Lamakaan

April Fool ….pranks can be notorious ….but truth can be uglier ….!! How many of us have dealt with imprisonment of all sorts inside our own homes??? Where freedom of speech, freedom of thought & freedom as such is a rare entity …!!! Hasn’t the world seen the most disturbing parental relationships, yet? The impact of a disturbed child hood is grave, not even close to what a non-victim can imagine!!!
The story of 4 roommates (Anil,Ajay,Sirish & rakesh) in a college hostel who plan to play a prank with their friend to pull his leg .These 4 have been together for a while now, they know each other pretty well. 3 of them plan to tell Ajay that his father is here & waiting for him in the room. He is shocked, because his father never came to see him in 3 years. He rushes to the room to meet him & finds out that there is nobody in the room except for his 3 prankster friends .He is irated because of the topic they chose to pull his leg ,’His Father’. He pounces on them yelling, these 3 were in no mood to give up. They continue saying that his father is here, the 3 of them keep talking to a chair claiming he was there. After a while he kind of believes

- 15 stalls of small sustainable business owners with sales
- 5 display stalls of arts & crafts
- 5 stalls of NGOs & health/environmental initiatives & healthy consumables
- Stage area for musical performances (in collaboration with HWMF), demonstrations & talks by stall
owners and non-stall participants.

8886016603 Supreeta, 8686816060 Akhil

The 2 day workshop will be conducted by Ujjal Kumar Saha, who is a professional Jazz guitar player hailing from Kolkata. AkhilKodamanchili will join in to facilitate the sessions.
The workshop aims to discuss various aspects of guitar playing & musicality such as improvisation, theory, notation and technique, by using simple analogies & clear cut demonstrations to help guitar players of all genres & levels of skill to transpose their present abilities to the next level. The workshop lays emphasis on the benefits of collaborations and hopes to instil a healthy jam culture in the city.
The workshop will conclude with an open jam circle using basic progressions from various styles ranging from pop to blues. Bring your instrument along with you!
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration at Lamakaan on 19th/20th April
Info: Akhil8686816060 or info@hydmusic.com 9912201659

The vision is to help discover the entrepreneurial spirit in YOU and convert or promote ideas or talent. Simply, we put ideas to work as an individual, group or institution. Moving to an informative age of learning and doing, away from traditional approach of launching a business accompanied with the inaccessibility to resources for a start, Ideapreneur seeks to significantly create the right support to startup and business development offering to the youthful Africana, foreigners and Indians. On this premise, this show aims at providing a platform for identifying, harnessing, opportunities for Africans-India to innovate and venture, business development, access to information, access to solid networks and fund, assist to negotiate investment with venture capitalist.

The 39 Steps has 4 actors playing 40 roles over one and a half hours! In an absolute masterpiece of visual humor and comic timing, the play sees the entire film 'The 39 Steps' performed nearly verbatim onstage. The film's serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to other Hitchcock films, including Rear Window and Psycho. This is perhaps the ultimate spoof espionage thriller!

Entry - 9866174405

The 2 day workshop will be conducted by Ujjal Kumar Saha, who is a professional Jazz guitar player hailing from Kolkata. AkhilKodamanchili will join in to facilitate the sessions.
The workshop aims to discuss various aspects of guitar playing & musicality such as improvisation, theory, notation and technique, by using simple analogies & clear cut demonstrations to help guitar players of all genres & levels of skill to transpose their present abilities to the next level. The workshop lays emphasis on the benefits of collaborations and hopes to instil a healthy jam culture in the city.
The workshop will conclude with an open jam circle using basic progressions from various styles ranging from pop to blues. Bring your instrument along with you!
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration at Lamakaan on 19th/20th April
Info: Akhil8686816060 or info@hydmusic.com 9912201659

Nature through Rangoli - Demo & Exhibitionb by Mrs.Vaushali Pathak is an art of filling poster with Rangoli. Its like a painting with a difference. Children and elders can appreciate this art and enjoy try a hand at home.

Entry - Free

The 39 Steps has 4 actors playing 140 roles over one and a half hours! In an absolute masterpiece of visual humor and comic timing, the play sees the entire film 'The 39 Steps' performed nearly verbatim onstage. The film's serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to other Hitchcock films, including Rear Window and Psycho. This is perhaps the ultimate spoof espionage thriller!

Entry - 9866174405

TACS - Theatre, Arts, Crafts, Speech. A production oriented Theatre workshop with relevant Speech techniques, and supported by arts and crafts.

Kadak Chaai's TACS Workshop for Children throws light on various Speech techniques, and uses Arts & Crafts along the way, finally leading to a complete production that shall see all the children play their parts in their unique ways.

Instructor: Suzanne Patel

Eligibility to Enroll: Children in the Age group of 5 to 13yrs

For fee details and registrations call - 9885450022

Dates: 22nd April to 4th May

Timings: 10am to 1pm

Performance Date: 4th May

Yi-CII driven initiative to Vote for India.

The purpose of this event is to spread awareness to vote..

It involves 2 acts.
1) a 15 min play which will be titled "KAL AAJ Aur Kal"- where in we shall depict 2 scenarios where in people have not voted and the repercussions and second where they have voted.
2) a 15 min rhythmic recital titled as "Election ka humse Connection" which is in form of a poetry and it shall be presented as a conversation/dialogue amongst 10 people. where in we have touched topics such as corruption and the importance of election and how we can play our parts by voting.

Asiya Khan, a naturalist will be giving a talk on trees of Hyderabad which are presently in bloom. You do not have to a botanist to enjoy the talk. It is in simple language - sans any scientific jargon - to make the identification of trees that we see around us everyday easy and it will be a fun exercise for children and adults too.

She made a similar presentation at Do Din - a Hyderabad Urban festival in Jan.

All are welcome.

This particular 2-day-workshop is meant for all instrumentalists (not only for guitar) including singers and even for the audience as how to hear and appreciate music improvisation!
It deals with the psychology of improvisation in general and its practical approach to the most popular chord progression in Pop-music (1,6,2,5) and chord progression in Jazz music (2,5,1). The workshop deals with the most predominant and influential genre of music, called Blues, and its analytical approach of application to any other genres.
It deals in processing the harmonic structure using several tools for the development of much intellectual soundscape.
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration on 26th/27th April at Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com
Info: 9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

harcraft presents a 2 day exhibiiton and sale of Exotic Organic Silk, Handloom and Handcrafted products from the Tribal and rural Artisans of Jharkhand.
Blend of Tradition craft style with contemporary designs give an aesthetic appeal to the products. It is a source of livelihood and hope for a better future for thousands of women and tribals in rural areas of the state….
With the purchase of this exclusive handcrafted and handloom product, you will be playing a pivotal role in the upliftment of art and life of the artisans…
Lets join hands for this noble cause.
“Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation” was incorporated in the year 2006, a Jharkhand Govt Undertaking. With the brand name of Jharcraft. In very short span of time Jharcraft was able to give livelihood opportunities to 3 lakhs artisans in the field of sericulture, Handloom and Handicraft and become the leading producer of the Tassar Silk in India. They have 25 outlets across india for selling the artisans products. Jharcraft is the Only organization, which has Organic Certification in Tasar from One Cert, USA, around the Globe.
Entry - Free

The Basic Photography workshop is aimed to give you the basics of digital photography to those who seek professional guidance.

Who can attend?

- Who loves photography and whet their creative skills

- Who wants to become professional photographer

So, this workshop is for everyone; No Age limit; No Qualification required; No prerequisite required except interest in photography.

