Coming Soon @ Masquerade, Chennai
SAVE YOUR SUNDAY FOR THIS….
THE MERGER – directed by KK
and SIX other funny bone-ticklers! We’re lining up with Six other Theatre companies in Chennai for a couple of performances of comic jig THIS SUNDAY, 15th October at 4 pm and 7 pm. This Merger you definitely would love. It’s funny, It’s witty, It’s quirky, It’s as contemporary in feel, tone and lingo as it gets! And if you’ve been struggling to Propose to your special one, come take some tips. You got the first dibs! It’s just us tickling ribs !! Caught the rhyme in it!!! Now needs no mo’ reason, cuz the Deets on the poster.
SCAN right away to watch Aishwarya Sankaranarayanan & Dhruv Arcot bringing to you an evening that’s LAUGHABLE, at times ASSININE when not LUDICROUS- LAL – at Alliance Française de Chennai, India.
This summer…. come back to the original house of Theatre Workshop in Chennai…
Coming up on 6th March, 2023…
An intensive workshop in insperiencing the text than experiencing it. Actors often struggle to create characters because they search for external handles to understand their character. They rarely look into the text. Every author hides a horde of easter eggs inside the text and in the hands of the intelligent and well-aware actor these are rich veins of gold to flesh the character they play on stage into its rich magnificence. What are these easter eggs? Come explore with us!
SCAN THE QR now to register. Only 20 slots max. Registrations close on 4th March, Thursday by 6 pm IST.
For further details, call us or email masquerade.madras@gmail.com
And Chennai’s popular Teen & Youth Theatre workshop is back….
presents
CAMP NEUVE – the 9th Edition… back after a hiatus of 5 years!
And this time, we’re offering 2 separate age group workshops
Limited Slots…. For the 12 – 15 weekend Age group – 10 Slots
For the 16 – 20 weekday Age group – 12 slots.
Call or email masquerade448@gmail.com to book your slot today!
Registrations close on 4th June, 2021 – Friday – 6 pm.
Synopsis: 12-15 yrs. Workshop
4 weekends of discovering and exploring theatre with our very own funster Uncle Shubh Mukherjee ! CAMP NEUVE – the most popular and time-worthy three week summer teen theatre workshop until 2016 – is back this summer. 2 weeks of fun and exciting but learning-filled workshop ending with a performance to showcase your learning! Are you between 12and 15 years or know anyone in that age groups, and want to pre-book your slot? Email us at masquerade448@gmail.com asap.4 weekends of discovering and exploring theatre with our very own @mukherjee.shubh ! CAMP NEUVE – the most popular and time-worthy three week summer teen theatre workshop until 2016 – is back this summer. 2 weeks of fun and exciting but learning-filled workshop ending with a performance to showcase your learning! Are you between 12and 15 years or know anyone in that age groups, and want to pre-book your slot? Email us at masquerade448@gmail.com asap.
Synopsis: 16 – 20 yrs. Workshop:
10 days of discovering and exploring theatre with our very own Madhumeetha, an alumnus of MYT’s 2013 batch of Camp Neuve herself, 8 years with Masquerade, she’s training from a rich vein of experience! What better sums up the efficacy and success of our Workshops???
CAMP NEUVE – the most popular and time-worthy three week summer teen theatre workshop until 2016 – is back this summer. 2 weeks of fun and exciting but learning-filled workshop ending with a performance to showcase your learning! Are you between 16 and 20 years an want to pre-book your slot? Email us at masquerade448@gmail.com asap.
For more details, call Ashvi @ 98840 29850
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This March 27 (2021) – on World Theatre Day – we present you…
A Bonanza World Theatre Weekends of 6 Productions
For more details, GO HERE
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Thanks to government enforced Covid19 Pandemic induced restrictions, we’re off air. But don’t worry, something is always cooking under the hood…
Shrivatz and Shubh in an adaptation of True West by Sam Shepard
Shrivatz and Shubh in an adaptation of True West
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Masquerade presents World Theatre Day 2020
A FREE TO REGISTER, public participation event, inviting artists and theatre enthusiasts to join in celebrating World Theatre Day. The day is being celebrated for the 22nd year in Chennai by Masquerade – the performance group, ChennaI. For more details on World Theatre Day, visit: https://iti-worldwide.org/worldtheatreday.htmlSome may say this is not the time to celebrate. But in times of contagion and life threatening crisis like this, if we do not celebrate life, and its ONE TRUE MIRROR, live theatre, when then?It is our responsibility and privilege as artists to exhibit freedom… Come join us, the online stage is yours.Public Performance Event
Genre: Any that you may choose
Duration : 1 to 10+ minutes (not exceeding 12 please)
Language : Tamil, English or Mime preferably (but any that you may choose)PS: Nothing Filmy, or anything from films. Create your own original piece. WE WANT YOU TO BE YOUR ORIGINAL YOU. We want your theatrical talent to be featured, showcased. Please do grace our World Theatre Day celebrations with YOU.This is not an age restricted event. Young talents are allowed too. Therefore, in public interest, Strictly please, no verbal or physical violence, political, personal or COVID19 propaganda statements.REGISTRATION & PARTICIPATION FREE.
