"Shadows in the Dark" - On top of the heap!!!

Last year when the group performed "Shadows in the Dark" in the 'Art Mantram and Bangalore Bias Young Directors Festival' it bagged the best play award and indeed through this play VODO got a huge recognition. The Group travelled to Dharwad, staged the play and received good reviews and appreciations. After that the play has been staged couple of times and the response has been amazing. Recently the group has been invited to stage "Shadows" in the "Kannada Rangabhoomi - Namaskara" Festival as part of the Kannada Rajyothasva. Its a One week festival of different kannada plays translated to English, to reach out the non-kannada audience to show the variety and richness of the kannada literature. Indeed the festival was well received and yet again "Shadows" received good reviews. It has been a retreat for the audience who watched this play for the first time and also those who have been watching it again. Needless to say the moments of making of "Shadows in the Dark" will be cherished for a long time among the group.

Play : Shadows In The Dark
Date : 27th October 2006
Place : Ravindra Kalakshetra.
For Reviews on this play Please visit http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/04/stories/2006110400600300.htm

When the pythons followed the actor!!!

Synopsis
“When the pythons followed An Actor...” is an adaptation of “An Actor’s Nightmare” and 3 sketches of Monty Python, strung together to produce 70 minutes of free flowing laughter and nothing else. Christopher Durang is a contemporary American playwright known for his dark comedies. His “An Actor’s Nightmare” was inspired by the well known dream that many people in professional and amateur theatre have, that they go to perform in a play that they have inexplicably never been to rehearsals for, and for which they know neither the lines or the plot. The Monty Python group is very well known around the world for its hilarious TV sketches and movies.
Author
Sketches Adapted from Christopher Durang and Monty Python

Director
Srikrishna

At : Rangashankara

Date : July 07 & July 08, 2006

Cast : Amjad, Anusha, Kishore, Priya, Surabhi, Malathi, Ajay and Vikram Rai.

Crew : Yenne and team.

Costumes : Surabhi Herur

Sets : Malatesh Badigar

Lights : Kishore And Harisha

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai & Yashwanth

Choreography : Aarthi Mohan

When the Pythons Followed The Actor...

"Version One Dot Oh!" presents its latest play "When the Pythons followed The Actor…"a hilarious show in English adapted from Christopher Durang's "The Actor's Nightmare" and sketches from the Monty Python's flying circus. The show with all its humor is sure to tickle your senses, so don't forget to get your laughing gear along!

Date: 6th and 7th July, 2006 Time: 7:30pm (late comers will not be allowed)

Venue: RangaShankara, JP Nagar II Phase

Duration of play: 70 mins

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The Whys and Whats of VODO

Who would want to name a theater group as "Version One dot Oh..!!" of all things...???Well we did..!!Call it a momentary lapse of sanity or the sheer dominance of software coolies in the group, the name just stuck on..!!And since we wanted to save print space on our posters and ads, we have been sticking on to VODO for all practical purposes :-)..!! Gives the name a kind of shock-value too(of the vodoo types..!!).

VODO consists of a bunch of professionals and students, all with one common passion : theater. Having been in existence since mid 2003, the group has so far put up about 15 hugely successful shows of 4 stage plays, both in and out of Bangalore, in this process entertaining more than about 3500 members of the audience. Over the past 3 years, VODO has steadily built up a committed audience-base, who keep eagerly awaiting the next VODO production. One of the significant achievements of VODO has been winning, among a fray of 6 talented groups, the Young Directors Theater Festival conducted at Rangashankara in Septemeber 2005 by Art Mantram and Bangalore Bias. Most of the VODO shows have been for a good social cause. VODO has constantly put up shows in support of organizations like Dream A Dream and the Vishranthi Trust raising more than about 5 lakh rupees in charity. Many corporate houses have been associated with us through these successful shows. Some of the coporate sponsors of our shows have been : Daimler Chrysler Research Centre, Club Mahindra Holidays, Pizza Corner, Coffee World, HDFC, Airtel and Canara Bank.


So what are the different things you can expect with VODO. Here's a quick FAQ :

• People who wish to act : A wide variety of productions offering you the most wide array of the kinds of roles. Lots of fun, frolic and cast-parties thrown in as extras..!!
• People who wish to assist in production : Varied areas of production aspects like publicity, ticketing, sponsor-contact, stage-management, costume and prop-management, pre-production co-ordination, venue management etc. In short, the most comprehensive practical management course...!! And of course the fun, frolic and cast-parties...!!
• Sponsors : A target-group of the most loyal VODO audience, consisting of a very diverse mix of people of different age groups, presenting very good promotional possibilities.
• Social Organizations : If you need our help in raising funds, we are with you and will put up shows which can augment your fund-raising programs.
• Audience : A continued, unadulterated and steady flow of the VODO magic..shows..shows....and more shows..!!

