Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Thank you!

We thank everyone who has been a part of our journey this year. 2011 was a fruitful year for us and we hope the new year is also full of exciting projects and interactions.


We especially thank all the children who have shared with us and hope we can have more fun in 2012!


Thank you.


GILLO Team

Shaili Sathyu, Tanya Mahajan, Abir Patwardhan, Mithila Lad, Yashoda Joshi
Sancharee Saha, Hetal Varia, Sharvari Deshpande, Navyata Malkani, Subodh Surve, Siddharth Jhaveri, Poorna Swami
Ishita Dave, Vighnesh Sinkar, John Soans, Vinati Makijany
Harshad Tambe, Nishna Mehta, Ronak Kitta, Dhanraj Pawar, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Karan Shuklaa
Seema Sathyu, Phagun Dhaka, Pooja Pant, Hamsa Moily
and others

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

2 plays in Hindi for children - Special passes available for NGOs working with children in Bangalore

Hello.
GILLO, established in 2009, is an independent children's media group based in Mumbai. Our area of work spans from education to the arts and media.
GILLO’s Theatre Wing:
Our theatre wing produces plays specially written and designed for children, with a focus on indigenous content and the Indian context. We also conduct workshops for children, teachers and parents; and organise other activities that engage children with the theatre arts.
Our stage productions include two Hindi plays - Suar Chala Space Ko (2010), a silly-smelly science-fantasy and Kyun Kyun Ladki (2011), based on Mahashweta Devi’s book – The Why Why Girl. These plays have been performed in Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. We have also created some short performances for children and these are regularly staged at a variety of venues and events.
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In 2010 we brought our Hindi play for children SUAR CHALA SPACE KO and staged 6 shows across Bangalore.
GILLO is once again coming to Bangalore.
In Nov 2011 we are bringing 2 plays - KYUN-KYUN LADKI based on Mahashweta Devi's story and SUAR CHALA SPACE KO. Both plays are suitable for age group of 5 to 12 years.
The dates are as follows:

Thur 3rd Nov SUAR CHALA SPACE KO at Jagriti Whitefield at 7pm
Fri 4th Nov KYUN-KYUN LADKI at Jagriti Whitefield at 7pm
Sat 5th Nov KYUN-KYUN LADKI at Ranga Shankara JP Nagar at 3.30pm and 7.30pm
Sun 6th Nov
SUAR CHALA SPACE KO at Ranga Shankara JP Nagar at 3.30pm and 7.30pm
For the above 6 shows in Bangalore, we are offering limited FREE PASSES (20 seats for each show at Jagriti and 30 seats for each show at Ranga Shankara) for children studying in NGO-run centres in Bangalore. As many children dont have access to theatre, this is our effort to create an opportunity for them to engage with live performances.

Conditions:

  • This offer is only for Registered NGO's within Bangalore city.
  • Passes will be issued by GILLO. Please do not directly contact the Rangashankara Box Office or Jagriti Box Office.
  • There are a limited number of seats available for NGOs per show. Allotment of passes shall be on first come first served basis only.
  • The NGO must make its own arrangements to bring the children to the theatre and take them back to their homes.
  • Teachers / Adults accompanying the children will have to purchase tickets at the standard price.[Refer below]
  • Last date for confirming passes is 30th Oct. Please communicate your confirmation via email and mention the name and contact details of the person incharge.
  • One NGO can avail of passes for a maximum of any two shows.
For further details about the plays please visit us at www.gillogilehri.blogspot.com

Standard ticket price at Ranga Shankara is Rs.100/- and at Jagriti it is Rs.250/-.
Do get in touch with us if you are interested in bringing your students for a performance. Please do contact us for clarifications or further details.
Warm regards
Tanya Mahajan
Mumbai
(Ph: 09820628588)

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GILLO
4 Sagar Sameep, Nehru Nagar CHS
Kishore Kumar Marg, Juhu Tara
Mumbai 400049 INDIA

Email gillo.gilehri@gmail.com
Blog: www.gillogilehri.blogspot.com

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Saturday Drama Club 2010-2011 (Batch One)

Our first batch of Saturday Drama Club (SDC) began in Sept 2010 with 15 young participants and the Gillo team. The children have worked with our actors, dancers and music composers in sessions that have a workshop style format and integrated activities.
The workshop sessions covered Theatre and the Allied Arts through games and exercises, movement and other acting skills; mime, puppetry, mask making, story-telling, theatre appreciation, shadow-play, etc.
Movement workshop was conducted by Hamsa Moily from Bangalore. Kathak based dance workshop was conducted by Pooja Pant.
Puppetry sessions were conducted over two days. Activities included: Puppet skit with ready-made puppets, freeplay with puppets, demonstration using traditional Indian puppets, audiovisual on puppets, and making simple puppets from everyday materials.
Mask-making was done with paper mache and the children who had to be the ‘models’ were really tested for their patience!
Music workshop was conducted by Hetal Varia and Sancharee Saha.
As part of theatre appreciation the participants watched ‘The Red Balloon’ show from UK staged at Akshara High School and Gillo’s ‘Suar Chala Space Ko’ at Prithvi Theatre. The children were also given a guided tour of Prithvi Theatre and helped backstage during setup.
 
