ACT FEST 2011 Pune Chapter – a few clicks…

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BACHPAN 2012 – Children’s Theatre Festival

Bachpan – Atelier’s Children Theatre Festival 2012

“Knowledge is accumulation of the past: Learning is always in the present”

Bachpan is an extension of Atelier Kidz Programme started by Atelier Theatre in 2005. We have worked with almost 1200 schools across India and devised Creative Educational Programmes and socially relevant plays for more than 50 schools. At Atelier, we have devised and designed workshops on Creative Teaching and Creative Learning, incorporating Drama and Theatre-in-Education techniques. The workshops have been an eye opener for more than a few thousand teachers and students.

With Bachpan, we bring students from different schools on one stage and endeavour to instill a sense of performance, camaraderie and sensitivity towards surroundings through theatre. Integrating education and theatre, Atelier is eyeing for those who can actually make the difference and we intend to channelize the energies in schools with Bachpan.

Schedule

Call for Entry Announcement:               January 14, 2012 (Saturday)

Last date to receive entries:                 February 15, 2012 (Wednesday)

Line Reading Sessions:                         Between February 20, 2012 (Monday) &

March 20, 2012 (Tuesday)

Finalist for zonal rounds:                      March 26, 2012 (Monday)

Zonal Rounds:

South – April 23, 2012 (Monday)

West – April 24, 2012 (Tuesday)

North – April 25, 2012 (Wednesday)

East – April 26, 2012 (Thursday)

Central – April 27, 2012 (Friday)

Grand Finale: May 5 & 6, 2012 (Saturday & Sunday)

For details write us at info@atelierexpressions.com

ACT Fest 2011 PUNE CHAPTER – Plays at glance…

What the… !

by Roobaroo, New Delhi

Friday/ December 16, 2011 – 7.00 pm

Self-scripted

Synopsis:

It is very powerful… more powerful than you, than me. It seeps in from every corner. It is omnipresent…

I question her existence, she never answers. I fight with her, try to ignore her, close my eyes; when it seems that she has given up and I am almost sure of my winning, she walks up from another door. A door, I never thought ever existed.

It has tormented my soul. I find myself trapped in a prison, more than frequently, and then I meet her in my self-conflict. I often meet people in the same prison and we ask questions…

Ages have passed like that… and then gradually the curtain drops. BLACK OUT.

Repeat show: December 18, 2011 at 8.30pm as well._______________________________________________________________

Aata  Paas 

by Aagam, Karve road, Pune

Friday/ December 16, 2011 - 8.30 pm

Aata Paas is a about a boy named Vakratunda Apte, who lives in the village Dhamanda, in konkan part of Maharashtra. Despite being the son of a great Mathematician, he fails in 10^th standard twice in mathematics because of which he not treated well by his father. The story revolves around Vakratund and how his elder brother Madhav helps him to get out of the web of relations and make him understand Mathematics.

Direction: Kedar Patwardhan, Kedar Padhye

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Visch Ganit 

by Sankraman, Kothrud Pune

Saturday/ December 17, 2011 - 7 pm

Visch Ganit is a tale of 2 best friends Devki and Vena. They live in the a small village called “Varu” in Konkan part of Maharashtra. Due to some problems Devki’s family shifts to Pune. After 12 years, Devki and Vena meets again in Saras bagh (Pune). After meeting, they remember their childhood days and have lots of fun. When Devki tells Vena to come and stay with her, Vena refuses and says –“I am a Prostitute” and to this Devki replies “Never meet me again”.

Design- Akshay Joshi

Direction – Yatin S. Mazire

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White Noise

by Orchestrated Q’Works

A4/14, Bramha Aangan, Salunke Vihar Road, Pune 411048

Saturday/ December 17, 2011 - 8.30 pm

The play has been inspired by the stories and characters of the book ‘Nine Lives – in search of the Sacred in Modern India’

A bronze idol-maker, a Jain nun, a devdasi and a mad devotee of the Goddess Tara are the unlikely characters that inhabit the space onstage, each with a past that shifts between apathy and abuse and a present that is quietly spiraling out of control. These four people, unique yet resembling so many of us, share with the audience not just their lives but their frustration, angst, cynicism as well as their desires, passion and lust.

