Spearheaded by the Maharashtra Cultural Centre in
collaboration with Orchestrated Q’Works ‘Pukaar’ is a first of its kind
performing arts festival that aims at specifically promoting and nurturing
English Theatre in Pune City. With 6 headlining productions, 5 local productions
and platform acts from across the, this Festival is slated to bring together
every theatremaker and theatre-lover from the city and beyond. In addition to
this we have for workshops, sessions for children and young adults as well as
teachers of literature and theatre. The idea is not only to bring quality
productions to the city, but also facilitate learning and sharing of ideas that
allow individuals to explore English theatre as a creative, professional and
academic option.
In its very first year, Pukaar is going to play host
to:
·
The Artists’ Studio, Mumbai
·
Indian Cartel, Mumbai
·
Shapeshift Collective, Mumbai
·
The Arshinagar Project, Kolkata
·
The WhiteFlag Performance Group, Baltimore, USA
·
Stand-up Comic Sundeep Rao from Bangalore
·
The Titus Project, Pune
·
And many more performances by local artists and
theatre companies
In addition, there will be workshops and training
sessions for performance, panel discussions and the chance to meet some of the
biggest names in English and Marathi theatre.
Dates: 7th, 8th,
9th and 14th, 15th, 16th of
February
Location: The Jyotsna Bhole Auditorium,
Hira Baug, Tilak Road
About
MCC:
Maharashtra Cultural Centre is a charitable trust that
works in the field of culture and education, promoting performing arts and
audience development. MCC believes in given a platform to young talent and
exposing young audiences to newer forms of art and learning. In 2003, they gave
Pune City its first intimate-experimental theatre space – Sudarshan Rangmanch.
The Jyotsna Bhole Auditorium, named after one of the very first women to act
onstage in India, is their latest offering to the performance culture of the
city. To learn more about the organization and its work, please do visit www.mccpune.org.
About Orchestrated Q’Works:
OQ is a
theatre company and artist’s collective that works to raise the creative
consciousness of society through art and performance. They work with rickshaw
drivers who do mimicry and with corporate honchos looking for employee
engagement. To know more about OQ, click on:
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