YOU CAN EVEN PARTICIPATE AS A DUO OR GROUP SO LONG AS YOU’RE ON SAME SCREEN AND HANDLETo Register CLICK HERE
To Fun It Up….A weekend theatre workshop
At Masquerade Performance Studio (Alpha Dance Studio)
(72, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road aka Chamier’s Road, Nandanam, Chennai 600085 – Landmark: 2nd Floor of Raja Andhra Mess diagonally 50 meters opposite Starbucks on Chamiers Road)You’ve been watching us having fun on stage from the other side. NOW JOIN US at this workshop to revel in the same silly, funny, playful processes that we go through in our studio sessions, to experience how much funnier it can get !Come in loose fitting clothes that can help you stretch and roll and breathe comfortably as you get in touch with that basic element of theatre – PLAY. And box your inhibitions into your cupboard, land up to speak, mime, roll, scream, shout, sing, breathe silly and blow & punch balloons in the air. Two days of fun with theatre-making…
11 am to 7 pm (both days) – 8th Saturday and 9th Sunday – February 2020Day 1 Workshop naturally leads to Day 2…
However, feel free to Register for Either Day (only if you really have already agreed to be elsewhere on one of the days) or BOTH DAYS…Workshop Fee: REALLY FREERegistration Fee: Rs. 500 (if you choose 1 Day Option, Non-refundable); Rs. 250 (Both days, Non-refundable, but ask for a reimbursement, ONLY if you didn’t have fun at the workshop). It really is a basic convenience fee to cover workshop material and Tea/Coffee expenses for participants.Maximum 20 Registrations ONLY each day (incl. BOTH DAY OPTION)Payments via GPay/PayTM, details on Registration link HERE* – Please DO NOT register and then drop out, Fee or Not. You ARE HINDERING someone’s opportunity, if you drop out.
THIS NOVEMBER 9THAS PART OF THEMIDNIGHT THEATRE BINGE…PREMIERING AT 10 30 PM
World Premiere as part of Midnight Theatre BingeFor Tickets online, CLICK HERE=================================This Madras Day, on August 22nd, between 7 pm and 11 pm… Experience Madras like never before and showcase how Madras-savvy you are!
The Great Madras Board GameTo Register, Click HEREEvent Description :It’s AUGUST 22 – It’s MADRAS DAY – The Day this city was officially established as a little Trading Post off what’s today our own Marina Bay…
And we are celebrating it WITH A BOARD GAME. For Once, we produce, you are the actors, ARE YOU WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE STAGE AND PLAY?
Conceived over 12 years ago, in 2007, we’ve worked constantly on and off to get here… We’ve developed a BOARD GAME FOR YOU… THE GREAT MADRAS TRIP
How well do you know your city?
You think you’re a hard-core North Madras beast? You think the ECR and the OMR are the palm of your hands? Or are the creature that’s lost in CHENNAI without your Google Maps and GPS?
Show us, strut your knowledge of WHAT WE CALL MADRAS and you call Chennai.
BASIC GAME DESCRIPTION: You’re a traveller. We give you starting points to choose, we provide you the destination based on the origin. And you have to get there. You roll the dice, you strategise the route using modes of city transport we provide and a certain amount of resources to use. As you (and your partner – did we not say it’s a team of two game ? Oh my !!) explore the city, you’d come across challenges we pose (after all Mario and Luigi can’t get to Super Mario Central without challenges and obstacles, can they?). This is going to test your knowledge of Trivia and Heritage as well as the HISTORY OF THIS MARVELLOUS MADRAS… and of course, what is city traffic without situations that prompt delays and stuck-ups !SOUNDS LIKE YOUR KIND OF FUN AND CONNECT WITH MADRAS?