Fee: 100/- Per member (Tea, Samosa will be provided)

Takeaways:

After the workshop, you will be able to:

- Undersand different types of cameras and basic differences

- Understand the different features/controls in your digital camera

- Understand the usage of advanced modes

- Understand the nuances of composition, which helps in taking appealing images

- How to use your camera’s abilities and open up to unlimited possibilities in photography

The first Hyderabad Science Festival starts on 2nd week of April 2015. We are starting 50 weeks series of collaborators meetup event to know about them and talk for this program etc... in every weekend with new introductions and innovations..

The festival is going to organize by city's leading Science, Education, Technology, research, innovation and community caring organizations come to this collaborate platform for harvesting the innovation culture at our educational institutions, specially for school students.

In this weekly meetups the collaborative organizations and leader from the city will share their experiences, ideas, and by joining hands with us in this program.

We welcome all citizens, please come and share your ideas,experiences, expertise and join with us to know the developments and become a part of this event and make this as a truly collaborative program.

This Week's collaborator Mr.Sanjay Gadhalay, Inspiring Leader, his love and passion in social entrepreneurship and our community caring brings him here with us, join in this team and share your ideas , views to innovate this program better.
for more details pl follow us @ fb/futureinventors
Entry - Free

Samahaara
presents

Anjali Parvati Koda's
"Dominic Wesley"
(A Play in English)

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy


Wesley met us the other day and was like Yo Man What's been up and Dominic being Dominic goes "Surf, Tide, Heads" LOLMAX. You didn't get that, did you? You are such a Wesley. (If you got it, you are probably Dominic, and that's more bad news now, isn't it, you poor dear, you poor poor dear).

Wesley participated in a karaoke competition recently and lost to a terrific rendition of "I will survive" by Dominic, who unfortunately, we hear, was murdered the very next day. So…*she sells sea shells by the sea shore she sells sea shells….*

Listen, the above spoiler was posted by an intern. Will you come and watch the entire awesomeness though?

The Times of India - The play is well written and directed;with all the actors doing justice to their roles.The repartees between Dominic (the artist) and Wesley (the realist),kept the audience in titters.Filled with self-mocking humor,this play holds the audience attention till the very end...

The Hindu- The script and direction incorporate exceptional symbolism...The play by popular city theatre group, Samahaara was indeed quite fetching.

Jharcraft presents a 2 day exhibiiton and sale of Exotic Organic Silk, Handloom and Handcrafted products from the Tribal and rural Artisans of Jharkhand.

Blend of Tradition craft style with contemporary designs give an aesthetic appeal to the products. It is a source of livelihood and hope for a better future for thousands of women and tribals in rural areas of the state….

With the purchase of this exclusive handcrafted and handloom product, you will be playing a pivotal role in the upliftment of art and life of the artisans…

Lets join hands for this noble cause.

“Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation” was incorporated in the year 2006, a Jharkhand Govt Undertaking. With the brand name of Jharcraft. In very short span of time Jharcraft was able to give livelihood opportunities to 3 lakhs artisans in the field of sericulture, Handloom and Handicraft and become the leading producer of the Tassar Silk in India. They have 25 outlets across india for selling the artisans products. Jharcraft is the Only organization, which has Organic Certification in Tasar from One Cert, USA, around the Globe.

Entry - Free

This particular 2-day-workshop is meant for all instrumentalists (not only for guitar) including singers and even for the audience as how to hear and appreciate music improvisation!
It deals with the psychology of improvisation in general and its practical approach to the most popular chord progression in Pop-music (1,6,2,5) and chord progression in Jazz music (2,5,1). The workshop deals with the most predominant and influential genre of music, called Blues, and its analytical approach of application to any other genres.
It deals in processing the harmonic structure using several tools for the development of much intellectual soundscape.
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration on 26th/27th April at Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com
Info: 9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

8th HWMF-Community Singing: National Anthems!
Sharing Music – Creating Harmony

This week we will be doing a session about national anthems! Almost always sung in a group, these anthems represent the inner core of a nation’s foundational ideology, and often have words that surprise our point of view!

Sunday, 27th April 4 - 5.30 pm

Samahaara presents
Anjali Parvati Koda's "Dominic Wesley" (A Play in English)
Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy
Wesley met us the other day and was like Yo Man What's been up and Dominic being Dominic goes "Surf, Tide, Heads" LOLMAX. You didn't get that, did you? You are such a Wesley. (If you got it, you are probably Dominic, and that's more bad news now, isn't it, you poor dear, you poor poor dear).
Wesley participated in a karaoke competition recently and lost to a terrific rendition of "I will survive" by Dominic, who unfortunately, we hear, was murdered the very next day. So…she sells sea shells by the sea shore she sells sea shells….
Listen, the above spoiler was posted by an intern. Will you come and watch the entire awesomeness though?
The Times of India - The play is well written and directed;with all the actors doing justice to their roles.The repartees between Dominic (the artist) and Wesley (the realist),kept the audience in titters.Filled with self-mocking humor,this play holds the audience attention till the very end...
The Hindu- The script and direction incorporate exceptional symbolism...The play by popular city theatre group, Samahaara was indeed quite fetching.

for entry passes - 8341120303

The Dhi.Ra.Na Academy of Bharatanatyam presents its students in a classical repertoire on the occasion of World Dance Day on 29th April, 2014

An interactive talk on `Breaking the Silence on Child Sexual Abuse - Myths and Facts'.

Break the Silence, a citizens' initiative in the twin cities to educate and sensitise parents, teachers and children on prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) will conduct an interactive session on Myths and Facts involving this Social evil.

All are welcome.

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category. With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making. A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience. The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea - Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space. Entry - Free

The first Hyderabad Science Festival starts on 2nd week of April 2015. We are starting 50 weeks series of collaborators meetup event to know about them and talk for this program etc... in every weekend with new introductions..

The festival is going to organize by city's leading Science, Education, Technology, research, innovation and community caring organizations come to this collaborate platform for harvesting the innovation culture at our educational institutions, specially for school students.

This weekly meetup with collaborative organizations and leader from the city will share their experiences, ideas, and by joining hands with us in this program.

We welcome all citizens, please come and share your ideas,experiences, expertise and join with us to know the developments and become a part of this event and make this as a truly collaborative program.

This week inviting "Society to Save Rocks" talk on "Education through exploration"
for more details pl follow us @ fb/futureinventors
Entry - Free

Sifar invites you to a comedy play:

MY WIFE’S HUSBAND

Not every day will you see a man and his wife’s husband together on stage.
Come and find out who gets to keep the wife and who gets to keep the misery.

Written by: Miro Gavran | Indian adaptation by: Feroze
Music composed by: Amit Dasani & Suhit Chiruthapudi
Poster & Ticket designed by: Kathik Vijay V
Cast: Maya, Shravanth, Feroze
Directed by: Feroze



Venue: Lamakaan, road no.1 banjara hills, Hyderabad, India.
Date: Saturday, 3rd May 2014
Time: 8 PM


Donor Pass: ` 100/-
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Contact: sifar.theatre@gmail.com | 98493 31347


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Kadak Chaai's Children's Workshop Production

A presentation about life and works of SREE ANNAMACHARYA by children. Annamacharaya Keerthanalu by children Vishwa Teja, Adithya and Sahithi.
A first of a kind show with these children whose world is only music.

"Verna's Art & Craft studio" is conducting an Art & Craft work shop for the children above 4 years... Where kids can explore different mediums of art with their creative minds...like, Water based Paints,Charcoal Drawing,Mixed Media and Craft... A two weeks work shop,Starts from,06-05-2014 to 18-05-2014... Between 10.30AM to 11.30AM...Fees RS.1800/-per Kid, Contact at 9849389199

Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem is an adaptation into Deccani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'. The play has been directed by Mohit & Deepti.

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.
That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.
The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.
The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.
What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out in Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem.

