Our Workshops
Our Workshops
Theatre Prepares! (2024)
Ranga Shankara invested in the theatre community through a series of workshops. Held by masters in their fields, these sessions helped the younger generation hone their craft and connect as a community. Masterclasses for the theatre community also helped seasoned professionals pass down teachings from their knowledge and experience. Spanning 10th June to 29th June 2024, these workshops explored all facets of a production and thereby equipped the participants with a new set of tools in their backpack.
THEATRE PREPARES! FACILITATORS (2024)
Orientation- Understanding Visuals: Ravikumar Kashi
Direction – Understanding a Play: Dr. Jamil Ahmed
Direction – Designing Movements: Jonathan Taylor
Direction – Making Scene: Dr. Abhilash Pillai
Scene Designing: Nachiket Patwardhan
Acting – Body and Rhythm: Suresh Shetty
Acting – Voice Training: Sooraj Nambiar
Acting – Improvisation: Maya Krishna Rao
Costume Design: Jayoo Patwardhan
Lighting Design: Arghya Lahiri & Niranjan Gokhale
Production Management: Toral Shah & Vivek Rao
Playwriting – Kannada: S. Surendranath
Theatre Prepares! (2024)
Ranga Shankara invested in the theatre community through a series of workshops. Held by masters in their fields, these sessions helped the younger generation hone their craft and connect as a community. Masterclasses for the theatre community also helped seasoned professionals pass down teachings from their knowledge and experience. Spanning 10th June to 29th June, these workshops explored all facets of a production and thereby equipped the participants with a new set of tools in their backpack.
THEATRE PREPARES! FACILITATORS
Orientation- Understanding Visuals: Ravikumar Kashi
Direction – Understanding a Play: Dr. Jamil Ahmed
Direction – Designing Movements: Jonathan Taylor
Direction – Making Scene: Dr. Abhilash Pillai
Scene Designing: Nachiket Patwardhan
Acting – Body and Rhythm: Suresh Shetty
Acting – Voice Training: Sooraj Nambiar
Acting – Improvisation: Maya Krishna Rao
Costume Design: Jayoo Patwardhan
Lighting Design: Arghya Lahiri & Niranjan Gokhale
Production Management: Toral Shah & Vivek Rao
Playwriting – Kannada: S. Surendranath
Designing, Making of Puppets and Puppet Plays for Children (2024)
Join Gerti and Max for a transformative six-day puppetry workshop, exploring all facets of the craft. Participants will dive into puppet creation, from designing and constructing to operating and performing. Each day combines hands-on practice with expert guidance, culminating in a final performance showcasing the puppets created. This intensive workshop promises an immersive experience in the art of puppetry, blending creativity with technical skill. Ideal for both beginners and seasoned puppeteers eager to enhance their craft.
Designing, Making of Puppets and Puppet Plays for Children (2024)
Join Gerti and Max for a transformative six-day puppetry workshop, exploring all facets of the craft. Participants will dive into puppet creation, from designing and constructing to operating and performing. Each day combines hands-on practice with expert guidance, culminating in a final performance showcasing the puppets created. This intensive workshop promises an immersive experience in the art of puppetry, blending creativity with technical skill. Ideal for both beginners and seasoned puppeteers eager to enhance their craft.
Theatre and Arts Appreciation Course (2008-17)
Do artistes let their audiences get a peek into their world? Will they share their stories of their journey, passion, struggles and triumph with their audiences? Will they answer questions that their fans have?
Well, yes! They do. Curated by Culture Critic Sadanand Menon, the course runs over two week-ends during our annual festival and packs in artistes from across streams – theatre, music, dance, visual arts, films, photography, etc.
Theatre and Arts Appreciation Course (2008-17)
Do artistes let their audiences get a peek into their world? Will they share their stories of their journey, passion, struggles and triumph with their audiences? Will they answer questions that their fans have?
Well, yes! They do. Every year at the Ranga Shankara Theatre and Arts Appreciation Course. Curated by Culture Critic Sadanand Menon, the course runs over two week-ends during our annual festival and packs in artistes from across streams – theatre, music, dance, visual arts, films, photography, etc
Facilitators through the Years
2017: Bahauddin Dagar (Veena), Rajiv Menon (Filmaker), Atul Dodiya (Painter), Usha Nangiar (Nangiarkoothu), Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande (Hindustani Singer)
2016: Shubha Mudgal (Hindustani Music), Pablo Bartholomew (Photography) N Pushpamala (Visual Art), Deepa Dhanaraj (Film), Anil Srinivasan (Carnatic Music- Instrumental), Priyadarshini Govind (Barathanatyam)
2015: Parvathy Baul (Baul Singer), Sanjay Subramanyam(Carnatic Vocalist), K.S. Radhakrishnan (Sculptor), Riaz Komu (Visual Artist)
2014: Dayanita Singh( Photographer), Malavika Sarukkai (Bharathanatyam), Sumantra Ghosal(Filmaker), Sunil Shanbagh (Theatre), Govind Nihalani (Filmaker)
2013: Kristine Michael(Ceramic Artist),Madan Mohan Singh (Sufi Singer), Master classes.
2012: Girish Karnad, Ashok Vajpeyi (Poet), S. G. Vasudev (Painter and Sculptor), Uday Bhawalkar (Hindustani Vocalist), Surupa Sen (Odissi Dancer) Bijayani Satpathy (Odissi Dancer), Anmol Vellani (Director)
2011: Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha (Dhrupad Singers),Margi Madhu (Kudiyattam), Maya Krishna Rao (Theatre) , Balan Nambiar (Painter and Sculptor), Sunil Kothari (Dance Historian)
2010: Girish Karnad (Playwright), Bombay Jayashri (Carnatic Music), Leela Samson (Bharatanatyam), Anand Patwardhan (Documentary Films), Kavalam Narayana Panikkar, and N Pushpamala (Visual Art).
2008: Amal Allana (Director), Aruna Sairam (Carnatic Singer), TM Krishna (Carnatic Singer), Ashish Rajadhyakshya (Film Historian), Suresh Jayaram, Navroze Contractor, Satish Alekar
Making Theatre (2015-18)
Fully funded by Titan, this was a programme for young directors from the districts of Karnataka. They get to interact and learn from senior directors of Indian theatre, who share their methodology and styles of creating theatre. These students create and stage performances in their districts. The 5 best are chosen to perform at Ranga Shankara.
Making Theatre (2015-18)
Fully funded by Titan, this was a training/skill-building programme for young directors from the districts of Karnataka. They get to interact and learn from senior directors of Indian theatre, who share their methodology and styles of creating theatre. These students create and stage performances in their districts. The 5 best are chosen to perform at Ranga Shankara.
