Thespo 13 theater festival at Prithvi & NCPA 13-16 December 2011

Welcome to the last edition of The Script for the year 2011. Thespo 13 is round the corner, If you haven't signed up/renewed your Friends Of Thespo membership then this is your chance to promote new, young and cutting edge theatre, CLICK HERE for more details. It's been a long and an exciting journey for us, but we still have a lot of action to look out for. Come and be a part of the festival from 13th December to 18th December at Prithvi Theatre and NCPA Experimental. Here's the lo-down on all that we have on offer at Thespo 13: T13 Schedule:- The festival at a glance. Workshops:- Physical, Emotional, Absurdism, Radio and even Shakespeare. It's all here. From the UK, Australia and India. Register now. Entry Free. Live Bands:- The Prithvi cafe comes alive every evening with live Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Soul and Folk at Red FM Band-o-Mast. Platform Performances:- A regular feature at Thespo where performers explore space, form and content. Plays:- A mouth watering palate which will make you laugh, touch your heart and explore your sexuality! To find out more like tickets, workshop registrations, or just how to be a part of India's Premier Youth Theatre Festival. Log on to our blog at www.thespo.org Festival Schedule Prithvi Theatre – 13 to 16 December 2011 Date/ Day Time Event Venue Tue, Dec 13 10am Workshop: Creating Theatre-a Practical Exploration with Bernie Byrnes Prithvi House 2pm Workshop: Physical Theatre with Faezeh Jalali Prithvi House 7pm Acoustic Band Performance: Tejas Menon Prithvi Café 8pm Platform Performance: Us and Them with David Hirst Prithvi Foyer 9pm Play: Patient (Marathi) A touching and insightful look at one man’s battle with pain and cancer in the 70’s, when medical science still had a long way to go. Prithvi Theatre Wed, Dec 14 10am Workshop: The Exploration of Physical and Emotional in Theatre with David Hirst Prithvi House 2pm Workshop: Theatre for Children - a Practical Exploration with Bernie Byrnes Prithvi House 7pm Acoustic Band Performance: Blek Prithvi Café 8pm Platform Performance: Thespo Theatre Unit Prithvi Foyer 9pm Play: Cock (English) Cock takes a playful, candid look at one man’s sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realize you have a choice. Prithvi Theatre Thu, Dec 15 10am Workshop: Forum Theatre – a Practical Exploration with Bernie Byrnes Prithvi House 2pm Workshop: The Exploration of Physical and Emotional in Theatre with David Hirst Prithvi House 7pm Acoustic Band Performance: Vernon Noronha Prithvi Café 8pm Platform Performance: "A.T.T.A.C.H.E.D" Prithvi Foyer 9pm Play: Ek Don Adhich (Marathi) A humorous and poignant look at the phenomenon of chance vs fate, and everything in between. Prithvi Theatre Fri, Dec 16 10am Workshop: Creating on Air Characters with RJ Rohini Ramnathan Prithvi House 2pm Workshop: Absurdism-a Practical Exploration with Bernie Byrnes Prithvi House 7pm Acoustic Band Performance: Spud in the Box Prithvi Café 8pm Platform Performance: Kalakaar Ki Kahani Prithvi Foyer 9pm Play: Janhit Mein Jaari (Marathi) A delightful comedy about a young couple who find themselves in sticky situation involving babies, fathers, elections and a chemist! Prithvi Theatre NCPA - Experimental Theatre – 17 & 18 December 2011 Date/ Day Time Event Venue Sat, Dec. 17 6.30pm Platform Performance: Us and Them with David Hirst NCPA Exp Foyer 7pm Play: Cock (English) Cock takes a playful, candid look at one man’s sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realize you have a choice. NCPA Exp. Sun, Dec 18 2pm Workshop: Shakespeare Workshop with Alyque Padamsee TBC 6.30pm Platform Performance: Kalakaar Ki Kahani NCPA Exp Foyer 7pm Play: Janhit Mein Jaari (Marathi) A delightful comedy about a young couple who find themselves in sticky situation involving babies, fathers, elections and a chemist! - Followed by the Thespo 13 Awards Nite - Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Arundhati & Jagdish Raja NCPA Exp. Please Note:  Prithvi Theatre workshops to be held at the Prithvi House  Schedule subject to change  For more details: www.thespo.org/ thespo13@thespo.org Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook In this edition of The Script everything will be Thespo related: Priti Bakalkar reviews Spamalot, Dolly Thakore recounts the life of Thespo 9 Lifetime Achievement Awardee Partap Sharma, Thespo Volunteers talk about their first Thespo experience. Q counts down 10 acts of generosity that have happened at Thespo. Also our new quiz section has proved very popular. See the answers to last months question and have a crack at this month's question. To access the Decemeber issue, CLICK HERE. To access all things Thespo 13, CLICK HERE. On behalf of Q Theatre Productions, Himanshu Sitlani. Editor, The Script.