Casting Call:
Indigo Kids Edutainment, the leader in children's entertainment, open's their comical version of "The Ramayan" on Oct 9th & 15th in Pune and Mumbai respectively. A children's play in English we're looking for a young male actor with good English diction whose forte is comedy. Rehearsals begin immediately. The play which opened last year was a super hit for children everywhere.
Please call on 9820143854 (Pinky) or 9821080204 (Ekta).
 >> Patrick French Author of India, An Intimate Biography of 1.2 Billion People in discussion with Kumar Ketkar, Editor-in-Chief, Divya Marathi, Dainik Bhaskar Group, Shabana Azmi, Actor and Activist Aditya Sinha, Editor-in-Chief DNA Entry Free. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis at Prithvi Theatre, 8th August, 2011. The evening will begin at 7:30 pm. Patrick French, author of India: A Portrait – An Intimate Biography of 1.2 Billion People, a narrative of the social and economic revolutions that are transforming India. The author weaves his way around subjects as diverse as Maoism and Mayawati, Afzal Guru and corruption, India’s wine industry and socialism. He also presents a mathematical analysis of the nepotism in Indian politics, an analysis of ‘Mummy-Papa MPs’. This event is organised by Literature Live!, The Mumbai Lit fest. The Festival was launched in November 2010. The response from Mumbaikars during the three-day fest was truly enthusiastic and it was clear from the level of audience participation that Literature Live! was answering a long-felt need. The 2011 edition of Literature Live!’s Lit Fest will be held onNovember 4, 5 and 6 at the National Centre for Performing Arts,Nariman Point. Well-known writers, both international and domestic,will participate. Each session will aim to be lively, erudite without being academic, and will strive to engage the audience in the debate. Books will be launched, book signings will take place and writers and readers will interact in an informal space. Literature Live! also holds individual events such as this through the year. >> The Sultan Padamsee Award For Playwriting: The Sultan Padamsee award for playwrights, after Sultan Bobby Padamsee, who founded Theatre Group in Mumbai in 1941, has a legacy of its own. The award, which was instituted in 1966, continued till the eighties. It has been re-instituted and six plays have been nominated this year – ‘Collector of Memories’ by Arathi Menon, ‘Karni’ by Dr Manasee Palshikar, ‘Limbo’ by Manjima Chatterjee, ‘Nasreen’ by Sabina Mehta Jaitley, ‘Tales of Kutty’ by Chanakya Vyas, and ‘Ultimate Kurukshetra’ by Ram Ganesh Kamatham. The award is meant to encourage Indian playwriting in English and is open to playwrights of Indian origin from around the world. The judges this year are Dolly Thakore, Ayesha Sayani, Lillete Dubey and Akarsh Khurana. The event is being organized by Raell Padamsee of Ace Productions. The award winning play will receive Rs. 1 Lakh, while the two runners up will receive Rs. 10,000 each. The winners will be announced on 7th August 2011. >> SHYAMANAND JALAN NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE AWARD Padatik, Kolkata announces the Shyamanand Jalan National Youth Theatre Award 2012. The SJNYTA scheme is an Annual Award to be presented every year on the 13th of January The 2012 Award is for original scripts from Indian playwrights between 18 to 35 years of age Submissions open from the 30th of July 2011 to 30th October 2011 GUIDELINES:
Applications to include:
SEND ENTRIES MARKED SJNYTA TO: Swapan Mitra Padatik 6/7A, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road Kolkata-700 017 >> Arvind Sivakumaran has published his play "Americano" and is now for sale at the Prithvi Theatre Bookstore for Rs. 50 only. Or email us at: thescript@qtp.in.  About the Play:Director Arvind Sivakumaran made his debut as a writer with the much-acclaimed play, "My Funny Valentine" now titled "Americano". The play was performed as part of Thespo 2000 and starred Yuki Ellias, Kunal Roy Kapur and Adrian Terron. Charley Brackett (Kunal Roy Kapur) is a financially downtrodden car salesman from the city, whose skepticism about life is only surpassed by his inferior taste in the opposite sex. He lives in a small apartment with his friend Mike, a local law enforcement officer of (not surprisingly) unshakeable character. After a brief fling with a rich "client" named Madeline Kitridge (Yuki Ellias), Charlie begins to develop strong feelings for the latter and falls hopelessly into a web of murder, deceit and seduction. The situation is inevitably complicated by the involvement of Madeline's husband, Geoffrey, and events finally take a turn for the worse. |