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!

Thespo Fringe

Thespo is back and this is her 12th year. We love promoting young and fresh talent and writing. Hence, this year, Thespo came up with a new concept called "Thespo Fringe", a no-frills theatre performance. 


40 minutes of pure pleasure,Thespo Fringe is primarily about utilising space to the best of its ability. Its a complete "no frills and fancies" performance with no sets, no sound,no lights. 

Paines Plough presents
"BHOPAL"
14th December,2010
7pm, Prithvi House


Synopsis:
Titas Halder has been researching and developing a piece surrounding the Bhopal Gas Tragedy which is scheduled to open in the UK sometime next year. The workshop, "Workshopping a Text" will give young actors an opportunity to be part of the building process of a play. It will culminate in this short dramatised performance, after which there will be a discussion with the audience to help further develop the play.


Running Time: 45minutes


Paines Plough presents
"COME TO WHERE I COME FROM"
15th December,2010
7pm, Prithvi House

Synopsis:
Come To Where I'm From is a theatrical tapestry of the UK, woven by writers asking if home is really where the heart is. Four Mumbai writers will be a part of this project and perform the monologues written by them, about how the urban jungle of Mumbai has shaped them

Running Time: 45 Minutes


Fourth Wall presents
"NAALI KE KUTTE"
16th December,2010
7pm, Prithvi House


Synopsis: 
A lone Indian soldier is left to man a remote border outpost. Just as boredom draws in, he gets a new soldier for company. Things seem alright except for the fact that the new guy is from Peshawar and no one told them they were at war. 
Share the fun as they lay the chess pieces, haul up the stakes but forget all about the endgame.

Language: Hindi
Writer: Siddharth Kataria, Aniket Behera
Director: Siddharth Kataria, Aniket Behera
Cast: Siddharth Kataria, Aniket Behera, Gaganjeet Singh,  Arpit Agrawal
Music: Brijendra Singh, Shashwat Gandhi, Abhishek Sarwate
Sound: Gaurav Lahoti
Songs Composed and Written by: Brijendra Singh
Sets: Smit Parmar
 Running Time:40 minutes

Zahir presents
"SPIRAL BOUND"
17th December,2010
7pm, Prithvi House


Synopsis:
Who are we? Where do we come from? The never answered questions of identity and reality are what we seek to address, in this constant everyday struggle of life we are stuck in a concentric. Identity, nation and reality. It’s all spiral bound.
Language: Hindi/English
Writer and Director: Siddharth Mishra
Cast: Kashan Mustafa,Priyanka Charan,Rajesh Rajgor,Johann Matthai,Kaushal Dhokker,Viraj,Sumbul Khan,Neha Vyas
Crew: Rishit Neogi

Running Time: 46 minutes

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