April 1 to 10
Prithvi House and The Easel
April 1. 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm.
Masaan: From Idea to Screen - A discussion with Varun Grover, Vicky Kaushal and Shweta Tripathi.
Prithvi House. Open to all.
Varun Grover is a lyricist and writer. His most recent work in Masaan, as writer and lyricist, gained him tremendous critical acclaim for its script and screenplay.
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| Playwright Nandita DaCunha |
April 2. 7.30 pm to 8.45 pm.
Prithvi House. Open to all.
Meet Kavya. Single mother. Hotshot financial consultant. She's taken on the top dogs in her world of big pharma.
But when she stumbles upon a dark secret - will she choose to do the right thing by her daughter... or to do the right thing?
A staged reading featuring Aastha Deorah, Devika Shahani, Kamya Ramachandran, Prashant Amlani, Shashank Vishnu Dutt, Shernaz Patel, Sohrab Ardeshir. Directed by Trishla Patel. The playwright, Nandita DaCunha, will be in conversation with Q.
Prithvi House. Open to all.
April 3. 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm.
Why Loiter? - The Book and Beyond, a discussion with Shilpa Phadke, Neha Singh and Satchit Puranik. Moderated by Arshia Sattar.
Prithvi House. Open to all.
A discussion on how the book, Why Loiter?, gave rise to a movement and a play and how the language and narrative evolved to suit the medium.
A discussion on how the book, Why Loiter?, gave rise to a movement and a play and how the language and narrative evolved to suit the medium.
April 3. 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
Dying to Succeed? Don’t Kill Yourself - A performance by Yuki Ellias followed by a discussion
Prithvi House. Open to all.
Yuki Ellias is an actor, director and corporate coach. She studied theatre at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris and did her teacher training at the London International School of Performing Arts.
Directing New Writing - A panel discussion featuring Irawati Karnik, Q, Ramu Ramanathan and Shernaz Patel. Moderated by Arghya Lahiri.
What is “New Writing?”
What role does is play? Is it vital to the theatre? Is it even necessary?
And what is it to direct New Writing?
This is a tradition under construction, torn down and reimagined every day.
Is it important to engage with New Writing, as theatre makers? Why not adapt existing plays from elsewhere or just do them as is, as we have done for a long time?
What are the pitfalls and triumphs of dealing with New Writing? How does one interact with a present and invested playwright? How does the text evolve? How much of a sacred document is it? Or is it just a roadmap? And does that text change as the play finds a life? What does intent mean?
This panel is an attempt to access a range of perspectives, an opportunity to challenge beliefs, complain about practices and attitudes, to have a dialogue.
These are some of the stories behind the stories.
The Actor and the Text - an interactive session on interpreting text by Ratna Pathak Shah
Prithvi House. Open to all.
Ratna Pathak Shah is a well-known actor on stage and screen. She is also a founder member of Motley and part of the Core Team of the Avehi-Abacus Project.
Object and Subject: The Questions of Theatre Lighting. A talk by Anmol Vellani.
Prithvi House. Open to all.
Anmol Vellani has directed theatre productions in different languages and locations, in India and abroad, for the last 45 years.
April 10. 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
Words Tell Stories - An open mic performance by local poets and workshop participants followed by a discussion led by Rochelle D’Silva
Easel. Open to all.
Rochelle's poetry workshop aimed at teaching you how to write for the stage whether through visual techniques or writing exercises culminates into a 30-minute curated poetry performance and then an open mic. The audience also gets treated to a discussion on Poetry Performance, its form, importance and how it stands different from theatre.
See you there!
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