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A Theatrical Tribute to BADAL SIRCAR,New Delhi


LOK [ DELHI CHAPTER] & ATELIER EXPRESSIONS PRESENT :

A Theatrical Tribute to Theatre Legend BADAL SIRCAR 

A set of 2 alternative theatre performances :

WALKING ALONG by Soumyajit Majumdar 

[ a short recess of 5 minutes and then ] 

NECROPOLIS by Parnab Mukherjee 

The performances will be followed by a discussion on "Theatre -of - Badal Sarkar" with Mr. Parnab mukherjee which will lead to a talk on " Campus theatre: Challenges and the way ahead" .


About the performers 

An independent media analyst and a performance consultant by profession, Mr. Parnab Mukherjee is one of the leading alternative theatre directors' of the country. He divides his time between Kolkata, north-east of India and the Darjeeling hills. Currently, a consultant with two publication initiative, he has earlier worked for a sports fortnightly, an English daily and a Bengali daily. He is an acclaimed authority on Badal Sircar's theatre, Shakespeare-in-education and specialises in theatre-for-conflict-resol​ution and theatre-of-the-campus.

Soumyajt majumdar is a young theatre professional equally adept at all aspects of theatre and has scripted , designed , directed, and acted in over a dozen plays with over 50 performances to his credit .Still an undergraduate student of mass communication and videography in st.xaviers , kolkata soumyajit is the founder- director of LOK which is presently India’s only national creative arts group for the youth , by the youth and with LOK soumyajit has travelled extensively all over the country [ kolkata , delhi,ahmedabad,Bangalore,​Mumbai,pune,tuljapur ,raipur,] performing in proscenium and alternative spaces like campuses, pubs,bookstores,art galleries,shopping malls, cafes, lawns, parks, streets, amphitheatres thus creating a personal idiom of using spaces for live –act exploration . Soumyajit specializes in musicals and installation theatre ,focuses on “arts for change” and has been selected to represent India at the asian youth summit for global changemakers 2011.


About the performances 

Necropolis: rehearsing Koltes in such times

A performance collaboration by Best of Kolkata Campus with Five Issues( a performance-publication interface project )

Solo performance, Direction and dramaturgy: Parnab Mukherjee

Inspired from In the Solitude of Cottonfields by Bernard Marie Koltes

Additional text: Thangjam Iboposhak, Nirmalendu Goon, Manto, Hijam Irabot, Saratchand Thiyam, Rajkumar Bhubonsana, Rabindranath Tagore and Mishing and Kokbork proverbs
Collaboration: Gautam Bajoria and Five Issues 


Necropolis is a part of a three part repertoire called The Trilogy of Unrest, the first two being ensemble productions namely: Hamletmachine: Images of Shakespeare-in-us and an installation performance called This room is not my room.

Two men meet on the street. They have to make a deal. Or rather they want to make a deal. One has something to sell and the other needs something to buy. The Dealer is unsure what to peddle or would he want to peddle anything in the first place. The Client knows what he has to buy but does not know exactly what to. A cat and mouse game begins between these nameless, faceless, shapeshifters who have to make a transaction which they are not sure why would make. For the next chunk of minutes they indulge in selling and buying of concepts without transacting anything. But they did make a deal. 
What are they selling? Or rather who is buying? Are technology, displacement, memories of a genocide the new road-map of the new universe. Are we such stuff that we have lost the power to engage with real issues and provide a balm to the displaced, destitute, fried, barbecued, roasted human-folk.?
What images are we looking at? ....What was the process of transforming the "us" into "them".....How are "they" celebrating diversity and "their" culturalness in these times? The performance negotiates these terrains. By the time the performance ends nobody has bought, nobody has sold. 
Or do we end up being commodities showcased in the glass windows for the global window shopping....and all this happens while we play victims in the garb of being a perpetrator. 


WALKINGALONG by Soumyajit Majumdar is an experimental alternative solo performance touching the lines of physical theatre, mime acting , folk songs and is inspired by the philosophies , texts and the theatre-of-badal sarkar .It involves a non-theatrical interaction with the audience during the performance itself. This piece seeks to inspire all those individuals who want to walk differently in the journey of life and is dedicated to Badal sarkar and all those who still believe that art can be a voice of dissent ,art reach the spirit of everyone, inspire individuals to work together, create visions & heal . 


Wheres the road? You go far and wide, you turn around and round and round,and come back to the same road again. Wheres the procession ? the procession that can show us the right road? 

Shhhh!

What?
Its coming perhaps.
Whats coming?
The procession.
What procession?
The procession to show us a way.
I have seen many processions,they never show you the way.

Ssshh !!Listen . its coming. Really coming. A real procession.
Who are in it? 

A nameless, faceless, religionless young generation.

[ Micchil (Juloos) - Badal sarkar ] 

All theatre lovers ,theatre practitioners . visionaries are invited to this theatrical evening that pays a tribute to the legend through his medium “alternative theatre “.

FREE ENTRY for all. 
Limited seating. Please confirm your presence in advance to avoid inconvenience.

Kuljeet Singh (Creative Director, Atelier) 
kuljeetsingh at atelierexpres​sions.com

Soumyajit Majumdar (Director, LOK ) +91-9836375494 
loktheatre at gmail.com




Time: Monday, July 25 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm


Location: Atelier Studio, 680, Floor 3, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi 110009
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July cine club: focus on the world of theatre


Alliance Française de Delhi 
Ciné Club for July goes on
Theatre by cinema

featuring the two biggest names of international theatre Ariane Mnouchkine and Peter Brook

PROGRAM:

Friday, 15 July 2011: L'AVENTURE DU THEATRE DU SOLEIL directed by Catherine Vilpoux (2009) 79 min
This film weaves the elements of a fascinating biography of Ariane Mnouchkine and Theatre du Soleil.

Friday, 22 July 2011: BROOK BY BROOK directed by Simon Brook (2001) 72 min
Portrait of the director of the famous theatre of Les Bouches du Nord in private, at home; portrait of a man at work... because he hides nothing from his son.

In French language with English subtitle

On every Friday 
2 sessions: 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm

Free admission, open to all. 
For further information please send an email to: pamina at afdelhi.org