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.
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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!
 
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and ticket book maadi! yella wokay! Life serious yake!
 
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Age Group: 7 – 9 years

Faculty Padmavati Rao
Description Theatre Nature and I
Puppetry Workshop
Date April 22nd to 27th (Wed to Tue)
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 MES Kishore Kendra, Malleshwaram
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.

Yours Truly Theatre
invites you to the play
“COMMON MAN”
in ‘Complete-the- story’
interactive theatre style.
03/02/2009

Get a chance to suggest an ending for this play
and watch your suggestions performed
by actors impromptu.

The play, Common Man

After four successful shows, Yours Truly Theatre is glad to present fifth show of the very entertaining play ‘Common Man’

This satire is presented in English and hindi.
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

SO BEAT YOUR TUESDAY BLUES!
To enjoy an entertaining evening, get away from your desks

Be There At Ranga Shankara
On 3rd Feb 2009 Before 7.00 pm.

SO, JUST PICK UP YOUR PHONE
AND FOR TICKETS CALL
9845243051/ 9845853093 or open your mailbox and
mail us at yourstrulytheatre@ gmail.com.
Don’t forget to visit www.yourstruly- theatre.com

About the style of theatre

Complete The Story – This format devised internally by Yours truly theatre, 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.

About Yours Truly Theatre

Yours Truly is a Bangalore based theatre group, known for experimenting with alternative theatre formats and styles. Yours truly is focused on developing theatre concepts which are relevant to today’s world. We believe theatre should transition into what cinema and mass media cannot provide and that is a personal intimate, interactive experience. All experimentations and theatre productions by Yours truly has received overwhelming response from the audience and has been well appreciated critics. Yours truly theatre has been invited to International theatre festival in sep2009 to be held at Armenia.

“The play ends, with a note that stirs one’s thought-process, making
the viewers recollect various instances which were similar
to the play. With the correct lighting to match scenes, dialogues that are in hindi as well as english which reach out to multi-lingual audience and also songs to match the emotions, the play did its purpose.”- Indian express

AUDIENCE REVIEWS

“…..and it was a really fun evening, and the young audience really went for it and there was a great sense of camaraderie in the hall! Also would like to mention that the production values were excellent. The actors are all very well versed in theatre forms such as mime and movements; even when the audience worked out the play, they had no difficulty in producing a stage-worthy denouement, which even raised a few more laughs.” – Audience>>read full review

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“The team of actors were definitely enjoying while performing
on stage as the audience could feel
the flow of energy and enthusiasm
in a palpable wave.”- – Audience>> Read full review

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Ranga Shankara’s Theatre & Arts Appreciation Course 2008
31 Oct to 2 Nov AND 7 Nov to 9 Nov
Anchored by Sadanand Menon
Anchor’s Note
INTERROGATING THE ARTS
The idea of this year’s programme is not so much ‘art appreciation’ as an ‘interrogation of the arts’.

How does the universe of the arts intersect our lives? How do we comprehend its special energy?

From being a plaything of the elites or of market forces, does it constitute an autonomous agency, whose insights can transform our lives?

Is it possible to conceptualise art and life as undifferentiated so that life itself becomes an extended artistic assertion?

How do artists conceptualise their work and what are the inspirations that inform their creative productions?

What is the special place that the arts and artists occupy in our consiousness and our awareness of life and society?

It is important to see the contiguity of diverse artistic expressions to understand the synergy and flow of a common force between distinct expressive media in the arts.

Keeping in mind the overall theme of the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival of ‘Company Theatre’, the ‘art appreciation’ package has been put together with the idea of getting an insight into how a certain kind of theatrical expression in the early twentieth century helped lay the foundations for the Bombay/ Bollywood cinema and a certain ‘tradition’ of musical concert format, and the construction of a distinct ‘popular’ visual lexicon.

Beyond that, it will have intimate moments when artists and analysts share their formation and their insight with the participants.

