THEATRE MATTERS:
a Theatre Workshop by Sanjoy Ganguly,West Bengal.
The Mustard Seed Art Company, Goa, is organizing a short theatre workshop
on 11th, 12th & 13th November 2007 in Panjim.
The workshop is being conducted by Sanjoy Ganguly of Jana Sanskriti, West
Bengal. Sanjoy Ganguly is a well-known theatre personality, founder of Jana
Sanskriti: this is a theatre group based in West Bengal, but it can now
boast of member groups in many states in India. Sanjoy has been deeply
influenced by Brazilian theatre practitioner and theorist Augusto Boal who
advocates a Theatre of the Oppressed. Jana Sanskriti performs theatre with
grass-roots workers, farmers, people who live in deprivation and other
marginalized communities. It has twice organized an international theatre
festival in Kolkata called Muktadhara, with the participation of various
communities who believe in theatre for change. Noted theatre practitioners
like Boal (who has developed the concept of the spect-actor) and Jane
Plastow are regular collaborators. Sanjoy has just completed a number of
workshops this year in Istanbul, Kirghistan and a number of other countries.
As The Mustard Seed Art Company completes 20 years of existence it offers
people in Goa the rare opportunity to interact with Sanjoy Ganguly, a very
inspiring theatre person. ( Theatre Matters ) . The workshop is to be held
on 11th, 12th and 13th November 2007 from 5pm to 8pm at Don Bosco High
School, Panjim. It would be of great interest and utility to members of
NGOs, youth groups and lovers of theatre in general.
To register call Kiran Bhandari at 9422446635 or Mario Coelho
at 2312673.
A limited number of participants can be accommodated.
"Theatre is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it." Augusto Boal.
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Please forward this information to anyone you feel might be interested in
attending the workshop.
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