Thespo 12 - One month away!!!

Founded in 1999 by Theatre Group Bombay (TG), India’s oldest English language theatre group, Thespo has been created to give young performers (under the age of 25) an opportunity to hone their talents, in the simulated environment of professional theatre. Giving teams the best infrastructure available, so that they can produce the best work possible. Guidance in terms of technical and dramatic knowledge is also provided to the teams.

From the humble beginnings of a one-act play festival, the movement has grown into a round the year activity - with Thespo at Prithvi happening on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of every month and an Annual National Festival organised every December.

This year Thespo 12 will be held in December 2010 at Prithvi & NCPA Theatre.

THESPO 12 - JUST ROUND THE CORNER

The Screening Process is over!! 20 Days, 8 Cities, 80 Plays later, Thespo 12 has its final 4 plays which will be performing from the 14th to 19th of December at the Prithvi Theatre and NCPA.

And the Final 4 plays are...........................................................................................................................

WATCH THIS SPACE NEXT MONTH!!!!!!!!!

This year's screening panel consisted of Quasar Thakore Padamsee (Actor/Director, Q Theatre Productions) and Kashin Shetty (Director, Actor and Winner of 2 Thespo's).

Over the years, the full length play's that have made to Thespo, have produced some outstanding talent who have gone on to be successful in theatre as well as various fields in film and radio. Some of them include: Anand Tiwari, Namit Das, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Karan Makhija, Amrita Puri, Kshitee Jog, Akarsh Khurana, Nadir Khan, Preetika Chawla and Ali Fazal.

How you can still get involved:

* Attend a Workshop: Workshops each month conducted by eminent theatre veterans on a variety of topics.

* Design A Poster: Poster designing competition, where participants design posters for the short listed plays, which will be exhibited at the festival.

* Write an Article: Submitting an article on theatre for the festival magazine.

* Join Team Thespo: Design posters, sets, interior décor, work in PR, marketing, backstage, lighting, interact with theatre professionals, organize performances and a whole lot more.


For an overview of last year's festival, watch the video here.

For further details: 2639 2688 /Join 'Thespo' group on Facebook/ thespo12@gmail.com