Vikalp Kriya
  • who we are
    • anju uppal
    • prabir bose
    • savyasachi anju prabir
  • what we do
    • facilitate workshops
    • design resources
    • practice theatre
    • research & document
    • make films
  • who we work with
  • testimonials
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Triennial, National Workshop
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Five-day Residential
Dates
December 2 to 6, 2024

Venue
Leslie Sawhny Centre
Deolali, District Nashik, Maharashtra

Language
Bilingual (Hindi & English)

Facilitators
Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose

Fee
₹25,000/- (Inclusive of GST)

Inclusions
Shared Accommodation, Veg & Non-Veg Meals

Limited Seats
on first-come, first-served basis
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In the context of an all-pervading culture of silence, how do we facilitate liberatory processes and practices that enable groups and communities to build critical thinking, assess their everyday reality, challenge dominant power relations, reclaim control over collective spaces, and tell their own stories and sing their own songs for cultural action?

Informed by the works of Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal, the workshop - rehearsing change! Facilitating Participatory Theatre for Social & Ecological Justice - will adopt an experiential learning approach to create thought-provoking dialogue around social and ecological justice.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have practiced participatory play-making, performed theatre pieces, and honed their skills in facilitating theatre processes with groups and communities.

With the belief that each one of us have the right to “act,” we welcome development actors, theatre activists, and anyone passionate about reimagining a better future, and interested in exploring theatre as an empowering process to rehearse change, including:
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  • programme managers, trainers, facilitators, researchers working in social change initiatives
  • community mobilisers, activists, volunteers, and those working with groups and communities
  • teachers, academics, students, and those working in the education space​

About the facilitators:
​Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose

Anju and Prabir have been theatre practitioners for over 30 years, dedicating their work to scripting, directing, and engaging in community theatre. Their journey includes participating in an amateur theatre group, facilitating theatre workshops across the country, and using theatre as a medium for social dialogue and transformation.

Prabir has served as visiting faculty at the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for over 20 years. Together, Anju and Prabir have co-facilitated the course Participatory Theatre for Development at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) for the past 15 years.

Recently, they were invited to perform Conversations Around a Dilemma as part of Theatre From The Streets, a pilot project by New Perspectives Theatre Company in New York, collaborating with artists from Palestine, Lebanon, Venezuela, and India.

Their one-act play, Superman ka Best Friend, written and directed by Anju and Prabir, explores the theme of children as silent observers of the world around them, even when their voices go unheard. Set against the backdrop of the pandemic, the play creates a space for both children and adults to engage in a deeper conversation about “development” and reimagine a better world. Performed in an intimate theatre format, the play is staged for small audiences in alternative venues, such as academic institutions, workplaces, neighborhoods, and even people’s homes.
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Triennial, National Workshop
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Five-day Residential
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Rehearsing Change isn’t easy.

It requires the courage to dream, the resolve to identify the root causes of systemic injustice, the critical thinking to analyse, and the creativity to challenge and transform.

From Dec 2 to 6, 2024, our triennial five-day residential workshop, Facilitating Participatory Theatre for Social and Ecological Justice, was held at the Leslie Sawhny Centre, Deolali. It brought together a dynamic blend of:
  • Practising participatory play-making and performances
  • Honing skills to facilitate dialogue with groups and communities
  • Negotiating a collective vision to foster transformative approaches for social and ecological justice

This year, 19 participants from 11 organisations across the country came together, each contributing unique perspectives and a shared commitment to change: Cohesion Foundation, Cotton Connect, Deep Griha Society, Equal Community Foundation (ECF), Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Green Foundation, Lupin Foundation, Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA), Rainmatter Foundation, VACHA, and Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA).

Together, we’re rehearsing change and shaping pathways for a better future. The journey doesn’t stop here — it must go on!

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We facilitate processes that encourage dialogue, analysis and provoke a rethink on the dominant power relations and explore rights, gender, participation and communication to challenge the "culture of silence".

We carry out learning needs assessments (LNAs), design and develop modules and handbooks, facilitate workshops, provide handholding support and document learning processes.

Our workshops bring together participants from diverse backgrounds.

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Our past workshops have been attended by community volunteers, development workers from non-profits, donor agencies & government departments; activists from campaigns & movements; ​theatre and media practitioners; students and faculty members, children and young people, farmers and workers

We invite you to an exciting, engaging and enriching learning journey!

​If you would like to host or participate in any of our workshops, please email workshops at vikalpkriya dot in
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  • who we are
    • anju uppal
    • prabir bose
    • savyasachi anju prabir
  • what we do
    • facilitate workshops
    • design resources
    • practice theatre
    • research & document
    • make films
  • who we work with
  • testimonials