Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Mobile Library


#GilloOnTheGo is an initiative to take theatre for children to places across India.

More info at http://gillogilehri.blogspot.in/2017/09/gilloonthego.html

As a part of our traveling theatre project, we are also taking a Mobile Library.

We are collecting books in ALL languages.


Contribute:
If you would like to contribute to our Mobile Library, please post 5 books from your country to our postal address:
GILLO FOUNDATION
4 Sagar Sameep
Kishore Kumar Marg
Juhu Tara
Mumbai 400049
INDIA

Please keep in mind:
  • Picture books are preferred.
  • Books on nature, animals, children, food, culture of your country would work well for us
  • You could avoid books with too much urban content (images and motifs)
  • We would prefer books for children between 4 years and 12 years.
  • It would be great if you can send us a storyline in English. we shall paste that on the inside cover.

Friends in India can send books in any Indian language, provided the books have nice illustrations that can be 'read' by all children.

You can also support us by making your contribution at:
https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/gilloonthego


#GilloOnTheGo

#GilloOnTheGo - A Theatre Tour Across Karnataka


The idea behind the tour
While travelling theatre troupes and performances are an intrinsic part of the local culture in several parts of India, children, however, are usually the secondary audiences of such performances. It is time to change this. It is time to take the magic of live performances to children across the length and breadth of India, through plays specially created for them.
We at Gillo would like to make a small beginning in this mission.
Giving children access to live performances: We at Gillo would like to share our performances, that have been created and designed especially for children, with young audiences across India, but most particularly, in non-metro areas, where the opportunities for children to access such experiences is limited. In our seven years of working with and for children, we have seen the joy and transformative power that live performances can bring to children and we really want to extend ourselves to reach more children in more places.
Seeding TYA along the route: The specialised practice of Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) is at a nascent stage in India. Through this road trip, our endeavor is to introduce schools and other institutions working with children to the ideas and work of TYA, and with continued interactions and exchanges after this road trip, to work with them and bring about gradual changes in the ways of understanding, learning and working with children in their formative years, using theatre.
Building a network: One of our long term objectives is also to create a network of institutions that are interested in arts and cultural experiences for young audiences and to enable other practitioners to engage similarly with them, all around the year. 
So in November this year, we are off to Karnataka, to share our performances, our stories and our dreams.
We hope that this tour is the first of many! From the multiple directions, routes and circuits available to us, we have selected a route and itinerary, based on some of our past engagements and interactions.
The tour rests on partnerships with local organisations in Gubbi, Bangalore, Mysore, Chamrajanagara and Heggodu, who are already engaged with children and / or theatre, either through schools or other organisational models.

WHAT are we taking to communities?
  • Plays (English, Hindi, non-verbal, storytelling)
  • Theatre Workshops for children
  • Theatre Workshops for teachers
  • Artistic exchange workshop with local arts community
  • Mobile Library (300 books)