The play starts at temple workshop where the drunk idol-maker converses with his lifeless statues, his only companions, while hiding from a world that he is afraid to be judged by. We move on then to the bustling household of the Nun, where numbers matter more than emotions and where having an opinion is the surest way to hell. A girl dedicated to the Goddess Yellamma captures the stage next, and what a whore can say or do, is anyone’s guess. The last protagonist is a woman unhinged by a life of abuse, who has run away from it all to seek refuge in the gross Tantric practices of the cremation ground. Her raving is a stark reminder of culture and what it perpetuates, at how problems always remain ‘theirs’ and never ‘ours’ at how easy it is for Civil Society to clamour for ‘a corruption-free’ India, yet be okay with their the man next-door raping his wife.

This experimental drama combines elements of Classic Greek and Sanskrit Drama, episodic theatre, classical dance as well as visuals and live music.

Direction: Hina Siddiqui

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GODOWN

by Orange Reason, Pune

Saturday/ December 17, 2011 - 6pm

Synopsis: Two strangers, coming from different walks of life are stuck in a deserted Godown (warehouse) in the outskirts of a town. There is a dead body(may be or may not be a dead one) lying around, giving enough ammunition to both the strangers to clash harder on each other. Both of them are trying hard to escape from the physical space of the godown just the way their inner-selves are struggling hard to break open their own Godowns. Will they succeed?

Playwright and Director (Sumedh Sarojini)
Art: Nilesh Rasal
Lights: Amol Patil
Music:Swapnil Kamble, Dinesh Bhalerao

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THE BOX

by Uttoree Hawa (Red Nose Clowning), Siliguri, WB

Sunday/ December 18, 2011 - 7pm

Playwright: SAGNIK CHAKRABARTY

Synopsis: We all live in boxes. They have different size and shapes. Whether we like it or not we have to stay inside it or else society gives us tags like “Rebel”; “Reactionary”; “Lunatic”; or “Mad”. So we stay inside the box because of our insecurity feelings. That’s why the world outside the box remains unknown to us. So when someone comes out of the box, everything is new to him. He has two choices, first to accept it, second to refuse it. It could be good or bad for him, but until the person is accepting it, he can’t find out what it would be for him. Basically it is a journey to break the box or to open the box and face the world with an open heart.

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What the… !

by Roobaroo, New Delhi

Sunday/ December 18, 2011 - 8.30 pm

Self-scripted

Synopsis:

It is very powerful… more powerful than you, than me. It seeps in from every corner. It is omnipresent…

I question her existence, she never answers. I fight with her, try to ignore her, close my eyes; when it seems that she has given up and I am almost sure of my winning, she walks up from another door. A door, I never thought ever existed.

It has tormented my soul. I find myself trapped in a prison, more than frequently, and then I meet her in my self-conflict. I often meet people in the same prison and we ask questions…

Ages have passed like that… and then gradually the curtain drops. BLACK OUT.

Please Note: December 16, 2011 (Friday) – “1:36 ki local train” is replaced by “What the …!”

SCHEDULE – ACT Fest 2011 Pune (December 16-17-18)

Date/Day/Time	Name of the Production/ Theatre Group	Language	Duration
Friday/ December 16, 20117pm       8:30pm	1:36 Ki Last Local by Rangbhumi Theatre, Pune Aata  Paas by Aagam, Garvare College, Pune	Marathi       Marathi	50 mins       50 mins
Saturday/ December 17, 20116pm       7pm       8:30pm	GODOWN By Orange Reason, Pune   Visch Ganit by Sankraman, Pune   White Noise by Orchestrated Q’Works, Pune	Marathi       Marathi       English	45mins       55 mins       70 mins
Sunday/ December 18, 20117pm         8:30pm	THE BOX By Uttoree Hawa (Red Nose Clowning), Siliguri, WB   What the… ! by Roobaroo, New Delhi	Non Verbal         Non Verbal	80 mins           40 mins

*Schedule subject to change

CALL FOR ENTRY – ACT Festival 2011 PUNE CHAPTER

ACT Festival – Be The Act!!

