India-UK partnership

THE SNOW QUEEN INDIA TOUR 2012

In August 2012 the British Council is presenting a tour of The Snow Queen by Chennai-based playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar to three Indian cities. Performances are as follows:

Chennai        10 Aug (2 performances)      Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall

Mumbai         14-16 Aug (6 performances) NCPA, Experimental

Bangalore     21-22 Aug (4 performances) Ranga Shankara

The play was originally performed at the Unicorn Theatre, London in November-January 2012. This tour has been produced by Trestle Theatre Company and the play is directed by Rosamunde Hutt.

Trestle and Trinity Workshops

As part of this tour, British Council is also presenting a series of workshops for teachers.  These workshops are designed by Trestle and Trinity, with support from the British Council and Mumbai-based drama educator Shaili Sathyu (from the Gillo Theatre Repertory).

We at Gillo are very happy to be a part of this outreach programme that has been designed not only to enrich and support the production, but also share approaches to creating theatre pieces for young audiences.

Physical storytelling has been at the core of our work at Gillo and it is very interesting to engage with theatre practitioners from UK and share approaches.

We hope this outreach programme will be able to seed a fresh approach to the idea of performance and will lead to development of new writing and plays for children in India.

Shaili Sathyu (Gillo Theatre Repertory), Emily Gray (Trestle Theatre UK) and Preeti Gaonkar (British Council) at the teachers' workshop in Mumbai

Gillo Theatre Repertory is in the process of expanding its team.

Would you like to join us?

Are you are interested in working in THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES (that means target audience of 2 to 18 years)?

If yes, then drop in for our ORIENTATION WORKSHOP. (You MUST be above 18 years).

You may be interested in acting or writing or direction or design or music or dance or whatever else...
 
Let's find out more about each other and explore ways of working together.

PLEASE REGISTER by sending us your name, email id, contact number and 2 lines about what you do.
Email to gillo.gilehri@gmail.com
Sms to +919167000458


Entry to the workshop shall be confirmed via email once you have sent your details to us.

ABOUT US:
Gillo Theatre Repertory, established in 2009, works exclusively in Theatre for Young Audiences, which includes content development, performance and training. The focus of our work is indigenous content within an Indian context.
We have a group of adult performers who stage short and full length plays for children of different age groups. Our plays Suar Chala Space Ko (2010) and Kyun-Kyun Ladki (2011) have been staged in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
We also conduct creative workshops for children, teachers and parents. Our Saturday drama club for children is now in its 3rd year.
GILLO is a member of ASSITEJ India (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People) and a partner with JUNOON.

To know more about our work please visit www.gillogilehri.blogspot.com

VENUE FOR THE WORKSHOP:
Akshara High School
Plot no 1, RSC 12
Charkop Sector 8
Kandivili West
Mumbai