Making Theatre Accessible

Sub.: Support Gillo in Making Theatre Accessible – sponsor tickets for 10, 20 or 50 children at our shows in Oct. 2012

Dear Friend,

Gillo Theatre Repertory is happy to inform you that our play KYUN-KYUN LADKI will be staged as part of Junoon's Arts at Play for Schools in Mumbai on 4th and 10th Oct 2012. (Visit http://www.junoontheatre.org/school_programme/index.html )

These shows are specifically for schools in Mumbai, but we at Gillo would like to also make our shows accessible for children who otherwise do not have access to theatre performances, including under-privileged children and children with different abilities.

Gillo is offering to children from NGOs in Mumbai the opportunity to visit the theatre and watch our play. We offer a maximum of 50 seats per show for children from NGOs. The children will also get a chance to interact with the actors after the show.

Under our initiative ‘Making Theatre Accessible’, over the past year over 600 children from NGOs like Prerana, Salaam Bombay Foundation, Salaam Baalak Trust, Navjeet Community Centre, Our Children, Apne Aap Women’s Collective, Asha, Pune and other organizations have experienced our performances. We firmly believe that inclusion during childhood is the way towards a sensitive and compassionate society. Ours is just a small effort in that direction.

This time we seek YOUR support to make this a reality and extend this experience to more children.

Kyun-Kyun Ladki is based on Mahashweta Devi’s well known picture-storybook, Why-Why Girl and celebrates the thrill of ‘WHY?’ It is the story of Moyna and at the same time the story of so many children, all who always ask the question ‘Why?’ Performed through dance, movement and live music, the play shows glimpses of their lives and of their minds. ( http://www.gillogilehri.blogspot.in/p/kyun-kyun-ladki.html )

SHOW DETAILS
Thu 4 Oct 2012 at 10am
KYUN-KYUN LADKI at Karnataka Sangha, Matunga (W)

Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 10am
KYUN-KYUN LADKI at Jagmohandas Gokaldas Memorial Hall, Malad (W)

You can choose to support:

10 children (Rs.2000/-) OR 25 children (Rs.5000/-) OR 50 children (Rs.10000/-) at a scheduled show.

Details to be sent with your contribution
Name
Email id
Postal address
Mobile / Landline number
Occupation / Profession
Select your contribution amount
§  Rs.2000/-         
§  Rs.5000/-         
§  Rs.10000/-

Cash / Cheque
Cheque no.                                                        Bank

Cheques should be made in favour of 'GILLO MEDIA'
(As our public trust registration is still under process, this year we are unable to give any tax exemption towards your contribution)

Postal address: 
Gillo, 4 Sagar Sameep, Kishore Kumar Marg, Juhu Tara, Mumbai 400049. Ph: 9167000458 / 26604862
Email: gillo.gilehri@gmail.com
Blog: www.gillogilehri.blogspot.com
 
Warm regards
Tanya Mahajan & Shaili Sathyu
Gillo

Saturday Drama Club 2012 DAY ONE

Sat 11 Aug 2012
Day One

Today we had our first session with the new batch for 2012-13. So far there are 11 children in the group and we are hoping for a few more participants by the time we have our second session (25th Aug).
Three hours of games that explored physical expression was not something the children had expected. Not sure what their parents had told them about the drama club, the children were definitely thrilled. We also had 8 artistes from Gillo Theatre Repertory who participated in the session. The important note being that adults and children took part as equals, not as teachers and students.

I forgot that the session is till 7pm and wound up the day at sharp 6.30pm. Children were visibly and vocally disappointed, but thrilled when we told them there is another half hour! Maybe if I had planned this it would have not worked!

Now we are all eagerly waiting for our next session. There is a lot in store ahead, from shadowplay to puppetry and masks and much more.
Also excited about involving the parents early on as participants, so they can 'touch and feel' the experience of the workshop.
That's it for now.
Keep visiting this blog for updates :)

Shaili Sathyu
Artistic Director
Gillo Theatre Repertory

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