Artistes’ Repertory Theatre enters its 25th year in July of this year, 2007. Alongside our many and varied productions, ART’s training programmes have been widely appreciated.
ART-Youth began in 1994 and has subsequently seen many young people take their training forward into all walks of life. Nataka (ART-Kids) was launched in 2004, with a year-long programme of classes every Saturday afternoon. Performances have ranged from simple presentations to full-fledged productions like ART-Youth’s Restless, Alice!, The Insect Play and Nataka’s Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.
Now that ART is about to have its own theatre space, Jagriti, in Whitefield, the earlier programmes have been brought into the Jagriti Education wing as Jagriti-Kids and Jagriti-Youth. The aim of our workshops is to help students acquire the basic skills required for dynamic theatre performance using first their body, face and voice then evolving to the use of simple props and costume. For the youth group this might extend to evolving a script or working on an already written script.
A typical session begins with a warm up & focusing unit followed by more specific games and exercises. The first sessions concentrate on body and face only, using the elements of simple mime. Subsequent sessions incorporate the use of voice – sound effects rather than formal speech for the younger group.
All the exercises are fun but then it really begins to get exciting when we apply everything to short plots or situations (anything that comes from the children themselves) incorporating the use of simple musical instruments, fun props and pieces of costume. Although the emphasis is on skill building, theatre is about performance and so the last session is usually a simple presentation by the children.
The most rewarding part of workshops is to see the change in students during the course of the training. Shy and quiet ones become assertive and confident. Noisy and over confident ones become more sensitive and understand the need for discipline. The magic of theatre training! It prepares you for the magic of theatre itself.
The magic of theatre is that it is immediate. There are no retakes.
Arundhati Raja
Artistic Director & Education Co-ordinator
May 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Monday, April 9, 2007
Summer Workshop Trainers Speak
Youth Workshop Trainer - Ruchika Chanana:
I've been working with ART as faculty on children's theatre programmes both short-term and long-term. I've dealt with tantrums and prodigies, starry-eyed, pushy parents and painfully shy participants. It's a different world out there in kids' theatre!
And you know what- it makes a world of a difference, too. Kids come in, self-conscious and bored, and leave confident and disciplined. Their minds fly with imagination, and their bodies learn to use space and voice like they were born to it. And they go out into the world stronger, happier and so much more creative.
This time I am taking on the youth bunch. I work with young people regularly, but I've never done a full length workshop with this age group before. I look forward to it with excitement, fully anticipating the challenges of dealing with teenagers. I'm also looking forward to trying some unusual theatrical devices with this group, including non-script-based theatre, and the theatre of real life, so that they can create their own stories using their own experiences and the issues that are important to them.
“THEATRE” is more than stage, lights, curtains and shows….
For me, Theatre is an experience difficult to put in words or to explain so I wouldn’t even try to do so but yes, it’s an experience which I would like to share with my little friends and take their experiences as my learning. It is not necessary to have theatre workshops merely to make actors, do a performance or have a play during an annual function, theatre has more to give.
A journey… to a world created by the children’s own imagination, where they can play with their dreams, share their own ideas and express their feelings, thus enriching them with an experience which is going to develop them as fulfilled, positive human beings. It brings out of an introvert child a world within him of which he himself is unaware and directs the energy of the hyperactive child in a direction of magnificent creativity. Thus building an inner confidence in the children and making them sensitive to the subtle things of life which one is missing in this so called “techno world”. It is very important to be good human beings before being “intellectuals”!!
I've been working with ART as faculty on children's theatre programmes both short-term and long-term. I've dealt with tantrums and prodigies, starry-eyed, pushy parents and painfully shy participants. It's a different world out there in kids' theatre!
And you know what- it makes a world of a difference, too. Kids come in, self-conscious and bored, and leave confident and disciplined. Their minds fly with imagination, and their bodies learn to use space and voice like they were born to it. And they go out into the world stronger, happier and so much more creative.
