Christ University, Bangalore
Paulo Coelho’s THE ALCHEMIST
Play | English
Date - 22/November/2009 Sunday Time - 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Venue : Christ University
Hosur Road, Bangalore – 560029
Karnataka, India.
Tickets : Rs. 2000, 1000, 500 & 300
- Sponsors : Indian Stage
- Contact : TicketCounters
- Phone : 080-64536453
- Email : sowmya@ticketcounters.com
- Language : english
Synopsis:
100 million copies sold Worldwide; ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho is a modern day classic. Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, has a dream about finding a treasure in the pyramids of Egypt. A gypsy woman and an old man claiming to be a mysterious king advise him to pursue it. “To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation,” the old man tells him. “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
This story, timeless and entertaining, exotic yet simple, breaks down the journey we all take to find the most meaningful treasures in our lives into steps that are at once natural and magical. It is about the faith, power, and courage we all have within us to pursue the intricate path of a Personal Legend, a path charted by the mysterious magnet of destiny but obscured by distractions. Santiago shows how along the way we learn to trust our hearts, read the seemingly inconspicuous.
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Kyra
Confessions of an Assassin
Date : 22/November/2009 Sunday Time: 11.30 am
- Event duration: 1:15 hrs
- Kyra Theatre & Restaurant
2nd & 3rd Floor, 2001 Katti-ma Center,
Indiranagar, Bangalore
- Phone : 43389292
- Concept & Direction: Bharath Kashyap.
- Cast : Trupthi Manjari, Pushpa Murthy, Navya Akkam, Krithika Narayana and Anoop Shenoy.
- Production & Lighting Design : Abhishek Iyengar.
- Stage Design : Trupthi Manjari & Bharath Kashyap.
- Communication & Co-ordination : Madhuvanthi G.
- Production Manager : Sriharsha Grama.
- Stage Manager : Hanu Ramasanjeev.
- In Support of Imagine India Foundation .
Confessions of an Assassin
Confessions of an Assassin’ is a play based on the life of one of the most famous assassins in world history and the death of the person who made him famous. It is a part-fact, part-fiction socio-political drama which explores why even the most loved and revered people in history are sometimes assassinated. The play is a non-scripted performance in which each of actors devised their own roles based on facts and interpretation of one of the most significant events of India’s history.
The play is a production of the WeMove Foundation for Performing Arts, founded in September 2006. It is a multi-disciplinary arts center dedicated to finding, developing and presenting new artistic creations from a diversity of cultures and points of view. WFPA provides emerging and mid-career artists an environment that encourages exploration, innovation and risk-taking.
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Rangashankara
Bikhre Bimb
Date - 22/November/2009 Sunday Time - 7:30 PM
- Hindi, 70 min
- Play Writer : Girish Karnad
- Direction : Girish Karnad/ K M Chaitanya
- Troupe : Ranga Shankara, Bengaluru
- Website : www.indianstage.in
Bikhre Bimb
Girish Karnad’s hugely successful play, “Bikhre Bimb” (in Hindi) will be staged in Ranga Shankara on 22 Nov. This will be the play’s 93nd show. Since its opening, Bikhre Bimb has been invited to and performed at all major theatre festivals in the country. Produced in Hindi. Kannada and English languages so far, the play has 91 shows in all. It won the awards for best playwright, best actress and best director at India’s only Theatre Awards, Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards in 2007.
Directed by Girish Karnad and K M Chaitanya and featuring Arundhati Nag as the feisty Kannada writer who suddenly becomes an international celebrity by writing a best-seller in English, this play is hailed as one of the best productions in the country.
The one-act one-performer play tells the story of Manjula Nayak, a professor of English literature who has been an unsuccessful writer in Kannada. She finds international acclaim when she writes a novel in English, which becomes a bestseller.
The story starts with her introducing the audience to her novel in a TV studio, prior to a film on it is telecast. After she finishes her introduction, she is confronted by her own image on the screen which poses questions on betrayal of her language and identity when she chooses to write in English.
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Rangashankara
Gumma Banda Gumma
Also on 22 Nov, Sunday at 11.00 am
(for children above 5 years)
- Kannada, 90 min
- Play Writer : S Surendranath
- Direction : Vibhavari Deshpande/ Padmavati Rao
- Troupe : Ranga Shankara, Bangalore
- Phone : 9886998550
Gumma Banda Gumma
Synopsis:
The play ‘Gumma Banda Gumma’ is an adaptation of the original German play, Max Und Milli. [Max and Milli]. It is a five character play performed in the tradition of GRIPS Theatre wherein adults play the roles of the three main characters, all children between the age of six to ten years as well as those of the parents.
The play focuses on the ability of a child to communicate and bond with another regardless of all the barriers adults create. It is about unconditional friendship, sibling love and rivalry, parent child relationships and how all of these can be quite full of fun and happiness.
Though simple in structure this play is, very profound and touching. It delves into the world of children cutting across age, gender, class and culture all at once. In a very innocent and subtle way, the play provides a beautiful experience of the value of social interaction despite social inequalities.
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