietor of Little Jasmine Films, Bangalore. Her dream come true is a rural Artist’s Retreat and training Centre that she has developed outside Bangalore.
Age Group: 10 – 12 years
Faculty Ram Ganesh Kamatham
Description Activity Based Theatre Workshop
Date April 6th to April 11th (Mon to Sat)
Venue Ranga Shankara
Age Group 10 to 12 years as on 1st April 2009. To be born on or after 1st April 1997 and before 31 March 1999
Timings 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Fees Rs. 2000
Workshop Contents
The participants of the workshop will explore the world of theatre through the use of movement and game-based exercises. The workshop process has a strong emphasis on creativity, co-operation, teamwork and ‘learning by doing’, with an aim to foster a sense of mutual respect in an environment that is challenging yet fun.
About Ram Ganesh Kamatham
Ram Ganesh Kamatham is among the best young playwrights of India today. A recipient of several awards and scholarships for training abroad, Ram Ganesh has created work for stage, film, radio, and video games. With a heady mix of dark humour and biting satire, his plays entertain, provoke and challenge audiences, confronting them with the problems of next generation, young urban India. His most famous works include “Dancing on Glass”, “Creeper”, and “Crab”, that he has written and directed.
March 5th, 2009
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Spend your weekend with Yours truly theatre!
Yours truly theatre presents two interactive theatre performances
this weekend back to back. |
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28th Feb Saturday | 6pm | Wake up India
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1st march | 6pm Sunday | Common Man |
| Venue for both shows – Nayana auditorium, Ravindra kalakshetra premises, JC road, Bangalore .
Call 9845853093/9845243051 for telebooking or email yourstrulytheatre@gmail.com.
Also check out site www.yourstruly-theatre.com |
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WAKE UP INDIA!
28th Feb Saturday |28/02/2009
6pm | Nayana auditorium
It’s time to stop complaining about bad roads, corrupt politicians and endless list of issues.
Join young India as it awakens to tackle the problems plaguing our country. Voicing these problems is an important step towards resolving them!The issues might range from terrorism to traffic . Share your opinions, views, ideas, dreams and stories of young India and watch them being enacted on stage impropmtu.
We will also have volunteers
from jaago re! One billion votes’
for the show and to answer QUERIES .
The audience expected is a mix of students, professors from premium institutes,
corporates, people from administrative, judicial system, defense and artists
from various fields.
This show makes an effort to initiate
a dialogue and sensitize
the youth of our country about
the power that lies with us as citizens.
About the style of theatre
This performance is purely unscripted and unrehearsed interactive theatre show and
is created through an unique collaboration between performers and audience.
Audience shares a feeling, moment, and story from their life and watch their story being
immediately recreated on stage by actors with artistic and aesthetic coherence. |
COMMON MAN
in ‘complete the story theatre style
1st march Sunday |01/03/2009
6pm | Nayana auditorium
Yours Truly Theatre presents
COMMON MAN
in ‘Complete-the- story’ interactive
theatre style.
After five successful shows Yours Truly Theatre is glad to present sixth show of the
very entertaining play ‘Common Man’.
This satire is about common
man’s journey driven
by hopes, dreams, aspirations and intentions of being noticed in a
society that is oblivious
to human emotions & engulfed in selfish motives and a mechanical life.
We invite you to be
part of this exciting world of our common man where you get to
decide his fate in ‘complete the story’ interactive theatre format .
Get a chance to suggest an
ending for the play and watch
your suggestions come to life and performed by actors impromptu.
About the style of theatre
COMPLETE THE STORY
This format combines improvisation and conventional drama, the actors perform a play in conventional style and at a crucial point of the story the performance is paused and the audience is invited to suggest an ending to the play. This ending which is decided by audience is then enacted by actors impromptu.
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February 25th, 2009
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