Every person is a new door, opening into other worlds

Version One Dot Oh! (VODO) premieres its latest production -“Six Degrees of Separation across 2 locations in bangalore.

When:
24th and 25th July at Alliance Francaise de Bangalore

28th, 29th and 30th July at Rangashankara.

Tickets:
www.indianstage.in

About the Play:
In a typical upper middle class household on the East Side of
Manhattan, the Kittredges are busy entertaining an old friend of
theirs ('"A friend from South Africa!") who they hope will lend them
the funds for a major art deal. Just as the three set out for dinner,
they have a surprise visitor - a young black man, who has been stabbed
and is in dire need of some first aid.

The play, set to the tune of a fine cocktail conversation, pieces
together events that happened around this one night. Light, farcical
and yet deeply insightful, John Guare whisks us through several worlds
and moods at breathtaking speed. With every narration the characters
slice through another layer of invisible wall, another degree if you
will, to get closer to solving some nagging mysteries around the young
man.

About the author:

John Guare wrote this award-winning play based on a real event that happened in the late 90s. With creative liberties and crafty use of stage space, Guare gives us a wonderfully imaginative, yet credible story of New Yorkers struggling to stay up the social ladder and yet yearning for that genuine human connection.

Note: This play is suitable only for a mature adult audience.

We would be having reading sessions from 3 : 00 PM to 5:30 PM - 12th July.
Where? Suchitra Film Society
36, BV Karanth Road, 9th main, 2nd stage Banashankari

We would be reading Sriranga's "Shadows in the Dark".
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

Contact: Yashwanth - 9880426783

“Leelantha”

Workshop Productions, bangalore based theatre group started by good friend Harish Sheshadri, is coming up with their fourth theatrical production and their first Kannada Play titled “Leelantha” written by N Sudharshan and directed by Harish Seshadri. The play will be staged on 15th & 16th of July’09 at Rangashankara.

This play was staged in Ninasam on the 10th of May’09 and has received very good feedback from the people there.

Tickets : www.indianstage.in
“Leelantha”, as the name suggests is a story about the happenings in the final hour of Lord Krishna’s life.

It’s been 36 years since the great war of Kurukshetra; the people in Dwaraka are on riots killing their fellow countrymen.Krishna is old; his eyesight is failing and has no strength even to walk a few steps. Unable to bear this animalistic behavior of his people Krishna escapes from the palace and takes refuge in a forest nearby. He is accompanied by his servant Dharuka. He orders his servant to go and get Arjuna, after much reluctance his servant leaves him and goes. At this point a hunter enters the same area of the forest in search of his prey. He accidentally shoots at Krishna thinking that it’s an animal, he is shooting at. But Krishna does not die immediately.
The conversation between Krishna and the Hunter, and what happened after Arjuna came to meet Krishna forms the rest of the story.

About the Director:

Harish Seshadri has been intensively involved with theatre for the past 8 years. His passion for the performing arts even propelled him to take up theatre and acting as a serious career option. He is well versed in all aspects of theatre including Direction, Lighting Design and
Execution; Set Design and Execution etc. He has had the privilege to work under eminent directors like Mr. M S Sathyu, Mr. Prakash Belawadi, Mr.Arjun Sajnani and Mrs. Arundathi Raja.

About the Author:
N Sudharshan, has been actively involved in theatre from his student days, in the 90’s he has done some commendable work in theatre. He started a concept of “Monday Theatre”; performing plays for an intimate audience. Through this he has apart from writing, acted and directed plays like “Gode” (wall), “Simha” (Lion), and several other plays.
He is currently an employee of a software firm in Sydney, Australia. His passion for theatre and Kannada Literature has made him initiate a theatre group in Sydney called “Anivaasi”, through which he continues to follow his passion for the arts by organizing poetry recitals, play performances and other cultural programs. His efforts to uphold Kannada literature across geographical boundaries is truly commendable