Our Theatre Presents- BEYOND THE LAND OF HATTAMALA

Hi all readers,

Our Theatre presents its debut production, Beyond the Land of Hattamala, a play written by Badal Sircar. Founded by Sandeep Shikhar, an actor, writer and director and Vivek Vijayakumaran, a theatre artist, Our Theatre was originally born out of a need to have a banner for Beyond the Land of Hattamala. However, the connection between Vivek and Sandeep and their belief about theatre ran deeper and so Our Theatre has become more a way of working, a way of doing theatre. “For me, Our Theatre is our thought, our belief, our language, our culture, our complexity, our simplicity, our problems and maybe our solutions. We are interested in something that is ours- things that are rooted in us- and the common man should be able to understand what we are showing,” says Sandeep. This belief in “our” has led the team to its fifth month of work on this play- the work has included workshopping, experiementing, improvisation and discovery. The concept of “our” is so strong that the cast of Beyond the Land of Hattamala even spent three days in a village in Kerala, at the director’s ancestral home, working and exploring a tangible sense of ‘Beyond’ for the play. “It was important for us to bring back our own personal experiences and impressions that we can tap into for the play. We found and created things there that we couldn’t have created in a studio here in the city,” adds Vivek.

Shows:
1st Show : 3rd April 7:30 pm
2nd Show : 4th April 3:30 pm
3rd Show : 4th April 7:30 pm

Venue:

Rangashankara

36/1, 8th Cross, JP Nagar, 2nd Phase, Bangalore-560078

Phone: 080-26592777, 080- 26493982

Beside JP Nagar Post Office & Opp RV Dental College

For tickets you can book online at www.indianstage.in or call us! You could also pick them up at Rangashankara (from 28th onwards, between 6-7 pm everyday) before the show. For telebooking, call Vipul at 9886390879. You can also get tickets in KC Das(St Marks Road), Bangaliana(Koramangla), Crossword (Resindency Road) and Wisdom Lounge(Koramangla).

Ticket Price : Rs.100 per head(Also suitable for children above 8 yrs)

Here is small preview about the Play & People associated with it:

Ridhdhi, a non profit charitable trust , is the venture of professionals from different field, with a vision of making a visible difference in the developmental arena of the Indian society in the holistic sense. The primary objective of this forum is to partner and work with different grassroot level programs and support in the areas of edcation, health, community develpment.Ridhdhi also works towards in promoting various art forms and culture. People from different walks of life have joined this forum and are contributing their skills.

About the writer:
Badal Sircar is a veteran playwright and director who has pioneered an indigenous ‘theatre of conscientization’, a theatre (of) natural environment, physical acting. slogans and familiar sounds, documentary material and sustained movement.

About the Play:
Two Likeable thieves, Kena and Becha, jump into a river to escape being caught. They wash up on the shores of a Never-Never land where buying and selling are alien concepts. In this new land, everyone works together to produce what the entire community needs and wants and money does not exist. Being thieves, Kena and Becha do not understand the concept of “no-money” and hence several humorous misadventures follow as they make their journey through this land.
We hope that you can be a part of the audience for one of the shows and make the journey with Kena and Becha.

About the Director:
Vivek Vijayakumaran is a young theatre artist. He trained with Mahesh Dattani while essaying the role of Anarkali, a hijra, in the play Seven Steps Around the Fire. Vivek’s training includes a workshop at AdiShakti Theatre Arts Laboratory and a year long project with Abhishek Majumdar for the play Lucknow ’76. Vivek has also undertaken training at the Attakkalari Center for Movement Arts and the Kalari Academy of Performing Arts in contemporary dance and kalaripayattu. Vivek currently works with women in slums and children at Head Start school as a theatre facilitator. He is also a storyteller with Kathalaya.

Cast:
Sandeep Shikhar
Samta Shikhar
Parthiv Purani
Bhakti Vij
Ashwini Shridhar
Vivek S Punjabi
Ashok Vasudevan

Live Music:

Kallol Dasgupta