For passes - bookmyshow.com or 9848052541

Hues of Defiance: A Painting Exhibition by Ben.J.Anthrayose depicts the bleak realisms as well as the fantasy matrix which renders this realism palpable. His paintings try to creep through the nerves of human lives where the body becomes the site of struggle and suffering. There are also another set of paintings that catch the glimpse of touching images of Kerala landscapes.

Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem is an adaptation into Deccani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'. The play has been directed by Mohit & Deepti.

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.
That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.
The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.
The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.
What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out in Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem.

For passes - bookmyshow.com or 9848052541

Hues of Defiance: A Painting Exhibition by Ben.J.Anthrayose depicts the bleak realisms as well as the fantasy matrix which renders this realism palpable. His paintings try to creep through the nerves of human lives where the body becomes the site of struggle and suffering. There are also another set of paintings that catch the glimpse of touching images of Kerala landscapes.

Professor Edwards will talk about matters of energy, and personal and community strategies to address looming environmental challenges and engage in a short interaction with the audience following that.

World-wide, over a billion adults are overweight and 300 million are officially obese. The Energy Glut expertly tells the story of energy in society, and places 'fatness' next to climate change, as manifestations of the same fundamental planetary malaise. This exciting new book argues that the pulse of fossil fuel energy released from the ground after the discovery of oil not only started the process of catastrophic climate change, but also propelled the average human weight distribution upwards. The author presents a terrifying vision of humans besieged by a food industry that uses sophisticated marketing techniques to sell us mountains of energy-dense food whilst at the same time we are 'functionally paralysed' with fewer opportunities to move our bodies than ever before and that the accumulation of body fat is a political, not a personal, problem. This insightful new work offers and appraises for the reader a set of personal and political de-carbonising strategies, but to 'tread more lightly on our world' we first need to make sense of the systemic processes, and Energy Glut takes expert first steps in this direction.

Professor Phil Edwards is a faculty member and statistician at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. His research interests are in two broad areas: (i) transport & health, and (ii) evidence-based data collection. He is co-author of the book "The Energy Glut".

All are welcome. Entry - Free

Dramanon presents "Four Play" a collection of four short plays indulging in the fine art of love,sex & dhoka?!

1. Fate’s steady hands - Sam is standing in Richard's office and he's only wearing one shoe. He also has something very important to say. ‘Fate's Steady Hands’ is unexpected, quirky and dark.

2.Photocopy Love : It's just another day in an average photo-copying store and Ralph just wants to get some binding done. But exactly what kind of binding does he have in mind ? You'll be kept guessing about who loves who in this romantic comedy with toner cartridges.

3.Meet Cute: A serendipitous yet outrageous meeting of two strangers at an Airport Arrival lounge. Will it take off or crash land?

4.The Date: What happens when a sophisticated hot girl from the city meets a rich, rustic & crude Bengali guy on a blind date at a French restaurant.

Cast: Tavish Bhattacharya, Swetanshu Bora, Sharanya Ramprakash, Rahul Ghosh, Adity Roy, Kanishka Dasgupta,
Director : R K Shenoy & Dramanon Bangalore

There will be 2 shows:
timings: 7.30pm to 8.20pm & 8.45pm to 9.35pm

Dramanon presents "Four Play" a collection of four short plays indulging in the fine art of love,sex & dhoka????!!!

PLAYS BY DRAMANON BANGALORE:
1. FATE'S STEADY HANDS :
Sam is standing in Richard's office and he's only wearing one shoe. He also has something very important to say. ‘Fate's Steady Hands’ is unexpected, quirky and dark.
CAST: Tavish Bhattacharya and Swetanshu Bora
DIRECTED BY:
Tavis Bhattacharya and Swetanshu Bora

2.PHOTOCOPY LOVE :
It's just another day in an average photo-copying store and Ralph just wants to get some binding done. But exactly what kind of binding does he have in mind ? You'll be kept guessing about who loves who in this romantic comedy with toner cartridges.
CAST: Swetanshu Bora, Tavish Bhattacharya and Sharanya Ramprakash
DIRECTED BY:
Sharanya Ramprakash, Tavish Bhattacharyya and Swetanshu Bora

PLAYS BY DRAMANON HYDERABAD :
3.MEET CUTE:
A serendipitous yet outrageous meeting of two strangers at an Airport Arrival lounge. Will it take off or crash land?
CAST: Adity Roy Sinha and Rahul Ghosh
DIRECTED BY :
R K Shenoy

4.THE DATE:
What happens when a sophisticated hot girl from the city meets a rich, rustic & crude Bengali guy on a blind date at a French restaurant. A date of comic proportions.
CAST: Kanishka Das Gupta, Rahul Ghosh and Adity Roy Sinha
DIRECTED BY :
R K Shenoy

The vision is to help discover the entrepreneurial spirit in YOU and convert or promote ideas or talent. Simply, we put ideas to work for an individual, group or institution. Moving to an informative age of learning and doing, away from traditional approach of launching a business accompanied with the inaccessibility to resources for a start, Ideapreneur seeks to significantly create the right support to startup and business development offering to the youthful Africans, and those venturing into Africa. On this premise, this show aims at providing a platform for identifying, harnessing, opportunities for Africans-India to innovate and venture, business development, access to information, access to solid networks and fund, assistance to negotiate investment with venture capitalist.

Manch Theatre presents a night of comedy with an assorted collection of short plays.

“The Fireworks” - a night of passion, emotion, love, hatred and shrewdness!!!! Collection of 5 short plays by the well-known Australian playwright, Alex Broun. The production would stage some of the established and upcoming Hyderabad talents and would take the audience on a ride to witness human bond, inner conflicts, mental games and human psychology. It promises a wonderful theatre experience full of laughter, emotions and intensity.

The order of the Plays:

1) The Firework : Cast - Mamta and Anshul ; Director - Brindavan Dasika ; Duration - 10 mins

2) Jammed : Cast - Priyanka and Ramkumar ; Director - Anurag Wate; Duration - 10 mins

3) The Kill : Cast - Sarvesh and Srikanth ; Director - Anurag Jaiswal; Duration - 10 mins

4) Fate's Steady Hand : : Cast - Debraj and Alex ; Director - Debraj Sarkar; Duration - 10 mins

5) The Gift of the Gun : Cast - Niteesh and Vivek; Director - Niteesh; Duration - 10 mins

For passes: Please contact 9966670282

9th HWMF-Community Singing: Melodies from Film & Musicals
Sharing Music – Creating Harmony

Sunday, 11th May 4 - 5.30 pm @ Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com

Communities around the world have used the wonderful act of singing to bring people together, create positive energy and boost their morale. The Hyderabad Western Music Foundation brings you bi-monthly sessions of Community singing.
The motivation is to feel each other’s energy and understand what it is like to sing with a room full of people. Participants are expected to have a basic interest in learning songs from all over the world in different languages and historical contexts! For this reason, we have set the minimum age limit at 12 years. So, if you love singing and revel in the sheer joy of music, this is the place to be!
This week’s session is based on songs from the world of film and musicals - such as Fiddler on the Roof, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Singin’ in the Rain etc.
This time round we even have an instrumental accompaniment in place to enhance your singing experience!
Resource persons: Shakila (vocals), Raphaëlle (clarinet), Joe Koster (keyboard)
Session fee: Rs. 100 for each session. Register directly at the venue on 11th May.
More info: 9849451794/9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

On Jiddu Krishna Murthy's birth anniversary join us for a screening of his philosophy told in a wonderful narrative of Dance and Music.

