13th December, 8pm, Prithvi Foyer.
Us and Them
A 3day workshop culminated into a 20 minute performance, Us and Them is the story of searching for an identity and how much importance we place on geographical and economical circumstance to inform our society and our beliefs about who and what is right and wrong. When Two groups of wanderers, looking for a place in which to settle, arrive simultaneously at a fertile spot. They agree to share, but mark the line between their territories with a wall. Gradually, suspicion and mistrust grow arid explode into conflict as each side wonder what is going on behind the wall
Directed by: David Hirst
14th December, 8pm, Prithvi Foyer
WWW (World Without Women)
The play staged in a street play form, explores the possibility of a day not far in the future of a world without women. Through the metaphor of a womb, the issue of the death of a girl child is explored.
A woman-less world enfolds where abuses have died away, songs lose meaning, iconic movie scenes lose their sting, men who remember women are never the same again, while sonography operators lose their jobs. The endangered women become mere objects of curiosity, 'protected' in zoos before their eventual extinction. In the end, the womb metaphor recurs, to give the message of hope, if the world wakes up today.
WWW (World Without Women)
The play staged in a street play form, explores the possibility of a day not far in the future of a world without women. Through the metaphor of a womb, the issue of the death of a girl child is explored.
A woman-less world enfolds where abuses have died away, songs lose meaning, iconic movie scenes lose their sting, men who remember women are never the same again, while sonography operators lose their jobs. The endangered women become mere objects of curiosity, 'protected' in zoos before their eventual extinction. In the end, the womb metaphor recurs, to give the message of hope, if the world wakes up today.
15th December, 8pm, Prithvi Foyer
A.T.T.A.C.H.E.D
"A.T.T.A.C.H.E.D", a 10 minute site specific multimedia piece, marries the Arts- music, dance, song, spoken text n theatre in an interesting matrix of experiences. "A.T.T.A.C.H.E.D" explores the basic human tendency to be "attached" to an emotion or desire that drives us, which takes precedence, which never leaves us, manifesting itself in varying life scenarios. The very force that drives us...puts on the brakes...within which we seek our liberation...holds us captive. Contemporary in more ways than one, layered in meaning, "A.T.T.A.C.H.E.D" may just set u free...
Directed by: Shampa Sonthalia
16th December, 8pm, Prithvi Foyer
Kalakaar Ki Kahani
Kalakaar Ki Kahani - a musical satire inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's short poem " juta abishkar ", traces the plight of artists in this “system”.
Directed by: Soumyajit Majumdar
17th December, 6:30pm, NCPA
Us and Them
A 3day workshop culminated into a 20 minute performance, Us and Them is the story of searching for an identity and how much importance we place on geographical and economical circumstance to inform our society and our beliefs about who and what is right and wrong. When Two groups of wanderers, looking for a place in which to settle, arrive simultaneously at a fertile spot. They agree to share, but mark the line between their territories with a wall. Gradually, suspicion and mistrust grow arid explode into conflict as each side wonder what is going on behind the wall
Directed by: David Hirst
18th December, 6:30pm, NCPA
Kalakaar Ki Kahani
Kalakaar Ki Kahani - a musical satire inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's short poem " juta abishkar ", traces the plight of artists in this “system”.
Directed by: Soumyajit Majumdar