Thats in brief the whys and whats of VODO..!This blog would attempt to chronicle every VODO production and hence would serve as the one-stop for all queries related to VODO and the productions. So....Let there be light.....on the stage.

Listen Janamejaya

Synopsis

Listen Janmejaya, is an english translation of the kannada original called "Kelu Janamejaya". It is an evergreen and contemporary presentation based on the Mahabharatha, specifically the event when Vaisampayana narrates the Mahabharatha to King Janamejaya. The play unravels in three acts, the insides and outsides of man in the four phases of the Kaalachakra The play explores the vagaries of life where people display different colours and emotions when faced with different situations in life. The conflict between thoughts and actions, old and young, beautiful and the ugly and the temporal nature of these facets of life form the basis of a thought-provoking play.

Author
Sriranga

Director
Srikrishna

Show 1

At : Rangashankara

Date : January 09, 2005

In support of : Dream A Dream

Sponsors : Pizza Corner, Coffee World

Cast : Kishore Acharya, Raghuram.D.A, Srikrishna, Malathi Nayak, Munish Sharma, Harish Seshadri.

Crew : Naveen and team.

Lights : Sridhar & Nandu

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai

Show 2

At : RV Dental College Auditorium ,Bangalore

Date : December 04, 2005

In support of : Vishranthi Trust

Cast : Sandeep Ravindra, Amjad Parvez, Srikrishna, Malathi Nayak, Kishore Acharya, Harish Seshadri

Crew : Jam and team.

Lights : Kishore Acharya and Yashwanth

Sounds and Music : Priya Venkatraman

Show 3

At : Dr Annaji Rao Shirur Auditorium, Dharwad

Date : December 25, , 2005

Cast : Sandeep Ravindra, Amjad Parvez, Srikrishna, Malathi Nayak, Kishore Acharya, Harish Seshadri

Crew : Jam and team.

Lights : Kishore Acharya, Guneet Singh Bedi and Vikram Rai

Sounds and Music : Priya Venkatraman

Adapted Version of Sketches of Monty Python

Synopsis

Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators and stars of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show. The sketches are characterized by short, funny, minimal-set and minimal-cast sequences often farcical in nature.

Sketches presented

• The Bookshop Sketch
• The Petshop Sketch
• The Pope and Michael Angelo
  

Director
Srikrishna

Show 1

At : Friday@5, Texas Instruments, Bangalore

Date : March 10, 2006

Cast : Amjad Parwez, Malathi Nayak, Priya Venkatraman, Anusha Sethuraman, Srikrishna,Yashwanth.

Live Music : Cast

Harvey

Synopsis

Harvey is the story is about Elwood P. Dowd, a goodnatured, mild-mannered eccentric who is known in all of the cafeterias and saloons in his small town. Elwood is polite and cheerful and always friendly toward any strangers he might encounter, and he has just one problematic character trait: his best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit, Harvey. Wherever he goes, he brings an extra hat and coat for Harvey, and he buys theater tickets and railroad tickets in twos so that they can go everywhere together. His sister and her daughter try to have Elwood committed to the local sanitarium, where the behavior of the prominent psychologist and his staff raise the age old question of who is more dangerous to society: the easy-going dreamer with a vivid imagination or the people who want him to conform to the accepted version of reality. Harvey was made into a very successful movie

References :

• The play
  
• The movie
  

Author
Mary Chase

Director
Srikrishna

Show 1, 2 and 3

At : JSS Auditorium, Jayanagar 8th Block, Bangalore.

Date : April 7,8,9, 2006.

In support of : Dream A Dream

Sponsors : HDFC, Airtel, Canara Bank

Cast : Surabhi Herur, Priya Venkatraman, Ajay Raghavan, Mahima Gopalakrishnan, Shalini Ramachandran, Kishore Acharya, Malathi Nayak, Avikshitha Kumar, Srikrishna, Anusha Sethuraman, Arun Cherian Thomas, Amjad Parwez.

Crew : Jam and team.

Costumes : Surabhi Herur

Sets : Malatesh Badigar

Lights : Harish Seshadri

Sounds and Music : Yashwanth and Vikram Rai

Shadows in the Dark

Synopsis

"Shadows in the dark" is the English translation of Sriranga's renowned play "Kattale Belaku", written in the late 1950s. This play, in a very witty way, deals with the social crisis of man's growing insensitivity and lack of curiousness to things around him, his closed "mind" to others' ideas. The play also wonderfully depicts the need for "theatre" to re-invent new forms to keep the art and society vibrant.