We live in an insane and complex world. Our life in this world is filled with conflict, suffering and enormous problems. There is so much confusion and violence everywhere in this world. The world has become so chaotic and dangerous. Human beings have become completely helpless, indifferent and irresponsible. The external world is the result of our inner chaotic state. We have created this chaotic world. If we are able examine the workings of our own minds and see and understand the confusion within us, there is no doubt that we will be able to discover the cause of the external chaos within our own minds. But is it enough to only blame ourselves?
Is there a way out? Is there a way of redeeming ourselves and the world at large?
Essence of Life explores these deeper existential issues through different dance forms, articulating that the cause and here its our focus to make each individual to understand once own mind and thruogh this understanding be complexly free from once problems .In each of these dance farms in the script we highlighted the solution to our fundamental human problems.With an emphasis that you can be you own guru and find a permanent solution to your own problems. we assure you that if you grasp this with an open mind you will be the happiest human being.

"The essence of goodness is a mind that is not in conflict. Examine it, look at it. Goodness cannot flower through another, through a religious figure, through dogma, through belief, it can only flower in the soil of total attention in which there is no authority. You are following all this? Is this all too complex? And goodness implies great responsibility. You cannot be good and allow wars to take place. So a man that is really good is totally responsible for all his life. – Krishnamurti, This Light in Oneself".

All are welcome. Entry - Free

A 5 day interactive fun-filled art and craft workshop with hands on experience for ages 5 & above.

This workshop will include:
1. Individual attention given to each student.
2. Hands on experience with various forms of art and craft.
3. Every student gets to take his/her artwork home.
4. You get a certificate at the end of our workshop that you can be proud of. 🙂

You can take our 5 day course offering:
- Paper Quilling
- Embossing
- Paper Bags & Boxes
- Flower Making
- Wood Craft
- Pottery
- Pot Painting
- Pop Moulding
- Origami
- Oil Painting
- Water Painting
- Sketching
- Graffiti
- Calligraphy
- Paper Mache
- Bottle Art
- Paper Craft
- Chemical Painting (First in India)
- Sand Art
- Light Work

and more.
For registrations: 8885695659

Samahaara Children's Theatre Workshop (8 to 14 years)

Date: 13th May to 07th June, 2014
Duration: 4 Weeks
Time: 4 PM to 6 PM (Tue - Sat)

Workshop Faculty: SV Ramana
Workshop Director: Rathna Shekar Reddy

For participation and details: 83411 20303
or
email: info@samahaara.org

Theatre is the best learning tool to inculcate confidence, develop public-speaking and narrative skills for children. It makes them more creative, better team players and gives them tools to express themselves.

A fun-filled workshop that promises to be entertaining and educating for youngsters. We have seen children come out of their shells, give life to their budding creativity and evolve as people. Samahaara has contributed in bringing out the best young theatre talent in the twin cities.

The workshops are designed to introduce participants to the art of acting, focusing on learning the basics of Stage acting, Movement, Stage geography and Improvisation.

As always workshops by Samahaara are fun and handled by experienced theatre professionals.

Dramanon presents a Workshop Production of 2 short plays by students of Loyola Academy followed by 2 short plays by Dramanon.
Plays by Loyola Academy:
1. Five Women & a Bill by Sowmya Nittala
2. Good Sam adapted by R K Shenoy
Plays by Dramanon:
1. The Arrangement by Neil Simon
2. Meet Cute - Anonymous
Synopsis:
Five Women & a bill: What happens when a group of women comprising a nerd, a politician, a feminist, a house wife and a blonde get together to discuss the Women’s Reservation Bill? In one word: Mayhem!
Good Sam: Where you will find yourself in the middle of a busy street and witness an incident.
The Arrangement:A father talks to his son about the ways of love & on how to become a man.
Meet Cute: A serendipitous yet outrageous meeting of two strangers at an Airport Arrival lounge. Will it take off or crash land?

for passes: 7799060457

Puzzles - A comedy series about young and jovial people, with different backgrounds and possessing distinct attributes, this play depicts, the first chapter of "Puzzles"- a regular hang out place in the vicinity. There is a blend of characters involving a science geek, experimenting on all the weird stuff and eventually on people around him; a theater artist who is always trying to flirt with girls but is unsuccessful because of his friends around; the news channel reporter who is always making out with strange people and not understanding why, a beautiful girl who is trying to get a break into the modeling business, in this new unknown town, and who has ended up meeting all these lovely people; a sensitive doctor, who is not able to find a right match to settle down; and a real estate guy whose business and luck both are not doing well for a while now. Despite of all their prejudices in their personal lives, there is always someone; sorry; there is always everyone, who have to impose opinions and make decisions, for their friend in need; sorry; weather they need it or not. The link of events, sarcasm, hilarious advents, makes the play so interesting and connected that the audience will not be able to stop laughing. Not only that, the uniqueness of characters will make everyone pick a piece of their lives and connect to the events in the play. A Side Splitting Series, with emotion and drama and a definite One To Watch! - PUZZLES by, VEDAHAM ARTS.

For passes - 9959092622

TWO DAY WEEKEND SCRIPT WRITING WORKSHOP CONDUCTED BY RAJ CHANVELL, SCREENWRITING GRADUATE OF FTII. THE WORKSHOP COVERS ALL THE BASICS OF SCREENPLAY WRITING FROM INCEPTION TO CONCEPTION.

Writing movies is one of the most creative and fulfilling careers one can choose. Though Screenwriting is a hard job, having a sound knowledge of basic principles and techniques of screenwriting and story telling would make the job easier and interesting.
For All those Aspirants who have it in them but unable to put it out, The workshop is a good opportunity to help you and guide you in nurturing your budding creativity and imagination to write great stories.
As everyone can accept, A great film is impossible without a great script. And to write a great script you need to train yourself with professionals.
The workshop conducted by Raj Chanvell, A professional screenwriter graduated from Film and television institute of India,Pune focuses on all the basics of script writing.
The workshop will tackle all aspects that go into the construction of a script. The workshop covers topics like... - What is a screenplay? Basic fundamentals of a professional screenplay - It all starts with an idea. The genesis of a premise. - The Litmus test. How to check if your idea works - The character and the conflict. How to develop a character with conflict. - Plot or Character. Which? - Expanding the premise into a short synopsis. - The dynamics of a scene - The three act structure and other approaches - The step outline - The treatment - screen time vs real time, exposition, Transitions, dialogue, Dramatic conflict techniques, subtext, set up and pay offs, and many more. It also focuses on the resources screenwriters need like books, films, sample screenplays, professional guidance, online help etc.

Seats Available 10
Fees: 2000/-
To register call +91 9912111173 or
email: raj.chanvell@gmail.com

Comedy Hindi Play - To Be Or Not To Be (melodrama)

About The Play - The original script “NIROP” is written by Dr. Vasant Sabnis in Marathi which has been adapted in Hindi by Mrs. Amruta Gharipurikar.

A protagonist, who is very much confused as how to end his life either by consuming poison or hanging himself because nothing falls for him in a right place. He is unemployed and has break-up with his girlfriend.
While the protagonist is in the process of committing suicide in his house, his best friend bumps into his house with whom he shares his emotional and romantic moments. The friend doesn’t even refrain him from attempting suicide as he is aware of protagonist’s nature and leaves him in lurch.

Thereafter he is visited by different people for their personal means and reasons, knowing his intentions and not stopping him from committing suicide. Then at the last moment of his life a stranger comes to him and his thought takes a twist and changes his life.


Actors - Sunjit Rao, Vinayak Raikhelkar, Suresh Kumar, Poonam Chandan Golechha, Suhas Barve, Ekta P Ramchandani, Shirish.

Lights - Krishna Shukl
Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar.