Sign up using the Google Form found in the link above! We’ve 3 slots of time, choose your time, come with your partner, pay your registration fee and you’re all set to Explore Madras.WE ARE GAME, ARE YOU? LETS PLAY MADRAS….on THE GREAT MADRAS TRIP – 22nd AUGUST, 2019 (THURSDAY)
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The View from Within
A Performative Reading of Mohan Narayanan’s playsWhat is Truth? – asked Pontius Pilate. Since then, or probably even before…human race has been grappling with the question. Today, more than ever, in the age of Alternative Facts and Official Truths, it is more relevant. Is what is True Real or what we see as Reality Truth or is everything perceived? Also, because a truth or reality can easily be justified, does it become Truth and truism? These are some things that strike one when we read Mohan’s plays.Mohan Narayanan Chennai-based international author of 6 works of fiction, all very highly sold and ranked on top internet searches (The Payyoli Quartet, Austin Colours and Cut) and deeply entrenched in Indian tradition, culture, philosophy as well as superstitions and the beliefs that go with it, is the author of 5 full-length plays too. His works constantly juxtapose belief systems and scientific proofs or parallels, so they constantly swing between tension and adventure.His 1st play, SONS, was produced way back in 1985, deals with 3 men and a woman stuck in an airport, due to inclement weather, and involved in a game of role-playing of mythological characters. They weave in and out of masks and real selves. The result is shattering and makes for a whodunit!Since 2001, his plays have been periodically produced and performed in Chennai as well as, as far as Hollywood. His ASHWAHA was premiered in 2001 by The Madras Players, directed by Dipankar Mukherjee (Pangea World Theater, Minneapolis), BIRDS by Anita Khanzadian-Jones for the Hollywood Interactive (Los Angeles) and later performed thrice in Chennai. THE TRUTH was given a 2008 World Theatre Day international Premiere by Masquerade in Chennai. Shortly to be premiered in 2019-20 is his FLIPSIDES – a play dealing with people and their Doppelgänger in Multiverse and parallel universes.Mohan is currently working on his 7th novel. His AUSTIN COLOURS, approved by the Hollywood Script-writers Guild for filming, has attracted the interest of ANG LEE, the epochal Oscar-winning film maker. AUSTIN COLOURS, prior to that, may see its theatrical international premiere in CHENNAI sometime in 2020.Masquerade is proud to bring to the public all his plays in one evening of Performed Reading. Select scenes from each of his works will be presented with a meta-narrative linking them both thematically as well as in form, the way these techniques surface across all his works.Come join us at CURIOPLAY, Anandha Road, Alwarpet, Chennai on JUNE 30, 2019 from 5:15 pm.Through and after the performance audience can interact with Mohan Narayanan in a moderated interface with the author.The evening is a non-ticketed, FREE TO ATTEND event. LIMITED SEATS (50 seating), so do email masquerade.madras@gmail.com to reserve your presence.In the cast: Ashvi KS, Dhiraj Athreya, Indrani Krishnaier, KK, Shrivatz Agaram, Shruthi Prabakaran, Uthsav Raj, Varun RamakrishnanDirected by KK
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… is a summer-time comedy play for all you who are 8 years old and above!
TOTAL MOONSENSE ? What’s that ??
Inspired by James Thurber’s classic short story “Many Moons” comes this TOTAL MOONSENSE Princess Lenore of Lenoress Town wants the Moon. And she falls sick. Yeh Dil Ki Baat Hai!!!
From the good old time of doting Kings and lovable Princess, bumbling Jesters and bungling Prime Ministers (these days they are bumbling dime a dozen, don’t they!!!)…
Goofy Royal Magicians and Royal Mathematicians who can’t get their numbers right… comes this story.
Add to this mix of bumbling characters in this comedy of errors our own INDIAN ASTROLOGER – Panchu Mama – and a bunch of travelling Bollywood shooting-stars!
It’s an approximate hour of riot we’ve lined up for you, your family and YOUR KIDS!
TOTAL MOONSENSE that is not completely total non-sense!
