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!

Monday, December 20, 2010

The results are in!


And so it ended. Thespo 12 ended with a bang. A great performance by Maryada Party and Tipping Point followed by a kick ass awards ceremony.

Sneha Nair put together a fabulous AV of the fest which can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9y4emSgp14


Sid Kumar finished his last eligible year at Thespo as the host and began with a hilarious monologue that berated the teams for being too good. And then the business end took over.

Awards were handed out in the 8 categories. Here is a quick round up of what happened:

Outstanding Supporting Female Actor - Sonia Bindra from Papier Mache Petals.
Outstanding Supporting Male Actor - Entire Computer Ensemble from Tipping Point.
Outstanding Female Actor - Rujuta Shinde from Tipping Point
Outstanding Male Actor - Chinmay Kulkarni from My GoAd Pune.
Outstanding New Script - Gashmeet Mahajani for Tipping Point.
Deryck Jeffereis Award for Outstanding Production Design - Chakra
Outstanding Director - Gashmeer Mahajani for Tipping Point
Sultan Padamsee Award for Outstanding Play - My GoAd Pune.

What a great finish to a great festival.
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