Date - 17th & 18th May 2014
Time - 07:30pm

For more details contact - Saurabh 9290013166

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

April Fool ….pranks can be notorious ….but truth can be uglier ….!! How many of us have dealt with imprisonment of all sorts inside our own homes??? Where freedom of speech, freedom of thought & freedom as such is a rare entity …!!! Hasn’t the world seen the most disturbing parental relationships, yet? The impact of a disturbed child hood is grave, not even close to what a non-victim can imagine!!!
The story of 4 roommates (Anil,Ajay,Sirish & rakesh) in a college hostel who plan to play a prank with their friend to pull his leg .These 4 have been together for a while now, they know each other pretty well. 3 of them plan to tell Ajay that his father is here & waiting for him in the room. He is shocked, because his father never came to see him in 3 years. He rushes to the room to meet him & finds out that there is nobody in the room except for his 3 prankster friends .He is irated because of the topic they chose to pull his leg ,’His Father’. He pounces on them yelling, these 3 were in no mood to give up. They continue saying that his father is here, the 3 of them keep talking to a chair claiming he was there. After a while he kind of believes

- 15 stalls of small sustainable business owners with sales
- 5 display stalls of arts & crafts
- 5 stalls of NGOs & health/environmental initiatives & healthy consumables
- Stage area for musical performances (in collaboration with HWMF), demonstrations & talks by stall
owners and non-stall participants.

8886016603 Supreeta, 8686816060 Akhil

The 2 day workshop will be conducted by Ujjal Kumar Saha, who is a professional Jazz guitar player hailing from Kolkata. AkhilKodamanchili will join in to facilitate the sessions.
The workshop aims to discuss various aspects of guitar playing & musicality such as improvisation, theory, notation and technique, by using simple analogies & clear cut demonstrations to help guitar players of all genres & levels of skill to transpose their present abilities to the next level. The workshop lays emphasis on the benefits of collaborations and hopes to instil a healthy jam culture in the city.
The workshop will conclude with an open jam circle using basic progressions from various styles ranging from pop to blues. Bring your instrument along with you!
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration at Lamakaan on 19th/20th April
Info: Akhil8686816060 or info@hydmusic.com 9912201659

The vision is to help discover the entrepreneurial spirit in YOU and convert or promote ideas or talent. Simply, we put ideas to work as an individual, group or institution. Moving to an informative age of learning and doing, away from traditional approach of launching a business accompanied with the inaccessibility to resources for a start, Ideapreneur seeks to significantly create the right support to startup and business development offering to the youthful Africana, foreigners and Indians. On this premise, this show aims at providing a platform for identifying, harnessing, opportunities for Africans-India to innovate and venture, business development, access to information, access to solid networks and fund, assist to negotiate investment with venture capitalist.

The 39 Steps has 4 actors playing 40 roles over one and a half hours! In an absolute masterpiece of visual humor and comic timing, the play sees the entire film 'The 39 Steps' performed nearly verbatim onstage. The film's serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to other Hitchcock films, including Rear Window and Psycho. This is perhaps the ultimate spoof espionage thriller!

Entry - 9866174405

The 2 day workshop will be conducted by Ujjal Kumar Saha, who is a professional Jazz guitar player hailing from Kolkata. AkhilKodamanchili will join in to facilitate the sessions.
The workshop aims to discuss various aspects of guitar playing & musicality such as improvisation, theory, notation and technique, by using simple analogies & clear cut demonstrations to help guitar players of all genres & levels of skill to transpose their present abilities to the next level. The workshop lays emphasis on the benefits of collaborations and hopes to instil a healthy jam culture in the city.
The workshop will conclude with an open jam circle using basic progressions from various styles ranging from pop to blues. Bring your instrument along with you!
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration at Lamakaan on 19th/20th April
Info: Akhil8686816060 or info@hydmusic.com 9912201659

Nature through Rangoli - Demo & Exhibitionb by Mrs.Vaushali Pathak is an art of filling poster with Rangoli. Its like a painting with a difference. Children and elders can appreciate this art and enjoy try a hand at home.

Entry - Free

The 39 Steps has 4 actors playing 140 roles over one and a half hours! In an absolute masterpiece of visual humor and comic timing, the play sees the entire film 'The 39 Steps' performed nearly verbatim onstage. The film's serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to other Hitchcock films, including Rear Window and Psycho. This is perhaps the ultimate spoof espionage thriller!

Entry - 9866174405

TACS - Theatre, Arts, Crafts, Speech. A production oriented Theatre workshop with relevant Speech techniques, and supported by arts and crafts.

Kadak Chaai's TACS Workshop for Children throws light on various Speech techniques, and uses Arts & Crafts along the way, finally leading to a complete production that shall see all the children play their parts in their unique ways.

Instructor: Suzanne Patel

Eligibility to Enroll: Children in the Age group of 5 to 13yrs

For fee details and registrations call - 9885450022

Dates: 22nd April to 4th May

Timings: 10am to 1pm

Performance Date: 4th May

Yi-CII driven initiative to Vote for India.

The purpose of this event is to spread awareness to vote..

It involves 2 acts.
1) a 15 min play which will be titled "KAL AAJ Aur Kal"- where in we shall depict 2 scenarios where in people have not voted and the repercussions and second where they have voted.
2) a 15 min rhythmic recital titled as "Election ka humse Connection" which is in form of a poetry and it shall be presented as a conversation/dialogue amongst 10 people. where in we have touched topics such as corruption and the importance of election and how we can play our parts by voting.

Asiya Khan, a naturalist will be giving a talk on trees of Hyderabad which are presently in bloom. You do not have to a botanist to enjoy the talk. It is in simple language - sans any scientific jargon - to make the identification of trees that we see around us everyday easy and it will be a fun exercise for children and adults too.

She made a similar presentation at Do Din - a Hyderabad Urban festival in Jan.

All are welcome.

This particular 2-day-workshop is meant for all instrumentalists (not only for guitar) including singers and even for the audience as how to hear and appreciate music improvisation!
It deals with the psychology of improvisation in general and its practical approach to the most popular chord progression in Pop-music (1,6,2,5) and chord progression in Jazz music (2,5,1). The workshop deals with the most predominant and influential genre of music, called Blues, and its analytical approach of application to any other genres.
It deals in processing the harmonic structure using several tools for the development of much intellectual soundscape.
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration on 26th/27th April at Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com
Info: 9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

harcraft presents a 2 day exhibiiton and sale of Exotic Organic Silk, Handloom and Handcrafted products from the Tribal and rural Artisans of Jharkhand.
Blend of Tradition craft style with contemporary designs give an aesthetic appeal to the products. It is a source of livelihood and hope for a better future for thousands of women and tribals in rural areas of the state….
With the purchase of this exclusive handcrafted and handloom product, you will be playing a pivotal role in the upliftment of art and life of the artisans…
Lets join hands for this noble cause.
“Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation” was incorporated in the year 2006, a Jharkhand Govt Undertaking. With the brand name of Jharcraft. In very short span of time Jharcraft was able to give livelihood opportunities to 3 lakhs artisans in the field of sericulture, Handloom and Handicraft and become the leading producer of the Tassar Silk in India. They have 25 outlets across india for selling the artisans products. Jharcraft is the Only organization, which has Organic Certification in Tasar from One Cert, USA, around the Globe.
Entry - Free

The Basic Photography workshop is aimed to give you the basics of digital photography to those who seek professional guidance.

Who can attend?

- Who loves photography and whet their creative skills

- Who wants to become professional photographer

So, this workshop is for everyone; No Age limit; No Qualification required; No prerequisite required except interest in photography.