Throughout the year we have engaged with literature in Hindi and English in a variety of ways. Children have had good exposure to contemporary Indian poetry and short stories.
In the last two sessions, we had parents participating in the activities conducted with their children and thus experiencing the joy of pure, unadulterated emotions.
This first experience has been an important process in our work at Gillo and we have gained so much from our interaction with the children. We hope to continue with the next batch and in the years to come we may even have more than one batch so we can engage with different age groups.
We would like to thank all our participants and their parents for making our first batch of  SDC a successful one.

Workshop Participants: Shankar,  Rohan, Shreyas, Omkar, Prisha, Nami, Vinay, Vikrant, Dhwani, Anjali, Parth, Niranjan , Shreya, Pratik

Workshop Conductors : Shaili Sathyu , Navyata Malkani, Pooja Pant, Hamsa Moily, Hetal Varia, Sharvari Deshpande, Harshad Tambe, Ishita Dave, Vinati Makijany, Sancharee Saha,

Assisted by: Nishna Mehta, Ronak Kitta, Karan Shukla, Siddharth Jhaveri, John Soans.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Schedule of shows for Nov-December 2011

All shows are in Hindi and target age is 5 to 12 years (adults are also welcome)!

November 2011
THU 3 NOV
7pm
SUAR CHALA SPACE KO
at JAGRITI, Whitefield, Bangalore
FRI 4 NOV
7pm
KYUN KYUN LADKI
at JAGRITI, Whitefield, Bangalore
SAT 5 NOV
3:30pm &
7:30 pm
KYUN KYUN LADKI
at RANGA SHANKARA, JP Nagar, Bangalore
SUN 6 NOV
3:30pm &
7:30pm
SUAR CHALA SPACE KO
at RANGA SHANKARA, JP Nagar, Bangalore


December 2011
SAT 3 DEC
3:30pm &
6:30pm
KYUN KYUN LADKI
MES AUDITORIUM, Bal Shikshan Mandir, Mayur Colony, Pune


SAT 24 DEC
11am
KYUN KYUN LADKI
PRITHVI THEATRE, Juhu, Mumbai.
SUN 25 DEC
11am
KYUN KYUN LADKI
PRITHVI THEATRE, Juhu, Mumbai

Friday, May 27, 2011

EXTRA SHOWS IN JUNE 2011



SAT 11th JUNE at 11am
PRITHVI THEATRE, Juhu, Mumbai
Box Office Ph: 26149546
 
 
 
 
 
SUN 12th JUNE at 11am
PRITHVI THEATRE, Juhu, Mumbai
Box Office Ph: 26149546
 
Online booking at www.bookmyshow.com
Home Delivery 39895050
ALL BOOKING OPEN 

Friday, May 20, 2011

Silver Jubilee show of Suar Chala Space Ko!!

Sat 21st May at 4pm we perform our 25th show of 
SUAR CHALA SPACE KO
at NCPA Mumbai.

The past year has been a wonderful journey with the team at GILLO and children across Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Pune.

We hope that this year we can again reach out to more and more young audiences across India.

Thanks to all who have been a part of our journey or stood by our side and watched the caravan go by :)

Thursday, May 5, 2011


Sunday, March 27, 2011

Schedule of shows for Summer 2011

All shows are in Hindi and target age is 5 to 12 years (adults are also welcome)!


MAY 2011
SAT 14 May
4pm
SUAR CHALA SPACE KO
at MYSORE ASSOCIATION, Matunga (E)
Booking opens 20 April (Tkts Rs. 150 & Rs.100)
TUE 17 May
4pm & 7pm
SUAR CHALA SPACE KO
at PRITHVI THEATRE, Juhu
Booking opens 20 April (Tkts Rs.150)
WED 18 May
4pm & 7pm
KYUN KYUN LADKI (premiere shows)
at PRITHVI THEATRE, Juhu
Booking opens 20 April (Tkts Rs.150)
SAT 21 May
4pm
SUAR CHALA SPACE KO
NCPA Godrej Dance Academy, Nariman Point
Booking opens 9 May for NCPA members & 12 May for public (Tkts Rs. 250 & Rs.150)
SUN 22 May
4pm
KYUN KYUN LADKI
NCPA Godrej Dance Academy, Nariman Point
Booking opens 9 May for NCPA members & 12 May for public (Tkts Rs. 250 & Rs.150)
JUNE 2011
WED 8 June
4pm
KYUN KYUN LADKI
BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, Chowpatty
Booking opens 20 April (Tkts Rs. 200, Rs.150, Rs.100)
Online booking for all venues at www.bookmyshow.com
Home delivery Ph: 39895050
For bulk booking (minimum 25 tickets) call Ishita at 9167000458
Note: Dates and timings are subject to change