Most resource persons/presenters have been requested to trace a personal journey to facilitate the possibility of the participants entering their life and practice in a creative way and getting an exposure to concepts in arts and art history without tears.

The six days will include, besides seeing three plays, a chance to get face-to-face with a range of distinguished personalities, as the schedule of the programme will make self-evident.

Here’s hoping the participants will bring as much to the six days as they will take from it.

Sadanand Menon
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Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival ‘08
Highlights:

• Between 31 Oct and 9 Nov
• Ten days of Theatre extravaganza paying tribute to the glorious tradition of Company Theatre
• Featuring four top-line plays from across the country and two commissioned plays
• Two plays Jagajyoti Basaveshwara and Sadarame specially commissioned by Ranga Shankara (in association with Vodafone)
• Two shows everyday: 11.00 am (on 31 Oct)/2.00 PM (1 & 2 Nov; 7-9 Nov) and 7.30 PM
• The journey of Kannada Sangeet Natak over the last 70 years will be presented through its songs
• An evening of powerful solo performances by the greats of Company era, R.Nagarathnamma, Master Hirannaiah and Sarita Joshi
• Second edition of the Theatre & Arts Appreciation Course 2008
• Film Screenings – films from India and abroad on Company Nataka
• Walk Down Memory Lane featuring exhibitions of rare archival photos from the Company Era

Arundhati Nag, Creative Director of Ranga Shankara and K. Sankara Narayanan, CEO Vodafone Essar South Ltd., along with Girish Karnad, Playwright and Chairperson of the Sanket Trust today announced the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival ’08. The ten-day theatre extravaganza between 31 Oct and 09 Nov will celebrate the Golden Period of Indian Theatre that spanned over a century.

This year the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival (in association with Vodafone) will pay tribute to the Company Theatre, which dominated the Indian stage in the early part of the 20th century. Company Theatre, which celebrated theatricality and was best known for its spectacular quality, emerged as the country’s first modern commercial theatre and created what was perhaps the largest ticket-buying audience in Indian stage history. This theatrical style was greatly influenced by Parsi theatre, Marathi Sangeet Natak and several local performance traditions.
Ranga Shankara (in association with Vodafone) proudly announces two commissioned plays at this year’s Festival, Jagajyoti Basaveshwara and Sadarame. The doyen of Company Nataka, Sri. Yenagi Balappa will return to the stage as Haralayya in our revival of Jagajyoti Basaveshwara. His son Yenagi Nataraj will direct the play, whose cast includes Prakash Garud of Garuda Sadasivarao’s Dattatreya Sangita Nataka Mandali.
B. Jayashree will direct her grandfather Gubbi Veeranna’s successful production Sadarame and will herself don the role of Kalla, synonymous with Veeranna, the single-most famous figure in Company Theatre.
The Festival opens with Theatre and Television Associates (New Delhi) performing Amal Allana’s “Nati Binodini” (in Hindi), which has been praised for its exquisitely devised use of five female actors to represent the protagonist Binodini, the multiplicity enhancing the pace of the play and its visual interest.
Theatre Academy, Pune will present Satish Alekar’s “Begum Barve,” a powerfully haunting play, in which dreams and fantasy inevitably turn into nightmares while Bharat Natya Samshodhan Mandir’s production “Katiaar Kaaljaat Ghusli” musically narrates the rivalry between two classical music gharanas.
Ranga Shankara is delighted to present to Bangalore audiences the magic of Surabhi Company from Andhra Pradesh (established in 1885) with their acclaimed mythological, “Maya Bazaar” known for its spectacular special effects on stage including the descent of Narada on Earth and flying ladoos that land in the mouth of the hungry Ghatodgaja!
The Journey of Kannada Sangeet Natak through its Music will narrate the history of 70 years of the Kannada theatre through its music. Conceptualised and directed by Y.K. Muddukrishna, the musical will feature singers from the Company tradition with music by the veteran R. Paramasivaiah.