Fee: 100/- Per member (Tea, Samosa will be provided)

Takeaways:

After the workshop, you will be able to:

- Undersand different types of cameras and basic differences

- Understand the different features/controls in your digital camera

- Understand the usage of advanced modes

- Understand the nuances of composition, which helps in taking appealing images

- How to use your camera’s abilities and open up to unlimited possibilities in photography

The first Hyderabad Science Festival starts on 2nd week of April 2015. We are starting 50 weeks series of collaborators meetup event to know about them and talk for this program etc... in every weekend with new introductions and innovations..

The festival is going to organize by city's leading Science, Education, Technology, research, innovation and community caring organizations come to this collaborate platform for harvesting the innovation culture at our educational institutions, specially for school students.

In this weekly meetups the collaborative organizations and leader from the city will share their experiences, ideas, and by joining hands with us in this program.

We welcome all citizens, please come and share your ideas,experiences, expertise and join with us to know the developments and become a part of this event and make this as a truly collaborative program.

This Week's collaborator Mr.Sanjay Gadhalay, Inspiring Leader, his love and passion in social entrepreneurship and our community caring brings him here with us, join in this team and share your ideas , views to innovate this program better.
for more details pl follow us @ fb/futureinventors
Entry - Free

Samahaara
presents

Anjali Parvati Koda's
"Dominic Wesley"
(A Play in English)

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy


Wesley met us the other day and was like Yo Man What's been up and Dominic being Dominic goes "Surf, Tide, Heads" LOLMAX. You didn't get that, did you? You are such a Wesley. (If you got it, you are probably Dominic, and that's more bad news now, isn't it, you poor dear, you poor poor dear).

Wesley participated in a karaoke competition recently and lost to a terrific rendition of "I will survive" by Dominic, who unfortunately, we hear, was murdered the very next day. So…*she sells sea shells by the sea shore she sells sea shells….*

Listen, the above spoiler was posted by an intern. Will you come and watch the entire awesomeness though?

The Times of India - The play is well written and directed;with all the actors doing justice to their roles.The repartees between Dominic (the artist) and Wesley (the realist),kept the audience in titters.Filled with self-mocking humor,this play holds the audience attention till the very end...

The Hindu- The script and direction incorporate exceptional symbolism...The play by popular city theatre group, Samahaara was indeed quite fetching.

Jharcraft presents a 2 day exhibiiton and sale of Exotic Organic Silk, Handloom and Handcrafted products from the Tribal and rural Artisans of Jharkhand.

Blend of Tradition craft style with contemporary designs give an aesthetic appeal to the products. It is a source of livelihood and hope for a better future for thousands of women and tribals in rural areas of the state….

With the purchase of this exclusive handcrafted and handloom product, you will be playing a pivotal role in the upliftment of art and life of the artisans…

Lets join hands for this noble cause.

“Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation” was incorporated in the year 2006, a Jharkhand Govt Undertaking. With the brand name of Jharcraft. In very short span of time Jharcraft was able to give livelihood opportunities to 3 lakhs artisans in the field of sericulture, Handloom and Handicraft and become the leading producer of the Tassar Silk in India. They have 25 outlets across india for selling the artisans products. Jharcraft is the Only organization, which has Organic Certification in Tasar from One Cert, USA, around the Globe.

Entry - Free

This particular 2-day-workshop is meant for all instrumentalists (not only for guitar) including singers and even for the audience as how to hear and appreciate music improvisation!
It deals with the psychology of improvisation in general and its practical approach to the most popular chord progression in Pop-music (1,6,2,5) and chord progression in Jazz music (2,5,1). The workshop deals with the most predominant and influential genre of music, called Blues, and its analytical approach of application to any other genres.
It deals in processing the harmonic structure using several tools for the development of much intellectual soundscape.
Course fee: Rs 150 per session/day
Registration on 26th/27th April at Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com
Info: 9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

8th HWMF-Community Singing: National Anthems!
Sharing Music – Creating Harmony

This week we will be doing a session about national anthems! Almost always sung in a group, these anthems represent the inner core of a nation’s foundational ideology, and often have words that surprise our point of view!

Sunday, 27th April 4 - 5.30 pm

Samahaara presents
Anjali Parvati Koda's "Dominic Wesley" (A Play in English)
Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy
Wesley met us the other day and was like Yo Man What's been up and Dominic being Dominic goes "Surf, Tide, Heads" LOLMAX. You didn't get that, did you? You are such a Wesley. (If you got it, you are probably Dominic, and that's more bad news now, isn't it, you poor dear, you poor poor dear).
Wesley participated in a karaoke competition recently and lost to a terrific rendition of "I will survive" by Dominic, who unfortunately, we hear, was murdered the very next day. So…she sells sea shells by the sea shore she sells sea shells….
Listen, the above spoiler was posted by an intern. Will you come and watch the entire awesomeness though?
The Times of India - The play is well written and directed;with all the actors doing justice to their roles.The repartees between Dominic (the artist) and Wesley (the realist),kept the audience in titters.Filled with self-mocking humor,this play holds the audience attention till the very end...
The Hindu- The script and direction incorporate exceptional symbolism...The play by popular city theatre group, Samahaara was indeed quite fetching.

for entry passes - 8341120303

The Dhi.Ra.Na Academy of Bharatanatyam presents its students in a classical repertoire on the occasion of World Dance Day on 29th April, 2014

An interactive talk on `Breaking the Silence on Child Sexual Abuse - Myths and Facts'.

Break the Silence, a citizens' initiative in the twin cities to educate and sensitise parents, teachers and children on prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) will conduct an interactive session on Myths and Facts involving this Social evil.

All are welcome.

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category. With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making. A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience. The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea - Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space. Entry - Free

The first Hyderabad Science Festival starts on 2nd week of April 2015. We are starting 50 weeks series of collaborators meetup event to know about them and talk for this program etc... in every weekend with new introductions..

The festival is going to organize by city's leading Science, Education, Technology, research, innovation and community caring organizations come to this collaborate platform for harvesting the innovation culture at our educational institutions, specially for school students.

This weekly meetup with collaborative organizations and leader from the city will share their experiences, ideas, and by joining hands with us in this program.

We welcome all citizens, please come and share your ideas,experiences, expertise and join with us to know the developments and become a part of this event and make this as a truly collaborative program.

This week inviting "Society to Save Rocks" talk on "Education through exploration"
for more details pl follow us @ fb/futureinventors
Entry - Free

Sifar invites you to a comedy play:

MY WIFE’S HUSBAND

Not every day will you see a man and his wife’s husband together on stage.
Come and find out who gets to keep the wife and who gets to keep the misery.

Written by: Miro Gavran | Indian adaptation by: Feroze
Music composed by: Amit Dasani & Suhit Chiruthapudi
Poster & Ticket designed by: Kathik Vijay V
Cast: Maya, Shravanth, Feroze
Directed by: Feroze



Venue: Lamakaan, road no.1 banjara hills, Hyderabad, India.
Date: Saturday, 3rd May 2014
Time: 8 PM


Donor Pass: ` 100/-
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Contact: sifar.theatre@gmail.com | 98493 31347


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Kadak Chaai's Children's Workshop Production

A presentation about life and works of SREE ANNAMACHARYA by children. Annamacharaya Keerthanalu by children Vishwa Teja, Adithya and Sahithi.
A first of a kind show with these children whose world is only music.

"Verna's Art & Craft studio" is conducting an Art & Craft work shop for the children above 4 years... Where kids can explore different mediums of art with their creative minds...like, Water based Paints,Charcoal Drawing,Mixed Media and Craft... A two weeks work shop,Starts from,06-05-2014 to 18-05-2014... Between 10.30AM to 11.30AM...Fees RS.1800/-per Kid, Contact at 9849389199

Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem is an adaptation into Deccani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'. The play has been directed by Mohit & Deepti.

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.
That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.
The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.
The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.
What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out in Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem.

