practice participatory theatreEach one of us have the right to "act"!
We explore the scope and possibilities of theatre as an empowering process with groups and communities to rehearse change |
Superman ka Best Frienda one-act (50 min) play in Hindi, is about children not being mute witness to the outside world even if they remain unheard. The performance creates a space for both children and adults to deepen a conversation around “development” and reimagine a better world.
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Conversations around a dilemma
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Script & Performance Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose English translation Ganga Mukhi Video Savyasachi Anju Prabir |
As theatre practitioners, Anju Uppal and Prabir Bose strongly feel the need to respond to the deepening social and political crisis.
There is a growing turmoil both within us and the outside. One is the mindless violence being perpetuated - be it communal strife locally, war between nations or witnessing millions of migrants forced to return to their villages and towns. The other is our failure to reimagine a collective future - and not just an anthropocentric one. Any regime that eyes the natural world and likes to name it as a "resource" is totalitarian. Its goal is commodification of all life. As such, it propagates the myth that exploiting natural resources is a necessity to ensure that no one is left behind. In reality, these natural resources then fuel unsustainable development for economic profit. In "Conversations around a dilemma", a short performance, Anju and Prabir explore the undercurrent dilemmas of communities that propose alternatives to a consumerist and anthropogenic way of life. The form is a dialogue between two characters who helplessly cling onto a woollen sweater as the yarn gets pulled and ripped apart. It was wonderful that “Conversations around a dilemma” was part of the Theatre from the Streets, a pilot project by New Perspectives Theatre Company in Palestine, Venezuela and India. The India segment was curated by Mallika Sarabhai. Host A Performance!Would you like to host a performance? Invite “Conversations around a dilemma” to your home, neighbourhood, a community space or even your workplace.
Duration: 6 min, followed by a half or one-day workshop Language: Hindi and/or English. For more info, write to us at [email protected] |
Participatory Theatre for Development
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Facilitating the 11th edition of the Course at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) from Dec 20 to 24, 2021 has been an inspiring experience for us all.
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Five-day Residential Workshop; December 3 to 7, 2021
Deolali, District Nashik, Maharashtra
Deolali, District Nashik, Maharashtra
Jal-Jungle-Zameen and the power of the Gram Sabha!
- an Image Theatre exercise 
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We couldn’t host our annual workshop last year. And in the given situation we weren’t quite sure about this year too. But one thing we were sure about - not shifting our residential, on-campus, physical workshop to an online platform. We kept our fingers crossed.
And what a rewarding experience! 14 of us from across the country spent the five days discussing a range of issues and provoking a rethink on “unsustainable” development. We practiced play-making with a diverse group, performed in different languages and stirred feelings too. It was indeed an enriching process! |
Course : Participatory Theatre for Development
Indian Institute of Management (IIMA) Ahmedabad |
Artist-in-residence (July 2017)
School of Media & Cultural Studies (SMCS), TISS Mumbai |
