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Productions
Producitons
Crabbby
- English
- 40 minutes
- Age Group: 5 to 7
- S. Surendranath
This story is all about how Crabbby and Storky, enemies turned friends, come together to rescue their pond. Remember, Crabbby is intelligent. Very very intelligent. Because he always thinks differently. And that is how he comes up with a brilliant idea to save the pond from the townspeople who would keep throwing garbage in it. Along with being interactive, this story-telling-play is all about working together for a cause and saving the environment.
Tila
- Kannada/English
- 60 minutes
- Age Group: 8+
- Michael Vogel
A puppet play for all children above 8 years of age! Based on a number of Indo-German folk tales, the play is about a young trickster TILA, who always thinks he is a grain of TIL (Sesame) cleverer than others. The play, using magical realism, reveals a series of witty, humorous episodes from his life. While making fun of other people around him, it is said that, Tila also holds a mirror to the world.
TILA is a Ranga Shankara collaboration with Westflügel and is supported by Goethe institut and international koproduction fund.
Ee Gida, Aa Mara [A Plant & A Tree]
- Non-verbal
- 30 minutes
- Age Group: 2 to 3.5
- Sananda Mukhopadhyay
The plant stands still, the Tree too. On the surface, we see silent beings, often solitary. Come a little closer. There are sounds. Come even closer. There are entire worlds. Ee Gida, Aa Mara translates from Kannada to This Plant, That Tree. The play magnifies the micro environments they house through movement, visuals and sound. The play aims to create an experience for toddlers even before speech has emerged in their life. Creating a world of seeds, leaves and gentle sounds, the play tries to help an infant in collecting experiences that may help it make sense of the world around.
Old Man and the Sea
- Non-verbal
- 40 minutes
- Age Group: 5+
- S. Surendranath
This is the story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life. For 84 days he has returned home empty-handed. On the 85th day he sets out far beyond into the sea and drops his lines. At noon, a big fish, which he calls Mari, takes the bait but the old man cannot pull it in. Instead, the fish begins to pull the boat. For five days the old man struggles with the fish, with sharks and with the sea, to survive and get back home.
Chippi, the Chipkali
- English
- 40 minutes
- Age Group: 4+
- Gertrude Tröbinger
One day, Chippi, a baby lizard, while playing, is shooed away. People think she is scary and ugly. In the shock, Chippi loses her tail. Everyone starts teasing her, calling her names, as she is tailless now. She feels very sorry for herself and goes into a dark corner, crying. She knows that she has to get a tail. So what does she do to get her tail? Will she ever get her tail back? Will she become beautiful again?
Circle of Life
- Non-verbal
- 45 minutes
- Age Group: 5+
- S. Surendranath
From childhood to old age, a human life goes through various stages – physically and emotionally. A child becoming an old man or an old man becoming a child, thus completing the circle of life, is a miracle in life as each stage of life has its own unique gift to give to humanity. Let us remember that at each stage of our life, we are protected and nurtured by nature. We ought to take the same attitude toward nurturing the human life cycle as we do toward saving the environment. Be it a child or a boy or an old man, life at every stage is precious, very very precious.
Crabbby
- English
- 40 minutes
- Age Group: 5 to 7
- S. Surendranath
This story is all about how Crabbby and Storky, enemies turned friends, come together to rescue their pond. Remember, Crabbby is intelligent. Very very intelligent. Because he always thinks differently. And that is how he comes up with a brilliant idea to save the pond from the townspeople who would keep throwing garbage in it. Along with being interactive, this story-telling-play is all about working together for a cause and saving the environment.
Tila
- Kannada/English
- 60 minutes
- Age Group: 8+
- Michael Vogel
A puppet play for all children above 8 years of age! Based on a number of Indo-German folk tales, the play is about a young trickster TILA, who always thinks he is a grain of TIL (Sesame) cleverer than others. The play, using magical realism, reveals a series of witty, humorous episodes from his life. While making fun of other people around him, it is said that, Tila also holds a mirror to the world.
TILA is a Ranga Shankara collaboration with Westflügel and is supported by Goethe institut and international koproduction fund.
Ee Gida, Aa Mara [A Plant & A Tree]
- Non-verbal
- 30 minutes
- Age Group: 2 to 3.5
- Sananda Mukhopadhyay
The plant stands still, the Tree too. On the surface, we see silent beings, often solitary. Come a little closer. There are sounds. Come even closer. There are entire worlds. Ee Gida, Aa Mara translates from Kannada to This Plant, That Tree. The play magnifies the micro environments they house through movement, visuals and sound. The play aims to create an experience for toddlers even before speech has emerged in their life. Creating a world of seeds, leaves and gentle sounds, the play tries to help an infant in collecting experiences that may help it make sense of the world around.
Old Man and the Sea
- Non-verbal
- 40 minutes
- Age Group: 5+
- S. Surendranath
This is the story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life. For 84 days he has returned home empty-handed. On the 85th day he sets out far beyond into the sea and drops his lines. At noon, a big fish, which he calls Mari, takes the bait but the old man cannot pull it in. Instead, the fish begins to pull the boat. For five days the old man struggles with the fish, with sharks and with the sea, to survive and get back home.
Chippi, the Chipkali
- English
- 40 minutes
- Age Group: 4+
- Gertrude Tröbinger
One day, Chippi, a baby lizard, while playing, is shooed away. People think she is scary and ugly. In the shock, Chippi loses her tail. Everyone starts teasing her, calling her names, as she is tailless now. She feels very sorry for herself and goes into a dark corner, crying. She knows that she has to get a tail. So what does she do to get her tail? Will she ever get her tail back? Will she become beautiful again?
Circle of Life
- Non-verbal
- 45 minutes
- Age Group: 5+
- S. Surendranath
From childhood to old age, a human life goes through various stages – physically and emotionally. A child becoming an old man or an old man becoming a child, thus completing the circle of life, is a miracle in life as each stage of life has its own unique gift to give to humanity. Let us remember that at each stage of our life, we are protected and nurtured by nature. We ought to take the same attitude toward nurturing the human life cycle as we do toward saving the environment. Be it a child or a boy or an old man, life at every stage is precious, very very precious.
A Plant and A Tree
- English
- 7 minutes
Just Hiss
- English/Kannada/Hindi
- 7 minutes
What does it take to choose friendship over fear?
Bring the whole family to Ranga Shankara to find out in this beautiful play packed with music, fun and unlikely animal friends.
Inspired from a short story titled, ‘A Serpent`s Predicament’, Just Hiss is an original script about non-violence, the need to be your true self, to forgive and to co-exist with all beings.