This time I am taking on the youth bunch. I work with young people regularly, but I've never done a full length workshop with this age group before. I look forward to it with excitement, fully anticipating the challenges of dealing with teenagers. I'm also looking forward to trying some unusual theatrical devices with this group, including non-script-based theatre, and the theatre of real life, so that they can create their own stories using their own experiences and the issues that are important to them.
April Kids Workshop Trainer - Samta Vij:
“THEATRE” is more than stage, lights, curtains and shows….
For me, Theatre is an experience difficult to put in words or to explain so I wouldn’t even try to do so but yes, it’s an experience which I would like to share with my little friends and take their experiences as my learning. It is not necessary to have theatre workshops merely to make actors, do a performance or have a play during an annual function, theatre has more to give.
A journey… to a world created by the children’s own imagination, where they can play with their dreams, share their own ideas and express their feelings, thus enriching them with an experience which is going to develop them as fulfilled, positive human beings. It brings out of an introvert child a world within him of which he himself is unaware and directs the energy of the hyperactive child in a direction of magnificent creativity. Thus building an inner confidence in the children and making them sensitive to the subtle things of life which one is missing in this so called “techno world”. It is very important to be good human beings before being “intellectuals”!!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Licences to perform Samuel French Plays
When you start on a new production and draw up the budget REMEMBER that all your efforts cannot begin until and unless you have a play. Hiring of venue, print and publicity, costumes and sets and props, rehearsal expenses: none of this would have to happen if you didn't have a play and yet you do not budget to pay the playwright!
Samuel French Limited (www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk) is the world's largest publisher of play scripts. The Guide to Selecting Plays for Performance, now in its 92nd edition, lists over 2,000 titles for which Samuel French hold the amateur performance rights in the English language.
Each play entry has a list of characters, the setting and a synopsis; against each title you will also see "Fee Code A...M". The letter A through to M appearing here sets the fee amount per performance in Pounds Sterling. This could vary from 10 to 80 Pounds Sterling or approximately 800 to 7,000 Rupees.
The word 'performance' includes readings, extracts, charitable, private and may involve payment of a fee. Even if the fee is waived the name of the author is mandatory on all print and publicity material.
We also ask that the following appears on all print and publicity material 'By arrangement with Samuel French Limited (Artistes' Repertory Theatre)'.
Artistes' Repertory Theatre is the authorised agents in India for Samuel French for the issue of licences to perform. ART agreed to the agency on the express condition that we would be allowed to exercise our judgment on how much should be charged. We may charge Rs.500 where the Pound Sterling rate is Rs.7,000.
Please contact us BEFORE you begin readings and rehearsals. We can help.
The information we require comprises
· Name of the play
· Name of the playwright
· Performing Group, Director, Address and Contact Details
· Ticket Prices
· Venue and Venue Capacity*
· Number of shows, Dates and Times
· Sponsors
· Payment to cast and crew?
*there is a surcharge for every 100 seats over 400
Contact us at samfren@jagrititheatre.com
Samuel French Limited (www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk) is the world's largest publisher of play scripts. The Guide to Selecting Plays for Performance, now in its 92nd edition, lists over 2,000 titles for which Samuel French hold the amateur performance rights in the English language.
Each play entry has a list of characters, the setting and a synopsis; against each title you will also see "Fee Code A...M". The letter A through to M appearing here sets the fee amount per performance in Pounds Sterling. This could vary from 10 to 80 Pounds Sterling or approximately 800 to 7,000 Rupees.
The word 'performance' includes readings, extracts, charitable, private and may involve payment of a fee. Even if the fee is waived the name of the author is mandatory on all print and publicity material.
We also ask that the following appears on all print and publicity material 'By arrangement with Samuel French Limited (Artistes' Repertory Theatre)'.
Artistes' Repertory Theatre is the authorised agents in India for Samuel French for the issue of licences to perform. ART agreed to the agency on the express condition that we would be allowed to exercise our judgment on how much should be charged. We may charge Rs.500 where the Pound Sterling rate is Rs.7,000.
Please contact us BEFORE you begin readings and rehearsals. We can help.