Brief about Atelier Theatre Society

Atelier is a Delhi-based premier theatre group.

As the logo suggests categorically, Atelier is an expression of “movement” and “space”. It fundamentally creates space for all sorts of expressions, primarily in Arts. The loose moving arms are the “intentions” to gel in with people from all walks of life and the central circle is the neutral-unbiased-space we had created and would intend to create for artists and humankind. Be it theatre & performing arts or visual arts & cinema, we are very clear on our ideals: Equality, Innovation and Concern.

Till date we have managed to create what many thousands only aspired for. We have a full fledged theatre repertory rehearsing and performing, “Atelier Kidz” Programme & BACHPAN, Children’s theatre festival for schools, “ACT” Asia’s biggest youth theatre week for college goers and the independent theatre-studio is functional since February 2011.

What Is ACT Festival

ACT is a meticulously defined movement by Atelier. With a classical five-act format, we intend to penetrate strongly into the cultural fold and endeavor to make a significant dent.

ACT III: The purview of ACT III is the theatre festivals which Atelier does and intends to do in the years to come. ACT Festival (Campus Theatre), BACHPAN (Children’s Theatre Festival),Eureka (Exhibition-cum-performances), Avant Garde (Experimental Theatre and Musical Theatre Festival) and Performing Series (Author/Playwright focused literary festival) are the properties at this point of time.

ACT Festival, BACHPAN andEurekaare functional.

The ACT Festival focuses on Campus Theatre and it is a pan India endeavour to revolutionize theatre movement. Most of the colleges from the university participate in this festival on a regular basis. Started in 2007, this is the most coveted festival amongst youth in Delhi. In 2010, the Campus Theatre Festival toured Mumbai as well. In 2011, ACT Fest is happening in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Pune.

For details log in to www.atelierexpressions.com 

 Call For Entry – Pune Chapter

ACT Festival – Be The Act !!

Atelier Theatre invites entries for Stage, Street, Alternative performances from the college dramsoc, professional theatre groups and amateur groups for the greatest Youth Theatre Extravaganza.

Festival Director: Kuljeet Singh (kuljeetsingh@atelierexpressions.com)

Subject line for entries: Name of the play/Name of the Institution (theatre group)/Location

Download the entry form from www.atelierexpressions.com and mail the filled in form to theactfestival2011@gmail.com

You may also post the details to Atelier Studio: 680. Floor 3, Mukherjee Nagar,New Delhi110009

Last Date: December 2, 2011

Dates – December 16-18

Venue: Sudarshan Rangmanch

Contact Person

Call/SMS: +91 9910210502
Email: theactfestival2011@gmail.com

ACT Fest 2011 – Stage Theatre Days @ Kamani Auditorium, November 11, 12 & 13, 2012

November 11, 2011 (Friday) – Stage Theatre Day 1

5:00 pm - Kamani Auditorium

Double Bill 1

Party (Miranda House)

Ariels, Miranda House Performed Party by Mahesh Elkunchwar

Elkunchwar’s Party, first performed in 1976, satirises the intelligentsia and exposes their superficiality. This cultural elite is supremely indifferent to the outside world in the closed space of the party and their tight little clique is riven with suspicion and egotism. Elkunchwar turns an unsparing gaze on these people: on their aspirations, apathy and their callous indifference to the violent political events unfolding outside the closed rooms in which they converse.Despite Elkunchwar’s play being set in the seventies, it is relevant for our time too, and we make those connections evident in adopting different theatrical strategies.

What the …! (Roobaroo)

ROOBAROO, Independent Theatre Group presented What the…!

It is very powerful… more powerful than you, than me. It seeps in from every corner. It is omnipresent… I question her existence, she never answers. I fight with her, try to ignore her, close my eyes; when it seems that she has given up and I am almost sure of my winning, she walks up from another door. A door, I never thought ever existed. It has tormented my soul. I find myself trapped in a prison, more than frequently, and then I meet her in my self-conflict. I often meet people in the same prison and we ask questions… Ages have passed like that… and then gradually the curtain drops. BLACK OUT.