In the cast: Abhishek Ramabhadran, Aravind S, Ashvi KS, Krishna Kumar S, Pranav Diwakar, Priyanka Sankaran, Shrivatz A, Shubh Mukherjee, Utsav Raj, Varsha Varadarajan
Script by KK
Directed by Shrivatz Agaram
TICKETS – ₹ 200/-At CurioPlay, Alwarpet on 25th May (Saturday), 2019 – 5 pm and 7 p.mAvailable on Townscript here – BOOK TICKETS FOR TOTAL MOONSCRIPT
For further details, call us at 9884029850 or email at bearandbeanbag@gmail.com
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ANTIGONE
We’re excited. It’s another WORLD THEATRE DAY. But for us it’s not just another WTD this 2019. This is our 21st WTD celebrations, which we started back in 1998. And this WTD, on March 27, we fructify with our long-cherished production – ANTIGONE – adapted, devised and scripted putting together multiple sources that include but not limited to Sophocles, Hölderlin and Brecht…
The universality and contemporaneity of ANTIGONE is undeniable, and is resonant in today’s war-torn, strife-ridden world as well as India, as ever.EVENT: Performance of ANTIGONEMedium: Theatre performanceLanguage: ENGLISHDuration: 80+ minutesDate: 27 MARCH, 2019 (one performance only on its premiere), 7:!5 pmVenue: ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MADRAS, Chennai, IndiaTickets Rs. 200/- available at http://www.whistlepodu.com/WTD2019 & https://www.townscript.com/e/antigone-world-theatre-day-performance-433221=================================================
Houdunnit – 3 short, comic thrillers
An Illusionist swallowing razors, his niece, a young man in the audience – what’s the connection?A woman, her husband, their new refridgerator – what’s the connection?A young couple, a belt in their pooja room, their servant maid’s husband – what’s the connection? Piqued?Be there on Feb 2nd, 2019 ( 5:00 pm and 7.30 pm) to laugh, to be surprised, to be shocked in turns. HOUDUNNIT is a sure fire Houdini act!TICKETS – ₹ 200/-, available for Reservations at 9884029850 / 9884029866.Or online at:www.eventjini.com/houdunnithttps://www.townscript.com/e/houdunnit-3-short-very-different-comic-thrillers-012220Email masquerade.madras@gmail.com for booking/blocking and more details.Celebrating our 24 years of journey, as we complete 24 and get ready to enter 25 – it’s all been about community entertainment! Come join our celebration of theatre entertainment!In the cast: Ashvi K.S., Dhiraj Athreya, Dileep Rangan T, Jayashri Ramesh Sundaram, KK (Masquerade), Shakila Arun, Shrivatz (Steve) Agharam & Shubh MukherjeeDirected by Krishna Kumar SBe inside the Venue 15 minutes before the show time. STRICTLY NO FOOD OR BEVERAGE INSIDE THE VENUE. NO ENTRY ONCE THE PERFORMANCE STARTS. Ticket is non-refundable, non-transferable. IF LATE, AND ENTRY DENIED, PLEASE UNDERSTAND, DO NOT CREATE A SCENE, REACH OUT TO US LATER at masquerade.madras@gmail.com with HOUDUNNIT as Subject.We do not have Wheelchair Assistance nor the venue has Ramp.===================================================
Two Day Theater Workshop
Speak Thy Speech Trippingly said Hamlet. But we believe one is an Actor first and Speaker next. Hence… this 2 day workshop will explore ways to facilitate actors train in ways that the body finds effective stimulus and impulse to realise the physical vocabulary needed to connect with the word before it can be uttered! ACT THE SPEECH TRIPPNGLY…2 day Theatre / Theater Workshop for ActorsIn ChennaiOn Dec 1-2, 2018 (2 pm – 8 pm both days)Exact Venue: Will be provided upon registrationFee: Experience the workshop, Pay what your take home is worth… Yes, we don’t want to put a price on it. You decide!Requirements : Come in Loose, stretchable clothing. Punctuality and mandatory both day presence required. BRING YOUR OWN WATER. And lotsa enthusiasm.Age: 18 years and aboveONLY 24 MAX. SLOTS.INTERESTED… Email us at masquerade448@gmail.com right away.==================================This World Theatre DayMarch 27, 2018We start our 25th year journey…and as part of that, we bring you
