Welcome to Thespo 12

Welcome to Thespo 12

“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."
(Last line from the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams.)

Once again, not for the first time since 1999, Thespo found itself struggling to make ends meet. Team Thespo knocked on many doors and waited in numerous swanky corporate reception lobbies. We were offered a variety of items from a cup of coffee to 4,000 packets of potato chips! But no cash.

So we took a desperate leap of faith and turned to the world at large with our FRIENDS OF THESPO initiative. We first approached ex-participants, ex-volunteers and the ever dependable theatre community with a unique proposition. We offered them part ownership of Thespo for a nominal amount in exchange for a t-shirt, magazine and 2 free tickets to one of the shows. The response was reassuring. But what was overwhelming was the outpouring of support – from strangers, from one time audience members, from musicians, from theatre practitioners in foreign lands. It has been a truly humbling and energising two weeks. We are still far from the target amount. But the clock has been re-wound and we are ready to strike Twelve!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Day 3: The power of simplicity!

The festival engine seems to be picking up even more steam. What an incredibly powerful day. Rang were excellent as they wowed the audiences, Nalli ke Kutte was incredibly powerful and effective, Jaago Jaago Jaago was awesome in it's rousing up the crowd and then came My Goad Pune. Simple, effective and hilarious. Even the largely non marathi speaking audience was lifted by the strong performances.

Thespo continues into Day 4 with some excellent events.
At 6pm besoothed by the tunes of Jazz Like That.
7pm the Thespo Fringe presents the web like Spiral Bound
8:15pm Jai Hind College presents the explosive and exuberant Maryaada Party.
and finally at 9pm, come on the journey to 2050, a world of organic computers in Tipping Point.

Truly a celebration of things theatrical!
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