7:00 pm - Kamani Auditorium

Double Bill 2 - 

Little on the Highway (KNC)

1. 1.     Lakshya, Kamala Nehru College presented A Little Off The Highway

A woman in search of security.A man driving ambitions.Interests do not match and a plot unfolds throwing four lives into a whirlpool of all possible human emotions- love, jealousy, greed and lust, leading to the one chance encounter.The various themes touched upon in the play range from the omnipresent undercurrents of darkness in personalities to the question of how responsible can you hold a person for his actions and its consequences given situations he can’t help. Being a psychological thriller, the plot weaves a gripping plot with a woman seeking comfort and stability in the wrong places, a sister who has had enough, a boyfriend who treats life like a business deal and a stranger- the odd man who lives alone with his mother. The story unravels how the lives of Meher, Sunaina, Sameer and Ashish go a little off the highway, how they become trapped in twisted, almost karmic, circumstances and the extents they go to escape.The play plays with the paradigm of the relativity of insanity.‘Everybody goes a little mad sometimes.

Us Paar (Hindu)

1. 1.     Ibtida (Hindu College) presented Uss Paar

Existence… ideas…. imagination ….dreams.One could never claim.But for her .It was always bound to be.Was it all in the name?

Us Paar revolves around Meera, an ordinary homemaker, a mother but an extraordinary wife who sees a hero in her poet husband – Sagar, whom the world has conveniently tagged a failure. To reassure Sagar of his greatness, Meera takes it upon her to make him believe that he will essentially complete that 1 composition with which he has been struggling.Meera, in her transcendence to the other side of the boundary, epitomizes the sanctity of love and the divinity of devotion. Immersed in deep faith in her husband, Meera sets out to see what the world can’t, which even her daughter – Saumya can’t. But Saumya has complaints, not with her mother but with life. Saumya gets solace in a place hidden from Meera. But what happens when Meera’s belief is challenged? What happens when Meera’s notion of reality is questioned? This confrontation leads the narrative to an inconceivable and unexpected end when one gets to know that all throughout Sagar was indeed Meera’s figment of imagination. But will Meera still be able to defend her faith?

November 12, 2011 (Saturday) – Stage Theatre Day 2

5:00 pm – Kamani Auditorium

Double Bill 3

Three Blind Mice (SRCC)

1. 1.     The Dramatics Society, SRCC Presented Three Bilnd Mice

What do a suspicious murder on Grant Road, a terrible storm and a nursery rhyme have in common? A murderer is on the loose, and all paths lead to the Silver Oaks Guesthouse. The guests there are either unpleasant or odd and as they seemingly get cut off from civilization, more truths are uncovered in an attempt to prevent unfortunate events. Are they successful? Wait to find out, for seeing shall be believing, perhaps

The Cellar (Hansraj)

7:00 pm – Kamani Auditorium

Double Bill 4

Bang Bang! You are Dead (Ramjas)

Shunya, Ramjas college Presents Bang Bang You’re Dead

Its a story of a 17 year old boy who finds solace in a video game called ‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’ and how he manages to get a gun and also goes to the extent of killing six people including his parents.

Class Enemy (KMC)

Segregated from fellow-students and ignored by school authorities, six senior schoolboys spend an entire day waiting for someone to take notice of them. Their resentment against a system that cuts them no slack takes the form of aggressive one-upmanship in which sexualized mazaak, abusive language and a general anger signal their defiance as well as their desire to be acknowledged. Our adaptation aims at being truthful to the speech and behaviour of our character types, certain that audiences bred on expectations of decorum on stage will not focus on these at the risk of missing the larger picture.