PARROT’S LIESDates: 27th March (7 15 pm), 31st March (4 & 7 15 pm)Venue: Alchemy Black Box Studio, AdyarTickets: Rs. 200/- available at:https://www.eventjini.com/parrotslies
Scan the QR code above for Booking or call 9884029866It’s a small 70 seater auditorium,
so book your tickets in advance.BE THERE WITH THE THEATRE COMMUNITY ON
WORLD THEATRE DAY… MISS NOT!=================================OCTOBER 7 & 8, 2017 – Saturday & Sunday…
@ Chandralekha Spaces – Mandala, Besant Nagar, Chennai, INDIA
Time: 7: 15 p.m
Duration: 1 hr 50 mins (with 10 min. intermission)
for audience 16+
SURENDRA VERMA’s
FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE
(from original Hindi “Surya ki Antim Kiran se Pehli Kiran tak)
ENTRY FREE – ALL ARE WELCOME
Visit our Facebook Event Page:
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@ Spaces, Besant Nagar, Chennai, INDIA
Two Shows: 5:30 & 7:30 p.m
70+ mins duration
for audience 5+ years old…
The Bear & Beanbag Children’s Theater Companya unit of
presents…
JANOSCH
The Tiger and Bear Tales
A children’s theatre performance by adults for children 5+ years old.About the performance:Is it better to stay home with all the given comforts? Or a little adventure in getting around the world to get some perspective? Is that perspective worth the trouble of going around? Join the Bear and the Tiger on their adventure to THE LAND OF THEIR DREAMS… meet several lovely little friends they make on THE(IR) TRIP TO PANAMA…And while we are on it… WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU RECEIVED A LETTER? Or have to forgotten the good old post card? Not the Tiger, not the Bear… nor Aunty Goose. Explore a whole ‘OLD’ world of writing letters… a world where they still use a Phone as a Phone. Where a PHONE means a PHONE and does not come with Cameras for Selfies and Groupfies… A LETTER FOR TIGER… JOIN US AT SPACES (Elliot’s Beach, Besant Nagar, Chennai, INDIA) for a show of JANOSCH… at 5:30 p.m and 7:30 p.m on SUNDAY the 18th June, 2017 with all your kids (yours, those in the neighbourhood and any and every kid you can bring along!)… and the KID IN YOU!
It’s a show for 5+. ALL ARE WELCOME!DURATION: 70 mins.Poster and Promo concept: Arvind R Vyaas
Costume Design & Conception: Mitra Visvesh
Accessories, Props, Animal Ears & Hood: Ashvi K.S. (Intern)
Assistance in Production & Backstage: Rohit Narayan and Akshita Iyer
Assistance in Direction: Arvind R Vyaas
Lighting, Sound & Artistic Direction: Krishna Kumar. S (KK)
Cast:
Pranav Dwaraknath (Little Bear), Madhumeeta B (Little Tiger)
Dhiraj Athreya, Shrivatz Agharam, Shriram Sivaramakrishnan & Vishal Vijayakumar
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Below is a poster of our 2017 Summer offering from May 10 – 23, 2017 i 9 – 13 year old tweens in Chennai.
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SQUARE ROOT OF SINS PAST
A Devised production based on A Game of Dice, Urubhanga of Duryodhana, The Oath of Aswathama… from The Mahabharatha
conceived by Krishna Kumar. S
scripted by Shriram Sivaramakrishnan
performance devised by Actors at Masquerade
Artistic Direction: Dr. S. Krishna KumarPremieres on 1st April, 2017 @ 5 p.mVenue: The Amphitheatre, Dakshinachitra Museum, East Coast Road (ECR), Muttukadu=====================================
MASQUERADE
WISHES ALL
THEATRE AFICIANADOS, LOVER, ENTHUSIASTS, PATRONS
A VERY HAPPY
MARCH 27, 2017…
STAY WITH US, BE THERE FOR US…
WE NEED YOU…
With Love, Team Masquerade…
Breaking News…
The MYT Annual Summer Youth Theatre Workshop is back… CAMP NEUVE – Season 8
The workshop is a hands-on three week learning process with lot of fun and experiential learning. Actor training exercises, Theatre games, Creative Dramatics, Improvisation Games and Techniques, Physical, Voice and Verbal training… it’s all there. And the end of the workshop leads to a public stage production in June 2016.
We do not take more than 24 participants. Some slots are already pre-registered. So don’t wait, mail in today to masquerade@masquerade.in with the Subject: MYT Summer Youth Theatre Workshop 2016
See you there!