For passes - bookmyshow.com or 9848052541

Hues of Defiance: A Painting Exhibition by Ben.J.Anthrayose depicts the bleak realisms as well as the fantasy matrix which renders this realism palpable. His paintings try to creep through the nerves of human lives where the body becomes the site of struggle and suffering. There are also another set of paintings that catch the glimpse of touching images of Kerala landscapes.

Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem is an adaptation into Deccani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'. The play has been directed by Mohit & Deepti.

The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food.
That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before.
The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends.
The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s.
What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani?
Find out in Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem.

For passes - bookmyshow.com or 9848052541

Hues of Defiance: A Painting Exhibition by Ben.J.Anthrayose depicts the bleak realisms as well as the fantasy matrix which renders this realism palpable. His paintings try to creep through the nerves of human lives where the body becomes the site of struggle and suffering. There are also another set of paintings that catch the glimpse of touching images of Kerala landscapes.

Professor Edwards will talk about matters of energy, and personal and community strategies to address looming environmental challenges and engage in a short interaction with the audience following that.

World-wide, over a billion adults are overweight and 300 million are officially obese. The Energy Glut expertly tells the story of energy in society, and places 'fatness' next to climate change, as manifestations of the same fundamental planetary malaise. This exciting new book argues that the pulse of fossil fuel energy released from the ground after the discovery of oil not only started the process of catastrophic climate change, but also propelled the average human weight distribution upwards. The author presents a terrifying vision of humans besieged by a food industry that uses sophisticated marketing techniques to sell us mountains of energy-dense food whilst at the same time we are 'functionally paralysed' with fewer opportunities to move our bodies than ever before and that the accumulation of body fat is a political, not a personal, problem. This insightful new work offers and appraises for the reader a set of personal and political de-carbonising strategies, but to 'tread more lightly on our world' we first need to make sense of the systemic processes, and Energy Glut takes expert first steps in this direction.

Professor Phil Edwards is a faculty member and statistician at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. His research interests are in two broad areas: (i) transport & health, and (ii) evidence-based data collection. He is co-author of the book "The Energy Glut".

All are welcome. Entry - Free

Dramanon presents "Four Play" a collection of four short plays indulging in the fine art of love,sex & dhoka?!

1. Fate’s steady hands - Sam is standing in Richard's office and he's only wearing one shoe. He also has something very important to say. ‘Fate's Steady Hands’ is unexpected, quirky and dark.

2.Photocopy Love : It's just another day in an average photo-copying store and Ralph just wants to get some binding done. But exactly what kind of binding does he have in mind ? You'll be kept guessing about who loves who in this romantic comedy with toner cartridges.

3.Meet Cute: A serendipitous yet outrageous meeting of two strangers at an Airport Arrival lounge. Will it take off or crash land?

4.The Date: What happens when a sophisticated hot girl from the city meets a rich, rustic & crude Bengali guy on a blind date at a French restaurant.

Cast: Tavish Bhattacharya, Swetanshu Bora, Sharanya Ramprakash, Rahul Ghosh, Adity Roy, Kanishka Dasgupta,
Director : R K Shenoy & Dramanon Bangalore

There will be 2 shows:
timings: 7.30pm to 8.20pm & 8.45pm to 9.35pm

Dramanon presents "Four Play" a collection of four short plays indulging in the fine art of love,sex & dhoka????!!!

PLAYS BY DRAMANON BANGALORE:
1. FATE'S STEADY HANDS :
Sam is standing in Richard's office and he's only wearing one shoe. He also has something very important to say. ‘Fate's Steady Hands’ is unexpected, quirky and dark.
CAST: Tavish Bhattacharya and Swetanshu Bora
DIRECTED BY:
Tavis Bhattacharya and Swetanshu Bora

2.PHOTOCOPY LOVE :
It's just another day in an average photo-copying store and Ralph just wants to get some binding done. But exactly what kind of binding does he have in mind ? You'll be kept guessing about who loves who in this romantic comedy with toner cartridges.
CAST: Swetanshu Bora, Tavish Bhattacharya and Sharanya Ramprakash
DIRECTED BY:
Sharanya Ramprakash, Tavish Bhattacharyya and Swetanshu Bora

PLAYS BY DRAMANON HYDERABAD :
3.MEET CUTE:
A serendipitous yet outrageous meeting of two strangers at an Airport Arrival lounge. Will it take off or crash land?
CAST: Adity Roy Sinha and Rahul Ghosh
DIRECTED BY :
R K Shenoy

4.THE DATE:
What happens when a sophisticated hot girl from the city meets a rich, rustic & crude Bengali guy on a blind date at a French restaurant. A date of comic proportions.
CAST: Kanishka Das Gupta, Rahul Ghosh and Adity Roy Sinha
DIRECTED BY :
R K Shenoy

The vision is to help discover the entrepreneurial spirit in YOU and convert or promote ideas or talent. Simply, we put ideas to work for an individual, group or institution. Moving to an informative age of learning and doing, away from traditional approach of launching a business accompanied with the inaccessibility to resources for a start, Ideapreneur seeks to significantly create the right support to startup and business development offering to the youthful Africans, and those venturing into Africa. On this premise, this show aims at providing a platform for identifying, harnessing, opportunities for Africans-India to innovate and venture, business development, access to information, access to solid networks and fund, assistance to negotiate investment with venture capitalist.

Manch Theatre presents a night of comedy with an assorted collection of short plays.

“The Fireworks” - a night of passion, emotion, love, hatred and shrewdness!!!! Collection of 5 short plays by the well-known Australian playwright, Alex Broun. The production would stage some of the established and upcoming Hyderabad talents and would take the audience on a ride to witness human bond, inner conflicts, mental games and human psychology. It promises a wonderful theatre experience full of laughter, emotions and intensity.

The order of the Plays:

1) The Firework : Cast - Mamta and Anshul ; Director - Brindavan Dasika ; Duration - 10 mins

2) Jammed : Cast - Priyanka and Ramkumar ; Director - Anurag Wate; Duration - 10 mins

3) The Kill : Cast - Sarvesh and Srikanth ; Director - Anurag Jaiswal; Duration - 10 mins

4) Fate's Steady Hand : : Cast - Debraj and Alex ; Director - Debraj Sarkar; Duration - 10 mins

5) The Gift of the Gun : Cast - Niteesh and Vivek; Director - Niteesh; Duration - 10 mins

For passes: Please contact 9966670282

9th HWMF-Community Singing: Melodies from Film & Musicals
Sharing Music – Creating Harmony

Sunday, 11th May 4 - 5.30 pm @ Lamakaan www.lamakaan.com

Communities around the world have used the wonderful act of singing to bring people together, create positive energy and boost their morale. The Hyderabad Western Music Foundation brings you bi-monthly sessions of Community singing.
The motivation is to feel each other’s energy and understand what it is like to sing with a room full of people. Participants are expected to have a basic interest in learning songs from all over the world in different languages and historical contexts! For this reason, we have set the minimum age limit at 12 years. So, if you love singing and revel in the sheer joy of music, this is the place to be!
This week’s session is based on songs from the world of film and musicals - such as Fiddler on the Roof, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Singin’ in the Rain etc.
This time round we even have an instrumental accompaniment in place to enhance your singing experience!
Resource persons: Shakila (vocals), Raphaëlle (clarinet), Joe Koster (keyboard)
Session fee: Rs. 100 for each session. Register directly at the venue on 11th May.
More info: 9849451794/9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

On Jiddu Krishna Murthy's birth anniversary join us for a screening of his philosophy told in a wonderful narrative of Dance and Music.