November 13, 2011 (Sunday) – Stage Theatre Day 3

5:00 pm – Kamani Auditorium

Double Bill 5

Sonata (IP College)

‘Sonata’, adapted from Mahesh Elkuchwar’s “Moonlight Sonata” explores the world of a writer as the events of one night that occur in the lives of three women are penned down. The three independent women in this story- Dolon, employed in a big post in a multinational bank, Aruna, a teacher of English Literature and Subhadra, a journalist- share a life with all signs of solidarity and freedom. These women come with their own baggage of insecurities and complexes which they choose to disguise through their own modes of denial. The characters in the story come alive in the play at different points to communicate what is left unsaid and somewhere the characters in the play question their “characters” in the story. What exactly happens that night that changes the lives of these women, or does anything change at all?

Akka Amoli Anni (Maitreyi) 7:00 pm – Kamani Auditorium

The play “Akka Amoli Anni” is inspired by Munshi Pemchand’s immortal classic, “Bade Bhaisahab”. It is a comic-satire revolving around three characters- “Akka” the elder sister, “Amoli” the younger sister and “Anni” a young girl (domestic help), working in their house. The play attempts to put under scrutiny the status quo of education system.With this play, Abhivyakti aims to create a space where humanity is valued, where girls can be free from shackles of traditional domination of thought. Not a feministic approach, but a basic human feeling where one, regardless of gender, is free to desire.

Double Bill 6

Mr. Kolpert (Ramjas)

Mr Kolpert is a thrilling black comedy and is a take on the materialistic fast-paced world we live in. Ralf and Sarah are bored. They decide to invite a couple of friends over for drinks and pizza. To spice things up Ralf pretends there is a dead body in their trunk – the dead body of one of their coleegues at work. But maybe Ralf is not pretending after all.In a world where people are willing to do anything for a bit of fun, mr kolpert takes you on a journey where you will laugh, cry and feel sick at the same time.

Untitled (SRCC)

Much of the human psyche is unchartered territory. Various strange mysteries and dark possibilities lie hidden in its abstruse corners.But  the biggest question of all is that, what happens when you go against all the rules and cross all limits that are set?The play deals with the concept of Electra complex revolving around the protagonist, her addressal to this finding and the reception of the fact by other characters.She has to make a choice between a fairy tale with her father or a real life with another man who would be a replacement of her father. Will the replacement unfold and trigger a different set of events altogether?But the fact still remains “No other man could come near her, she was never a woman,always a daughter and always a child”

November 14, 2011 (Monday) – Closing Ceremony 3 pm onwards - KINK, NOIDA

ACT Fest 2011 Delhi Chapter – Day 2 (Street Theatre Day 2) @ Venkateswara College, University of Delhi

November 8, 2011 (Tuesday)

11:00 am - Venkateshwara College

• Maar De Seeti (Sukhdev Singh College of Business Studies)
• Albert Pinto ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai (IP College)
• Dheele Purje (Kamala Nehru College)

ACT Fest 2011 – Inaugural @ Ashok Theatre, Hotel Ashok, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

ACT Festival 2011 Delhi Chapter kicked off with the Inaugural Ceremony on November 6, 2011 at  Ashok Theatre, Hotel Ashok, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. The ceremony was followed by a performance of MAHABHOJ (a play by Mannu Bhandari, noted Indian novelist). Mannu Bhandari was also present on this occasion.

Mahabhoj:

Mahabhoj is a play by Manu Bhandari, based on her 1971 novel with the same name. It is a tale of a small village called Saroha in eastern Uttar Pradesh, about caste and power equations, and the ability of some to rise up against all odds to fight for the truth.

Designed & Directed by Kuljeet Singh (Atelier Theatre)

BE THE ACT – ACT Fest 2011 DELHI (November 6 – 14, 2011)

Inaugural Performance – ACT Festival 2011

Atelier’s Campus Theatre Festival 2011 – Inaugural Performance

MAHABHOJ 

Mahabhoj is a play by Manu Bhandari, based on her 1971 novel with the same name. It is a tale of a small village called Saroha in eastern Uttar Pradesh, about caste and power equations, and the ability of some to rise up against all odds to fight for the truth.

Designed and Directed by Kuljeet Singh

Duration: 130 mins