The information we require comprises
· Name of the play
· Name of the playwright
· Performing Group, Director, Address and Contact Details
· Ticket Prices
· Venue and Venue Capacity*
· Number of shows, Dates and Times
· Sponsors
· Payment to cast and crew?
*there is a surcharge for every 100 seats over 400
Contact us at samfren@jagrititheatre.com
Trinity Guildhall in Bangalore
TEACHERS OF ENGLISH CAN NOW OFFER EXAMINATIONS IN SPEECH, DRAMA and COMMUNICATION SKILLS!
Internationally recognized qualification in Bangalore!
It is exciting and exhilarating as candidates with their teacher and some eager parents gather outside the examination room. Students enter nervously one at a time while others try and listen to what is going on inside. At regular intervals the door opens and a flushed face emerges arms flailing with success or shoulders hunched over a not-so-good rendering. But one person is always cheered: the examiner is so nice! 500,000 candidates go through this every year at TRINITY GUILDHALL examinations all over the world and India has the highest number of candidates (well over 15,000) after the UK!
TRINITY GUILDHALL is a leading international examinations board with a difference. Our reputation rests on our continuing ability to provide respected qualifications both in the English language and across a growing range of disciplines in the performing arts. But what sets us apart is our focus on the learner, every learner. Our exams and assessments are designed to help students and trainees progress; to mark an achievement at each stage of their development, and at all levels of competence, on a journey towards fulfilment of their own individual talents and abilities.
TRINITY GUILDHALL combines the resources of London’s Trinity College Drama and Speech and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to offer assessment across a range of performance and communication skills – encompassing all aspects of Speech and Drama, Acting Skills, Musical Theatre, Communication Skills and Performance Arts - for candidates of any age and any level. Recognized in England by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), highly qualified examiners with the backing of leading specialists and academics, assess candidates in a free choice of repertoire, encouraging them to explore the literature and the art of our own cultural roots. Artistes’ Repertory Theatre (ART), Bangalore representative for TRINITY GUILDHALL, has had hundreds of students qualify, most with Merit and with Distinction, in the examinations conducted by the visiting examiner from England. The examinations are designed to encourage and motivate all students to achieve their personal, vocational and professional goals.
The next examination will be in October/November 2007. Closing date for candidates’ registration is 15 July.
Reputed schools and Teachers of English and Drama wanting to offer this excellent qualification, parents, students and individual candidates may contact ART at trincoll@jagrititheatre.com
For further information contact Artistes’ Repertory Theatre at trincoll@jagrititheatre.com
JAGRITI
Ramagondanahalli
Varthur Road
Bangalore 560066
Tel: +91 80 28475373
visit us at: www.artbangalore.com
As a teacher of English, you can now offer your students an international qualification encompassing all aspects of Speech and Drama, Acting Skills, Musical Theatre, Communication Skills and Performance Arts, for candidates of any age and any level.
How can a visiting examiner from England change the course of a student in Bangalore? If that student is keen on the dramatic and performing arts, aims at a more fulfilling career or wants, simply, to win the inter-school drama competition, then here is the answer.
Five qualified teachers offer training that will culminate in appearing for the TRINITY GUILDHALL examinations in October-November this year. The levels range from Initial through Grades 1 to 8 to Diplomas in all aspects of Speech and Drama, Acting Skills, Musical Theatre, Communication Skills and Performance Arts.
Phyllis Bose – 2524 1713 phyllisbose@yahoo.com
Kirtana Kumar – 2558 5395, 2555 9291 kirtana@satyam.net.in
Arundhati Raja – 2847 5373 art@jagrititheatre.com
Nalini Rathnam – 98860 55682 nalinirathnam@gmail.com
Dr. Zulfia Shaikh – 2572 0735 bssdrama@hotmail.com
Internationally recognized qualification in Bangalore!
