CONGRATULATIONS to the team of HANUMAN KI RAMAYAN for the silver jubilee show staged on 18th Jan 2014.

THANKS to all our audiences, supporters, host schools, venues and fellow theatrewallahs for your support and appreciation.

SPECIAL thanks to Tulika Books, Devdutt Pattanaik, Devendra Sharma, Pt Ram Dayal Sharma, Shama Zaidi and Anagh Banerjee.

Hanuman Ki Ramayan performing team since 2012: Sharvari Deshpande, Hetal Varia, Radhika Sood Nayak, Ishita Dave, Prasad Dagare, Vighnesh Sinkar, Harshad Tambe, Vinati Makijany, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Sahil Gangurde, Aditi Nagar, Janit Temkar, Ravindra Belbansi, Geetika Manjrekar, Sadanand Mulik.

Behind the scenes: Shaili Sathyu, Tanya Mahajan, Yashoda Joshi, Abir Patwardhan, Poorna Swami, John Soans.

TAOOS CHAMAN KI MYNA
A poignant tale of a father’s love for his daughter

Hindustani Play – 2hrs (with interval)


Adapted from Naiyer Masud’s Urdu story ‘Taoos Chaman Ki Myna’ published by Katha Books
Adaptation and Direction –Atul Tiwari
Music – Amod Bhatt
Production Design – M S Sathyu
Choreography – Pooja Pant

Upcoming shows
LUCKNOW - Tue 7 Jan at 7pm at Sangeet Natak Akademi, Gomti Nagar as part of 5th Repertwahr Theatre Festival

KANPUR - Wed 8 Jan at 6.30pm at Lajpat Bhawan, Motijheel as part of 5th Repertwahr Theatre Festival

NEW DELHI - Fri 10 Jan at 4pm at Shriram Centre, Mandi House as part of NSD's 16th Bharat Rang Mahotsav

TICKET BOOKING
Lucknow - Universal at Hazrantganj & Gomti Nagar Sanatkada, Cappichuno Blast and Levana Hotel

Kanpur - Mr.Brown Bakery at Civil Lines, Near Mehfil Resturant and Tilak Nagar, Near Rajiv Petrol Pump. Ph 9565121999 and 9369253011

Delhi - http://www.nsdtheatrefest.com/BRM16/tickets.php

About the play: Work is on in full swing at the Royal Peacock Garden to install a Wondrous Cage that will house dozens of talking hill mynas. Soon, the Cage and its lively, twittering occupants are entrusted to Kale Khan’s care. But he steals a myna for his little motherless daughter, who has long been asking him for one. What lies in store for Kale Khan ... and the beautiful historic city of Lucknow?
The play is based on Naiyer Masud’s Urdu short story ‘Taoos Chaman Ki Myna’.

Cast & Credits
Cast - Vianca Varma, Afsana Ahmed, Vighnesh Sinkar, Devina Medda, Manoj Karki, Sharvari Deshpande, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Sahil Gangurde, Prasad Dagare, Amit Bhargava, Harshad Tambe, John Soans, Nishna Mehta, Naman Banthia, Shreyans Iyer

Musicians - Kedar Singh, Ravindra Belbansi, Sada Mulik
Singer– Subhashree Bhatt

Production team - Anagh Banerjee, Ishita Dave, Nishna Mehta, Yashoda Joshi, Tanya Mahajan

Creative director - Shaili Sathyu

Produced by Gillo Theatre Repertory

For further details email us at gillo.gilehri@gmail.com

2013

Dear friends,
2013! What a year it has been!

We started with a short play for the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival's Children Literature Fest. That was Mister Jeejeebhoy and the Birds. A magical book that was brought alive in a manner found strange by most adults. The interactive nature of the performance kept the young audience engaged and they thoroughly enjoyed the play. And adults enjoyed the mithai we distribute after the show.


By March we were gearing up for our summer season and started work on Taoos Chaman Ki Myna, directed by Atul Tiwari. A long drawn 6 weeks of rehearsals with 3 plays being rehearsed everyday. One more day and the team would have collapsed! A busy summer that showcased 5 plays at 4 venues with a total of 15 performances. We all needed a break!

 After a couple of weeks we began work on Mind Your Head, a play presented with objects and actors. Directed by Choiti Ghosh. And soon we were off to Bangalore with our new format of performance-cum-workshop for small audiences. At first there were was only one booking and soon there were eight. We had to use up our one 'off' day on the tour. This was by far the most tiring week of the year.


Once back in Mumbai, we started work on She-He-Shey for the Rabindra Utsav Kolkata. After an intense six week process, we were off to Kolkata, wary of the reactions we would get. Thankfully the play was well received by most.

So we actually produced four new plays in 2013!! Two were planned and two came as commissioned works. And In 10 months we have crossed our target of 40 shows and reached 47 already.
Up next is Performance Calendar

The best part has been to see the team members grow individually and collectively. For 2013-14 we have changed the structure of our repertory and we now have Repertory Artists (Sharvari Deshpande, Vighnesh Sinkar, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Manoj Karki, Prasad Dagare); Guest Artists (Hetal Varia, Vinati Makijany, Ishita Dave, Nishna Mehta, Anagh Banerjee, Janit Temkar, John Soans, Pooja Pant and others) and New Artistes on for a short period (Sahil Gangurde, Amit Bhargava, Devina Medda, Aditi Thirani, Naman Banthia, Shreyans Iyer and others).
As happy as we may be with the year, we also have 2014 to look forward to. And as you read this we would be cooking up new ideas and waiting to share these with our audience :)

More to come soon...
Shaili Sathyu, Tanya Mahajan, Yashoda Joshi, Mithila Lad, Abir Patwardhan