JUNGLE BUNGLES – story performance for tweens – June 2015
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a grassroots theatre initiative of
brings to Chennaia story performance for kids aged 7 – 12
JUNGLE BUNGLES
EVENT: Story Performance (by KK)
DATES: 27 & 28 June, 2015
TIME: 7:15 – 8:30 p.m
VENUE: The Mandala, @ Spaces, #1, Elliot’s Beach Road
(1st building opp the Bessie Beach and right diagonal to Subway outlet)Ever wondered what it is to take the easy way out and make a hard job of it? That’s what happened to a particular greedy croc and a particular lazy lion who rather preferred not to hunt! They venture out of the forest into the city… Many misadventures after, when they reached the city, what happens? Blimey, come discover what fun it is… On condition you necessarily bring at least one kid aged between 7 & 12. All are welcome, no need for Id card even if you’re above 18. Just remember to bring that child in you.REQUEST: Click “Going” (on our FB page:https://www.facebook.com/events/893865970678870/) only if you’re really coming along. Else there’s always LIKE button. We’re not looking to boost “Reached so many people” but look forward to your actual footfalls. Hope to see you there.ABOUT : The Bear & Beanbag Children’s Theater was set up as an internal wing of Masquerade – the performance group, to channelise our theatrical endeavours and energies that would best concern to serve the interest of the children (5 to 7 year olds) and the tweens (8 to 12 year olds). We strongly believe in a non-exclusive community and our belief in theatre is so too. However, due to constraints of certain performance requirements, there are times when children cannot be brought into theatre for grown-ups. Hence to clearly draw lines, we set up Landing Stage Youth Theatre Group in 2001, Masquerade Youth Theatre in 2009 and The Bear and Beanbag Children’s in 2010. At Masquerade, we believe in talent development. Potential children are identified and training workshops are offered during Summer Holidays. A lot of these children between 8 and 12 keep returning to these workshops and when the reach 13, they transition into the Youth Theatre. At the Youth Theatre too similar process happens. Today we have about 5 of our group who started as children at 6 or 7 yrs and have either moved into MYT and even mainstream Masquerade. Our most experienced actor started as a 6 year old even before the founding days of The Bear and Beanbag and today has gone through 4 summers at MYT. She also occasionally makes her sallies into Masquerade.So in case you liked our performance, think that our program sounds good, email us at masquerade@masquerade.in and we’ll get back to you appropriately.
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Four for Summer from
The Bear & Beanbag Children’s
in collaboration with
KALPATARU HOBBY CENTRE (ECR)
brings
Theatre First
a 10 day beginner’s workshop for
tweens 8 – 12 yrs
Dates: 11 May – 22 May (Weekends excluded)
Time: 10: 15 a.m – 12:00 noon
Venue: Kalpataru Hobby Centre (ECR)
For registration & details, call Ms. Seema – 9600037773
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CAMP NEUVE 7 – MYT SUMMER 2015 for teens
It’s that time of the year at MYT!
Three weeks of Theatre Workshop for 13 – 19 year olds
Masquerade Youth Theatre, Chennai’s 7th season of Camp Neuve Summer Theatre Workshop for teens begins on 11th May, Monday.
The three-week intensive workshop on theatre essentials is a learn-as-you-practice module for teens aged 13-19 years and would run from 9:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m everyday from May 11th – 29th (weekends excluded). Workshop participants get to explore, create and hone their skills that include scripting, acting, stage management as well as the technical aspects.
The Workshop is divided into three inter-connected modules: Module 1 – Essentials for Theatre Actor; Module 2 – Actor and Space; Module 3 – Voices in the Head. The last module is a natural extension to the first two and is evolutionary; all three lead to the discovery of the self and of the participant as a socially responsive actor.
The workshop would extend into a proposed devised stage presentation for July. For workshop details, dress code and registration, email masquerade@masquerade.in or call Masquerade at +91-98840-29865 or +91-99405-42821. Limited registrations, so call or email in early and register. Or follow the url to register: http://goo.gl/forms/QdawQmCRI0
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ON-STAGE
a one-day learn’em-all-basics theater workshop
brought to you by Masquerade in collaboration with Dakshinachitra
Date: 14 May, 2015 (Thursday) – Time: 10:00 – 5:30 p.m – Age: 8 – 12 yrs
Registration & Further details, call Ms. Lakshmi, Dakshinachitra – 98417 77779
Pick-up at 8:30 a.m at Madras Crafts Foundation (MCF) office, Besant Nagar &
Drop back at MCF in the evening
It’s going to be a whale of a time by the shores in an exotic setting. Miss Not!