Kattale Belaku was a turning point in Sriranga's life. He wrote the play after a long dormancy and finished it in just three days. Kattale Belaku conveys a powerful message. It highlights how insensitive we are to things happening around us, in the society we live in. True to his style, Sriranga does thrust his ideas with a good dose of humour in them. Although there is no story with a beginning or a happy ending, the plot revolves around three men discussing a play and dropping scenes as impractical and irrelevant to daily life, while the very scenes happen around them. Kattale Belaku is ageless and modern at any point of time

Author
Sriranga

Translation
Dr.Usha Desai

Director
Srikrishna

Show 1

At : Rangashankara

Date : Septemeber 30, 2005

As part of : Art Mantram and Bangalore Bias "Young Directors Festival", Winner

Cast : Srikrishna, Yashwanth, Sanjeev Nair, Harish Seshadri, Amjad Parwez, Sandeep Ravindra, Rohit Nallapetta, Kishore Acharya, Malathi Nayak, Priya Venkatraman, Ajay Raghavan, Surabhi Herur, Ramanujam.

Crew : Jam and team.

Costumes : Surabhi Herur

Sets : Malatesh Badigar

Lights : Balaji Manohar

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai

Shows 2 and 3

At : Centre for Film and Drama(CFD), Bangalore

Date : November 13, 2005

In aid of : Dream A Dream

Part-Sponsored by : Daimler Chrysler

Cast : Srikrishna, Yashwanth, Sanjeev Nair, Harish Seshadri, Amjad Parwez, Sandeep Ravindra, Avikshitha Kumar, Kishore Acharya, Malathi Nayak, Ajay Raghavan, Priya Venkatraman, Surabhi Herur, Ramanujam.

Crew : Jam and team.

Costumes : Surabhi Herur

Sets : Malatesh Badigar

Lights : Kishore Acharya and Arun

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai


Show 4

At : Dr Annaji Rao Surur Kalakshetra, Dharwar

Date : December 24, 2005

Cast : Srikrishna, Yashwanth, Sanjeev Nair, Harish Seshadri, Amjad Parwez, Sandeep Ravindra, Avikshitha Kumar, Kishore Acharya, Malathi Nayak, Ajay Raghavan, Priya Venkatraman, Surabhi Herur, Ramanujam.

Crew : Jam and team.

Costumes : Surabhi Herur

Sets : Malatesh Badigar

Lights : Kishore Acharya and Guneet Singh Bedi

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai

Show 5

At : Rangashankara

Date : January 24, 2006

As part of : Fourth Corner RangaAayama Theater festival

Cast : Srikrishna, Yashwanth, Sanjeev Nair, Harish Seshadri, Amjad Parwez, Sandeep Ravindra, Avikshitha Kumar, Kishore Acharya, Surabhi Herur, Ajay Raghavan, Priya Venkatraman, Vikram Rai, Ramanujam.

Crew : Jam and team.

Costumes : Surabhi Herur

Sets : Malatesh Badigar

Lights : Kishore Acharya and Arun

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai and Vijay Kumar Yenne

Can't Pay..!! Won't Pay..!!

Synopsis

Can't Pay..!!Won't Pay..!! is a farce about the self-reduction movement where woman (and men) take what they wanted from markets, only paying what they could afford. Set in the Italy during the days of the revolution, the play brings out, in a very cominc sense, the awakening of the working class in the midst the adversities and turmoils faced by them.

Author
Dario Fo

Director
Srikrishna

Show 1

At : JSS Auditorium, Jayanagar 8th Block

Date : December 07, 2003

In support of : Dream A Dream

Cast : Vijay Aravind, Jayashree, Sanjeev Nair, Malathi Nayak, Srikrishna, Ajay Raghavan, Shailendra.

Crew : Jam and team.

Lights : Karthik

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai

Shows 2 and 3

At : Rangashankara

Dates : May 26 and 27, 2005

In support of : Dream A Dream

Sponsors : Daimler Chrysler, Club Mahindra Holidays

Cast : Vijay Aravind, Surabhi Herur, Sanjeev Nair, Malathi Nayak, Srikrishna, Ajay Raghavan, Amjad, Ramanujam.

Crew : Jam and team.

Lights : Kishore Acharya

Sounds and Music : Vikram Rai