Hello peeps, sheep and Meryl Streeps of young Indian theatre!
We are back, we are excited!
First of all, thank you for that enthusiastic response to our call for Thespo Avengers! We met not just the avengers but also the guardians, the x-men, the fantastic four and so many more, that we could not help but marvel!!
No but seriously guys. The recruitment for Team Thespo was more meticulous than ever, (also took longer than usual) but we are so glad to have met and spoken to such a huge number of enthusiasts. Let us hope that means an even better festival this year!
As this issue goes out, we’re all set to leave for the Thespo off-site which is like a three-day theatre nerds camp slash crash course in Thespo Education. Colleges are set to reopen which for the ones in Mumbai means a splash into the intercollegiate drama circuit. Meanwhile, a new kind of theatre has emerged for our friends in Delhi. With the incidents of participants gathering on stage and keeping completely mum and staying immobile; silence as a mean of protest has resurfaced and spoken a lot.
In our issue this month, we speak to young practitioners involved with theatre for kids. A young production house from Bangalore makes its presence felt while we look at spoken work poetry as a form of theatre. We also peep into the scary story of a young horror play and Anna Ador is the Quick 8 queen. Last year’s screening panelist Akash Mohimen puts together the perfect reading list.
So much to much on then! And don’t forget to tell us what you think!
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