“AVALAVANU AVANAVALU”
Play with poems as conversation for the first time ever in Kannada Theatre. Prakasam presents its 12th production with a unique concept
Show Date & Time: Sunday 20th Oct @ 4 PM
Venue: KH KalaSoudha, Ramanjaneya Temple Compound, Hanumantha Nagar
Contact: 7259998222/33 or Logon to www.prakasamtrust.org/aa
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About the play
The production states the different dimensions of relationship between a woman and man at different stages. The ashram system which states there are four basic stages of any life before for performing your Karma before you attain Moksha, namely Youvvana (Youth), Grihasta (Household), Vanaprashta (Retired) and Sanyasa (Renounced). We represent each of the ashram with a couple on stage to recite the select poems in the play. We go through these stages every single minute of our lives. We have tried to capture the same instantaneous essence in our play.
There have been umpteen numbers of attempts in putting this relationship between the sexes on stage via mediums well-known and unknown. Our play would address the same using well-knit poems and with dramatics to please the audiences. We would establish the relationship through poems addressing friendship, love, romance, death, future, lifestyle and other day today facets of lives.
Poets
Avala (Her) serious, sensible, trigger poems are by Chetana Thirthahalli a prolific writer, friend of Prakasam and currently employed as a journalist. Avana (His) comic, gabby, counter poems… mostly inspired from what Chetana wrote are by PD Sathish Chandra. He currently is the Director of Kala Soudha and runs a young performing arts team called Prakasam.
Director and Co-Author P D Sathish Chandra states “What started as a fun review of serious poems has taken this form. Its effect and simplicity will be the USP of the production. With no production expense and liquid form/design of the play makes it easier to stage at any given point of time & within no time. The basic objective is to narrate the known through an unknown, unconventional and unexplored medium. Similar to rehearsed readings or Oodu Kathe formats.”
Chetana Theerthahalli says “when I first read the counter poem from Sathish for a poem stating confidence in self pity, I was pleasantly suprised at the way he looked at the problem stated in the poem. What you can’t say in pages of Prose can be said in few lines of Poetry, with the audio visual and enactment element of Theatre production, I am sure our production will enthuse the audience to empathise with the poems. For tough realities of life stated in my Trigger poems, Sathish’s realistic and practical Counter poems will surely give the audience a unique perspective to life.”
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| Team with the director and writers |
Execution
There would be 4 pairs (avanu & avalu) on stage reading & enacting the poems. Poems will be couplets narrated by the couple in different sequences. The performance would be for 70 minutes with balanced sets of poems. After each set our Music Director Apoorva Vishweshwar would compose music for the poems to settle in to the listening ears. With the audience feedback for the premier show we shall decide if we should do further shows of the play or modify it to suit wider audiences. The cast on stage are Raji Achar, Rajashri, Chetana Thirthahalli, Deepa Girish, Chandan Shankar, Monish Nagaraj, Sharath Parvatavani and Raghavendra Gudi.
About Prakasam
Prakasam (Pradarshana Kalaa Samsthe) is a trust created with the sole intention of promoting, nurturing and creating new works of performing arts. Prakasam literally means an organisation for performing arts. This non-profit unit of constantly working in media, performing arts and related fields related to performing arts since 2001.
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