Three doyens of the Company era will return to the stage at this year’s festival. R.Nagarathnamma, Master Hirannaiah and Sarita Joshi present an evening of powerful solo performances from their heydays.

Fest ‘08 will mark the second edition of a very special Ancillary Program, Ranga Shankara’s Theatre and Arts Appreciation Course, spearheaded this year by the renowned culture critic Sadanand Menon. Spread over six days during Fest ‘08, the Course will examine and discuss theatre, cinema, dance, photography and music through lectures, film screenings, plays, as well as interaction with directors and actors.

As part of its continuing efforts to make photography an integral part of theatre, Ranga Shankara is mounting a visual narrative of the Golden Period of Indian Theatre with rare archival photographs of Company Nataka in Karnataka, Sangeet Natak in Maharashtra, Parsi Theatre and Bengal Theatre.

A series of films will showcase public and travelling theatre from across the country and the world.

Tickets: At Ranga Shankara and on www.bookmyshow.com.

31 October- 2 November 2008 & 7-9 November 2008 (Six days) Facilitated by Sadanand Menon

The Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival ‘08 will include the second edition of its very successful Theatre and Arts Appreciation Course, designed on the lines of the well-known Culture Course at Neenasam, Heggodu.

The Course, launched at the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival ‘07, provides a unique opportunity to learn the essence of theatre and arts appreciation by developing new ways “seeing and listening”. Last year’s course was a resounding success, with participants from various walks of life – from students to professors, software professionals to bankers – participating enthusiastically in the highly interactive sessions. The likes of Satyadev Dubey, Girish Karnad, UR Anantamurthy, Ratan Thiyam, KV Akshara and Prakash Belwadi spent time with the participants discussing their craft.

Renowned culture critic Sadanand Menon will spearhead the Theatre and Arts Appreciation Course ‘08. A well-known writer on critical issues of politics and culture, Sadanand Menon is also a photographer and stage light designer. He has served as the Arts Editor for The Economic Times.

The Course will examine and discuss theatre, cinema, dance, photography and music over six days (spread over two weekends during Rs Fest ‘08) through lectures, film screenings, plays, as well as interaction with directors and actors. The Course will thus look at, and analyse the formal structures of various works of art as well as consider them in the context of the historical period and cultural framework in which they were produced.

The course fee is Rs. 2000 (for six days; the fee includes lectures, film screenings and tickets to plays). A discount of Rs.1000 is being offered to students.

Application available at Ranga Shankara. Please visit the theatre, call on 26493982 or write to us on rsfest08@gmail.com Last date for registration is 20 October 2008.

Details of the Course

Dates of the Course
(6 days) 31 Oct to 2 Nov AND 7 Nov – 9 Nov (9.30 am – 6.00 pm on all days)
Course Fee Rs. 2000; Student discount of Rs. 1000 offered.
Venue Will be in and around Ranga Shankara; Will be communicated later
Medium of instruction English
Last day for applying 20 October 2008
Mode of application Please send your resume to rsfest08@gmail.com. Ranga Shankara will get in touch with you to confirm your registration.
Registrations are also open at Ranga Shankara (36/2, 8th Cross, JP Nagar II Phase, Bangalore 78; from 9.30 am – 6.00 pm, Tuesday-Sunday) till 20 October 2008
Contact Ranga Shankara office, 26493982

DRAMANON presents “Alarms & Excursions” : An English Comedy at Rangashankara on October 8th & 9th 2008.

Play: Alarms & Excursions
Venue : Rangashankara
Show Details : October 8th & 9th (7:30 PM) Telebooking No : 9845017975 online Booking: www.indianstage.in
Tickets also available at: Rangashankara, K.C Das (St. Mark’s Rd), Blossoms (Church St)

Alarms & Excursions, by Michael Frayn, Britain’s most tongue-in-cheek playwright is dark, farcical and comic. The play comprises of three short playlets that share a central theme: a critical commentary on miscommunication between people in our supposed era of instant communication and constant contact.

