The Auroville Theatre Group is happy to share their upcoming Zoom play, A PLACE CALLED HOME. Look for it on January 17th. Here’s a small taste to whet your appetite. May all seekers after a home find the place they are looking for.
Podcasts from Border Crossings: the intercultural theatre company. https://anchor.fm/border-crossings/episodes/Theatre-and-the-Plague-by-Antonin-Artaud-ekkmjh
Shanta Gokhale writes: Alaknanda Samarth pushed the boundaries of acting throughout her career. Alaknanda Samarth’s passing on the morning of Monday, December 6, has come as a deep shock to her numerous friends in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and elsewhere. Although she lived in London, she knew more about what was going on in theatre and […]
Throughout history, theatre-makers have negotiated societal censure and state action when staging the political – from their content being controlled, their form and aesthetic choices being policed, their bodies in performance being monitored, and more. And yet – or may be in part because of this – theatre has always been a site of active resistance. […]
Article by Priyanka Chandani published in Indulge, The New Indian Express It has been over three years that the term refugee has become part of our regular conversations. With the political and border situations in a state of turmoil, the crisis of a huge number of people being displaced has hit every country. And Auroville-based theatre […]
Courage & Community How can we build a better world if we don’t start to see everyone in it as members of a global Community*. Potential friends waiting to be known, loved, encouraged and connected to? Saying this is one thing, but acting on it takes Courage*. Courage can be defined in so many ways. […]
A tale of love, politics, water and a goat. Tani Illay (No water) by Miraculous Productions When: 8pm, 19 and 20 November, 2021 Where: Bharat Nivas, Auroville Booking: Admission is Free. Prior Booking. Book a ticket Here
A tale of love, politics, water and a goat. Tani Illay (No water) by Miraculous Productions When: 8pm, 19 and 20 November, 2021 Where: Bharat Nivas, Auroville Booking: Admission is Free. Prior Booking. Book a ticket Here
Ahead of its silver jubilee year, The Auroville Theatre Group’s production of The Elephant Man adds to a long list of classics staged over two decades Article by Priyanka Chandani published in Indulge, The New Indian Express In 1987 when the then 42-year-old Jill Navarre, artistic director of The Auroville Theatre Group came to India, it […]
Bharat Nivas in cooperation with Av Art Service Presents: The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance Original Music by Raquel Jover, Directed by Jill Navarre When: 7:30pm, 28, 29, 30 October, 2021 Where: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville Age Group: 18+ Admission is Free Online Streaming: Here are two links you can use to join […]
Drama School Mumbai (DSM) introduces to you their latest initiative – Ekalavya: Act, Create, Communicate. Ekalavya is an e-learning performing arts platform, that aims to deliver high-quality courses in acting and theatre training, right at your doorstep. Through Ekalavya, our objective is to democratise access to theatre education to millions of Indians who dream of entering the […]
Bharat Nivas in cooperation with Av Art Service Presents: The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance Original Music by Raquel Jover, Directed by Jill Navarre When: 7:30pm, 28, 29, 30 October, 2021 Where: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville Age Group: 18+ Admission is Free
A tale of love, politics, water and a goat. Tani Illay (No water) by Miraculous Productions When: 8pm, 22 and 23 October, 2021 Where: CRIPA, Kalabhumi, Auroville, TN 605101 Booking: Admission is Free. Prior Booking. Book a ticket Here
Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival this year starts on the 27th oct and ends on 31st oct. The theme is “STAYING ALIVE” Celebrating different responses to the extraordinary experiences each one of us went through. An invitation to share two (2) photographs /images that encapsulate your “staying alive” moments or someone else’s . Please email images […]
Film/Theatre Actor TM Karthik is performing in a play this Saturday, 23 October, at Indianostrum in Pondicherry. “What Happened”, based on a true story is an autobiographical performance that takes you from the moment his son was born and through the year that follows … but not in that order. An honest, horrible, and even […]
Strategic Management in the Art of Theatre (SMART)in partnership with India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), supported by Goethe-Institut / Max-Mueller Bhavan New Delhi Presents: In The Round #5: Experiment, a series of conversations on creativity, culture and context Lapdiang Syiem, Mallika Taneja, Mohit Takalkar & Vivek Madanin conversation with Neel Chaudhuri When: 7pm, 26 October, 2021 Where: Online. Registration: For Zoom […]
The Chennai Photo Biennale invites performers, artists and other creative practitioners, interested in interrogating study, to a performance shadow casting workshop with artist and educator Sanchayan Ghosh. A workshop on study as a dialogic and reciprocal process of collective reflection/performance by Sanchayan Ghosh The ‘Presence as Absence’ workshop is part of a long-term set of […]
7-Days, Theatre Workshop (Building a Stage Body) With Pooja Vedvikhyat, Actor, Director and Designer from National School of Drama, New Delhi When: 10am-12:30pm, 24-30 October Where: Kalarigram, Martial Arts School, Next to Adishakti, TN Registration: Limited Seats. For More Details contact 9422978173
British Council invites collaborative proposals for arts and culture projects from India and UK-based organisations, festivals, and institutions for the India-UK Together 2022 programme to mark India’s 75th anniversary of Independence in 2022- 2023. This is an opportunity to think creatively, be innovative and explore new ways of artistic collaboration and touring across India and […]
Bharat Nivas in cooperation with Av Art Service Presents: The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance Original Music by Raquel Jover, Directed by Jill Navarre When: 7:30pm, 28, 29, 30 October, 2021 Where: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville Age Group: 18+ Admission is Free
Water Matters Mela is an event that is dedicated to raise awareness and action regarding water in our region. When: 7, 8, 9 October 2021 Where: Fertile, Auroville
Kadaul Theatre Group Presents: Mask Making Workshop Conducted by Manish Kumar and Binu Kumar Learn simple and complex ways Make different types of masks Create masks of various materials Convert waste materials into art Caricature characters into masks When: 9am-1pm, 7-10 October, 2021 Where: First Cross Street, Kannaiya Nagar, Bommayarpalayam, Pondicherry Registration: To book your […]
Bharat Nivas in cooperation with Av Art Service Presents: The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance Original Music by Raquel Jover, Directed by Jill Navarre When: 7:30pm, 28, 29, 30 October, 2021 Where: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville Age Group: 18+ Admission is Free
K-Factor – Episode 2: K-Drama In this episode titled Hallyu Binger, on Annyeong Station, curated and hosted by our Korean language student, Dilnaz, we look at K-dramas as exemplars of cultural immersion, how binge-worthy K-dramas keeps one hooked and how K-dramas in particular and movies more generally, have acted as a catalyst for students to […]
The Chennai Photo Biennale invites performers, artists and other creative practitioners, interested in interrogating study, to a performance shadow casting workshop with artist and educator Sanchayan Ghosh. A workshop on study as a dialogic and reciprocal process of collective reflection/performance by Sanchayan Ghosh The ‘Presence as Absence’ workshop is part of a long-term set of […]
