Ranga Shankara’s Theatre Appreciation Course

Ranga Shankara holds an annual Theatre and Arts Appreciation Course this time of the year. The course includes, among other things, keynote addresses by eminent theatre & art personalities,  live demonstrations by artists, interactions about plays – all aimed to develop new ways of "seeing and listening" for lovers of theatre and art.

The course for 2010 starts on 22nd Oct 2010, spread over six days around two weekends.

Culture critic Sadanand Menon will spearhead Ranga Shankara’s Theatre Appreciation Course 2010. The speakers this year include Girish Karnad, Bombay Jayashri (Carnatic Music), Leela Samson (Bharatanatyam), Anand Patwardhan (Documentary Films), Kavalam Narayana Panikkar, and N Pushpamala (Visual Art).

The participants will also get to watch three plays and review them along with the directors of the plays. There are more good things in store – read the complete details on Ranga Shankara’s Facebook page.

The fee is Rs. 5000/- with a generous discount for students – if you are a student, you need to pay only 20% of the regular fee.

I have registered – have you? Write to rstheatre@gmail.com to get the registration form. The seats are limited, so don’t wait too long.

Looking for volunteers

An announcement on behalf of Ranga Shankara:

Ranga Shankara is looking for volunteers for their Theatre Festival 2010, for coordinating the sub events, publicity, hospitality, etc.  It means “3 hours of back breaking work” (as they call it!), everyday, for 20 days.

If you want to be involved with the Theatre Fest as a volunteer, give Ranga Shankara a call on 9538997551.

Article by Shuchi

Shuchi lives in Bangalore (mostly), when she isn't traveling out of town for work. She adores theatre and writes about plays she watches whenever she gets a chance.

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