We live in an insane and complex world. Our life in this world is filled with conflict, suffering and enormous problems. There is so much confusion and violence everywhere in this world. The world has become so chaotic and dangerous. Human beings have become completely helpless, indifferent and irresponsible. The external world is the result of our inner chaotic state. We have created this chaotic world. If we are able examine the workings of our own minds and see and understand the confusion within us, there is no doubt that we will be able to discover the cause of the external chaos within our own minds. But is it enough to only blame ourselves?
Is there a way out? Is there a way of redeeming ourselves and the world at large?
Essence of Life explores these deeper existential issues through different dance forms, articulating that the cause and here its our focus to make each individual to understand once own mind and thruogh this understanding be complexly free from once problems .In each of these dance farms in the script we highlighted the solution to our fundamental human problems.With an emphasis that you can be you own guru and find a permanent solution to your own problems. we assure you that if you grasp this with an open mind you will be the happiest human being.

"The essence of goodness is a mind that is not in conflict. Examine it, look at it. Goodness cannot flower through another, through a religious figure, through dogma, through belief, it can only flower in the soil of total attention in which there is no authority. You are following all this? Is this all too complex? And goodness implies great responsibility. You cannot be good and allow wars to take place. So a man that is really good is totally responsible for all his life. – Krishnamurti, This Light in Oneself".

All are welcome. Entry - Free

A 5 day interactive fun-filled art and craft workshop with hands on experience for ages 5 & above.

This workshop will include:
1. Individual attention given to each student.
2. Hands on experience with various forms of art and craft.
3. Every student gets to take his/her artwork home.
4. You get a certificate at the end of our workshop that you can be proud of. 🙂

You can take our 5 day course offering:
- Paper Quilling
- Embossing
- Paper Bags & Boxes
- Flower Making
- Wood Craft
- Pottery
- Pot Painting
- Pop Moulding
- Origami
- Oil Painting
- Water Painting
- Sketching
- Graffiti
- Calligraphy
- Paper Mache
- Bottle Art
- Paper Craft
- Chemical Painting (First in India)
- Sand Art
- Light Work

and more.
For registrations: 8885695659

Samahaara Children's Theatre Workshop (8 to 14 years)

Date: 13th May to 07th June, 2014
Duration: 4 Weeks
Time: 4 PM to 6 PM (Tue - Sat)

Workshop Faculty: SV Ramana
Workshop Director: Rathna Shekar Reddy

For participation and details: 83411 20303
or
email: info@samahaara.org

Theatre is the best learning tool to inculcate confidence, develop public-speaking and narrative skills for children. It makes them more creative, better team players and gives them tools to express themselves.

A fun-filled workshop that promises to be entertaining and educating for youngsters. We have seen children come out of their shells, give life to their budding creativity and evolve as people. Samahaara has contributed in bringing out the best young theatre talent in the twin cities.

The workshops are designed to introduce participants to the art of acting, focusing on learning the basics of Stage acting, Movement, Stage geography and Improvisation.

As always workshops by Samahaara are fun and handled by experienced theatre professionals.

Dramanon presents a Workshop Production of 2 short plays by students of Loyola Academy followed by 2 short plays by Dramanon.
Plays by Loyola Academy:
1. Five Women & a Bill by Sowmya Nittala
2. Good Sam adapted by R K Shenoy
Plays by Dramanon:
1. The Arrangement by Neil Simon
2. Meet Cute - Anonymous
Synopsis:
Five Women & a bill: What happens when a group of women comprising a nerd, a politician, a feminist, a house wife and a blonde get together to discuss the Women’s Reservation Bill? In one word: Mayhem!
Good Sam: Where you will find yourself in the middle of a busy street and witness an incident.
The Arrangement:A father talks to his son about the ways of love & on how to become a man.
Meet Cute: A serendipitous yet outrageous meeting of two strangers at an Airport Arrival lounge. Will it take off or crash land?

for passes: 7799060457

Puzzles - A comedy series about young and jovial people, with different backgrounds and possessing distinct attributes, this play depicts, the first chapter of "Puzzles"- a regular hang out place in the vicinity. There is a blend of characters involving a science geek, experimenting on all the weird stuff and eventually on people around him; a theater artist who is always trying to flirt with girls but is unsuccessful because of his friends around; the news channel reporter who is always making out with strange people and not understanding why, a beautiful girl who is trying to get a break into the modeling business, in this new unknown town, and who has ended up meeting all these lovely people; a sensitive doctor, who is not able to find a right match to settle down; and a real estate guy whose business and luck both are not doing well for a while now. Despite of all their prejudices in their personal lives, there is always someone; sorry; there is always everyone, who have to impose opinions and make decisions, for their friend in need; sorry; weather they need it or not. The link of events, sarcasm, hilarious advents, makes the play so interesting and connected that the audience will not be able to stop laughing. Not only that, the uniqueness of characters will make everyone pick a piece of their lives and connect to the events in the play. A Side Splitting Series, with emotion and drama and a definite One To Watch! - PUZZLES by, VEDAHAM ARTS.

For passes - 9959092622

TWO DAY WEEKEND SCRIPT WRITING WORKSHOP CONDUCTED BY RAJ CHANVELL, SCREENWRITING GRADUATE OF FTII. THE WORKSHOP COVERS ALL THE BASICS OF SCREENPLAY WRITING FROM INCEPTION TO CONCEPTION.

Writing movies is one of the most creative and fulfilling careers one can choose. Though Screenwriting is a hard job, having a sound knowledge of basic principles and techniques of screenwriting and story telling would make the job easier and interesting.
For All those Aspirants who have it in them but unable to put it out, The workshop is a good opportunity to help you and guide you in nurturing your budding creativity and imagination to write great stories.
As everyone can accept, A great film is impossible without a great script. And to write a great script you need to train yourself with professionals.
The workshop conducted by Raj Chanvell, A professional screenwriter graduated from Film and television institute of India,Pune focuses on all the basics of script writing.
The workshop will tackle all aspects that go into the construction of a script. The workshop covers topics like... - What is a screenplay? Basic fundamentals of a professional screenplay - It all starts with an idea. The genesis of a premise. - The Litmus test. How to check if your idea works - The character and the conflict. How to develop a character with conflict. - Plot or Character. Which? - Expanding the premise into a short synopsis. - The dynamics of a scene - The three act structure and other approaches - The step outline - The treatment - screen time vs real time, exposition, Transitions, dialogue, Dramatic conflict techniques, subtext, set up and pay offs, and many more. It also focuses on the resources screenwriters need like books, films, sample screenplays, professional guidance, online help etc.

Seats Available 10
Fees: 2000/-
To register call +91 9912111173 or
email: raj.chanvell@gmail.com

Comedy Hindi Play - To Be Or Not To Be (melodrama)

About The Play - The original script “NIROP” is written by Dr. Vasant Sabnis in Marathi which has been adapted in Hindi by Mrs. Amruta Gharipurikar.

A protagonist, who is very much confused as how to end his life either by consuming poison or hanging himself because nothing falls for him in a right place. He is unemployed and has break-up with his girlfriend.
While the protagonist is in the process of committing suicide in his house, his best friend bumps into his house with whom he shares his emotional and romantic moments. The friend doesn’t even refrain him from attempting suicide as he is aware of protagonist’s nature and leaves him in lurch.

Thereafter he is visited by different people for their personal means and reasons, knowing his intentions and not stopping him from committing suicide. Then at the last moment of his life a stranger comes to him and his thought takes a twist and changes his life.


Actors - Sunjit Rao, Vinayak Raikhelkar, Suresh Kumar, Poonam Chandan Golechha, Suhas Barve, Ekta P Ramchandani, Shirish.

Lights - Krishna Shukl
Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar.

Date - 17th & 18th May 2014
Time - 07:30pm

For more details contact - Saurabh 9290013166