No such Thing - rehearsed readings
dramatised readings
In May of 2017, a group of writers from across India were invited to a 2-week residential workshop. The idea was to seek out and mentor new and emerging voices with a specific focus on writing plays for children and young people. Much of what passes for children's theatre is based on well-worn stories and folk tales, which fail to address troubling issues of our times. It is vital that young audiences engage creatively with these issues. The purpose of the residency was to unpack and discover newer ways of writing plays about difficult things.
Conceived between Ranga Shankara, Bangalore and Yellowcat Theatre, Delhi and supported by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, the residency mentored by Lutz Hübner (Germany) and Mike Kenny (UK), has yielded five new plays which address a broad swathe of issues.
Starting from September 1, 2018, we begin a series of Rehearsed Readings of these five plays at Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan and Ranga Shankara. The series presents five voices writing for young people: Swati Simha, Nisha Abdulla, Kavya Srinivasan, Shridevi Mahadevan and Ram Ganesh Kamatham.
Subsequently, the scripts will be released into the public domain for interested directors and theatre companies to produce.
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Events
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No Such Thing: The Echo Chamber by Ram Ganesh Kamatham
Rehearsed Reading
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, Bangalore
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English
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No Such Thing: 'Big Pink Sky' by Nisha Abdulla
Rehearsed Reading
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Ranga Shankara, Bangalore
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English. Age: 6 - 10 years.
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No Such Thing: Aashi & Renu by Kavya Srinivasan
Rehearsed Reading
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, Bangalore
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English
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No Such Thing: 'Navarasa' by Shridevi Mahadevan
Rehearsed Reading
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Ranga Shankara, Bangalore
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English
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No Such Thing: The Purple Suitcase by Swati Simha
Rehearsed Reading
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, Bangalore
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English
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