The first playlet “Doubles” involves two couples who check into identical hotel rooms next to each other. In their boxed out rooms that are mirror images of each other we slowly discover that the only thing that eventually separates them is the over-thin walls between their rooms.
The second playlet “Alarms” involves an intimate dinner party where the gadget-happy hosts have invited their close friends to dinner. In a true blue ‘when gadgets attack’ style, all electrical devices in the house go wrong one after the other. A classic farce!
The play ends with “Immobiles,” a screamingly nightmarish romp created due to lack of mobile phones. Broken bones and broken hearts are the result of this techno faux pas.

> About Dramanon :
Dramanon was founded in 1991 and originally comprised faculty members and students of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) who shared a passion for theatre. A few student alumni of Dramanon, Manipal who are now currently full-time professionals, helped Dramanon spread its wings by establishing chapters in Bangalore & Hyderabad. Dramanon Bangalore has recently staged – “The Original Last Wish Baby” a hilarious satire on pop culture and sensationalism in modern-day society, quickly followed by “Pizzazz” – a comedy on relationships by Hugh Leonard in Alliance Francaise and Rangashankara in October and December 2007 and May 2008.

The play revolves around a hapless husband caught between a dominating wife and uncompromising mother. Needless to say, it has got all the ingredients of Kailasamӳ wit and a wry sense of humour. The drama is a hilarious comedy with a social message.

Kailasam Nenapu
Kailasam in a nutshell. This is a presentation of selected sequences from his plays.

On 24-jul-2008 at Rangashankara 7:30 pm

Play : Pramanavembudu Pramanave? Idu Shakespearena Measure for Measure

At: Rangashankara

Days : 08-Jul-2007
Vincentio, the duke of Vienna is troubled by having to work with outdated and severe laws against unchaste behaviour when they seem in conflict with his own sense of mercy. He announces that he’s going on a long trip and leaves his deputy Angelo in charge. The Duke actually disguises himself and sticks around to see what happens in his absence.
Angelo, a hard-liner, and a person with a conservative outlook cracks down on the city; one of his first acts is to condemn to death a young man named Claudio for having premarital sex with his fiancee. Claudio’s sister, Isabella, who is about to enter a convent and become a nun, comes before Angelo to plead for her brother’s life. Looking at Isabella, Angelo is charmed by her beauty and finds himself filled with lust for Isabella and in an act of great hypocrisy, he tries to blackmail the girl into sexual favours in return for her brother’s life.
Appalled, Isabella refuses to sacrifice her chastity, pleads helplessness with her brother and asks him to prepare for the execution. Her brother agrees at first but then changes his mind and insists that she conduct herself as Angelo desired and save his life. Isabella is left to contemplate a very important decision.
The duke who is dressed as a friar and who is aware of all the happenings intervenes cleverly. He tells her that Angelo’s former lover, Mariana who was engaged to be married to him (Angelo) was abandoned by him when she lost her dowry in a shipwreck. The Duke hatches a plan in which Isabella will agree to succumb to the lust of Angelo, but then Mariana will go in her place. He presumes and hopes that by doing so, Angelo will pardon Claudio and be forced to marry Mariana according to the law.
Everything goes according to plan, except that Angelo does not pardon Claudio, fearing revenge. He insists on getting Claudio executed. The provost in charge of the execution and the Duke send him the head of a dead pirate, claiming that it belonged to Claudio, and Angelo believes that his orders were carried out. Isabella is told that her brother is dead, and that she should submit a complaint to the Duke, who is due to arrive shortly, accusing Angelo of immoral acts.
At this juncture, the Duke returns in his usual clothes. Isabella tells her story, and the Duke pretends not to believe her. Eventually, the Duke reveals his dual identity, and everyone is forced to be honest. Angelo confesses to his misdeeds, Claudio is pardoned, and the Duke asks Isabella to marry him.