It is exciting and exhilarating as candidates with their teacher and some eager parents gather outside the examination room. Students enter nervously one at a time while others try and listen to what is going on inside. At regular intervals the door opens and a flushed face emerges arms flailing with success or shoulders hunched over a not-so-good rendering. But one person is always cheered: the examiner is so nice! 500,000 candidates go through this every year at TRINITY GUILDHALL examinations all over the world and India has the highest number of candidates (well over 15,000) after the UK!
TRINITY GUILDHALL is a leading international examinations board with a difference. Our reputation rests on our continuing ability to provide respected qualifications both in the English language and across a growing range of disciplines in the performing arts. But what sets us apart is our focus on the learner, every learner. Our exams and assessments are designed to help students and trainees progress; to mark an achievement at each stage of their development, and at all levels of competence, on a journey towards fulfilment of their own individual talents and abilities.
TRINITY GUILDHALL combines the resources of London’s Trinity College Drama and Speech and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to offer assessment across a range of performance and communication skills – encompassing all aspects of Speech and Drama, Acting Skills, Musical Theatre, Communication Skills and Performance Arts - for candidates of any age and any level. Recognized in England by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), highly qualified examiners with the backing of leading specialists and academics, assess candidates in a free choice of repertoire, encouraging them to explore the literature and the art of our own cultural roots. Artistes’ Repertory Theatre (ART), Bangalore representative for TRINITY GUILDHALL, has had hundreds of students qualify, most with Merit and with Distinction, in the examinations conducted by the visiting examiner from England. The examinations are designed to encourage and motivate all students to achieve their personal, vocational and professional goals.
The next examination will be in October/November 2007. Closing date for candidates’ registration is 15 July.
Reputed schools and Teachers of English and Drama wanting to offer this excellent qualification, parents, students and individual candidates may contact ART at trincoll@jagrititheatre.com
For further information contact Artistes’ Repertory Theatre at trincoll@jagrititheatre.com
JAGRITI
Ramagondanahalli
Varthur Road
Bangalore 560066
Tel: +91 80 28475373
visit us at: www.artbangalore.com
As a teacher of English, you can now offer your students an international qualification encompassing all aspects of Speech and Drama, Acting Skills, Musical Theatre, Communication Skills and Performance Arts, for candidates of any age and any level.
How can a visiting examiner from England change the course of a student in Bangalore? If that student is keen on the dramatic and performing arts, aims at a more fulfilling career or wants, simply, to win the inter-school drama competition, then here is the answer.
Five qualified teachers offer training that will culminate in appearing for the TRINITY GUILDHALL examinations in October-November this year. The levels range from Initial through Grades 1 to 8 to Diplomas in all aspects of Speech and Drama, Acting Skills, Musical Theatre, Communication Skills and Performance Arts.
Phyllis Bose – 2524 1713 phyllisbose@yahoo.com
Kirtana Kumar – 2558 5395, 2555 9291 kirtana@satyam.net.in
Arundhati Raja – 2847 5373 art@jagrititheatre.com
Nalini Rathnam – 98860 55682 nalinirathnam@gmail.com
Dr. Zulfia Shaikh – 2572 0735 bssdrama@hotmail.com
Yayati at Rangashankara
ART presents Yayati by Girish Karnad at Ranga Shankara
This production premiered the playwright's own translation, at the opening of Kannada Rangabhoomi - Namaskara on October 24, 2006, at Ravindra Kalakshetra.
A powerful script with a powerful cast!
Raza Hussain, last seen in his highly acclaimed performance as Tipu Sultan in ART's popular production of THE DREAMS OF TIPU SULTAN, plays Yayati.
Sukhita Aiyar plays Sharmishtha with Veena Appiah as Devayani, Kartik Kumar as Pooru, Mythri Surendra as Swarnalata and Anjalika Kapur as Chitralekha.
Directed by Arundhati Raja; Set & Lighting design by M. S. Sathyu;
Costumes by Jayanthi; Music by Sankarshan Kini also on Tabla and vocal by Dipti Rao.
27 & 28 February: Ranga Shankara
Tickets: Rs.100/-
Available at the venue from 27 Feb or call 32930847 for advance telebooking
(tickets to be collected by 6:45pm on day of show)
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