PS: The workshop will wind up with a small presentation by participants and certification
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Residency Theater Weekend
a new sleep-over theater concept for Teens
facilitated by Masquerade in collaboration with Dakshinachitra
Dates: 16-17 May, 2015 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 10:00 a.m (Saturday) – 5 p.m (Sunday)
Age: 13 – 16 years
This exhaustive workshop will train passionate teens in Stagecraft, Story performance & Acting Essentials.
If you’re in the age group, you wouldn’t want to especially miss
the late night Bonfire Story Session or the theater at dawn
Registration & Further details, call Ms. Lakshmi, Dakshinachitra – 98417 77779
Pick-up on Saturday (16 May, 2015) at Madras Crafts Foundation (MCF) office, Besant Nagar &
Drop back at MCF in the evening on Sunday (17 May, 2015)
Call today. This is the 1st of its kind Residency theater for Teens in Chennai. A Unique Experience!!
PS: The workshop will wind up with a small presentation by participants and certification
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Masquerade Youth Theater
presents
THE TEARJERKER – a devised production
performed by CAMP NEUVE 6 workshop participants
Premiere – 8th & 9th August 2014 – 3 Shows, 100% Fun & Riot, 200% Thought-provoking guaranteedAt Skills, #1, Elliot’s Beach Road, Besant Nagar (facing Elliot’s Beach)
Entry Open to All
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MYT’s CAMP NEUVE continues…
Masquerade Youth Theatre’s 6th season of Camp Neuve Summer Theatre Workshop for teens …
begins on 12th May, Monday.
CAMP NEUVE 6 – the 6th season of MYT Teen & Youth Theatre Workshop is for youth aged 13 – 19 years. Limited to 24 participants only, it is an annual summer opportunity for both beginners to learn theatre skills as well as regular returnees to sharpen further their skills. The workshop this year would focus on three areas: Body & Space, Voice & Breathing, Words & Gesture. The three-week intensive workshop on theatre essentials is a learn-as-you-practice module. Workshop participants get to explore, create and hone their skills that include scripting, acting, stage management as well as the technical aspects. Scholarships in the form of post-workshop refunds available, upon successful completion.
The workshop would extend into a proposed devised stage presentation for end June – early July. Dates: May 12 – 30 (weekends excluded), Time: 4 – 6.30 p.m. Venue: Kalpataru Hobby Centre, 4/222, East Coast Road (ECR), Palavakkam, Chennai 41. For more details regarding fee and registration, contact masquerade@masquerade.in or call Masquerade @ 9884029865.
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THE BnB-HOO THEATER WORKSHOP
Look HOO’s knocking on your door, inviting you… to fly along to the Kingdom of NoWorries, where Fantasy King, folksy ministers and fairy daughters delight you in whorls of creativity while the evil lord Tearjerker plans to sink you into the world of serial killers, eternally make you think of tears by the day and revenge by night. If you are between 8 and 13, do you want to miss it? This is your chance to get on the HOOwagon!
Yes… The HOO THEATER is back this summer… after suffering from punctured tyres, deflated tubes and rusty spokes. Get your Imagi-kerchieves into your backpacks along with your favourite bottle of water. Pick your phone, call Hippocampus today for registration, because…. Hippocampus joins hands with Masquerade – the performance group’s Tween wing, The Bear and Beanbag Children’s Theatre, to bring you an unforgettable summer theatre workshop that will end with a rollicking presentation that’s sure to be on your adult shelves as a CD to look back upon!
Event: Theater Workshop; Age group – 8 – 13; Duration: 3.30 p.m – 5.30 p.m (Monday – Friday); Venue: Hippocampus, Old No.4, New No.11, 3rd Avenue, Indira Nagar, Adyar, Chennai–20. The Workshop Fee is Rs. 2600 (Registration Charges included)/- For Registrations, contact, Ms. Chandni / Ms. Priya, 044 – 24433544 / 42116417 Email: chandni@hippocampus.in For further details of workshop, email bearandbeanbag@gmail.com
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wishes you all a very theatrical
WORLD THEATER DAY – March 27, 2014
and on this occasion
our 16th WTD celebration performance
The Island
THE ISLAND
by ATHOL FUGARD, John Kani & Winston Ntshona
performance devised by KK, Shrivatz & Arvind Vyaas
March 27 (7:15 p.m) – Non-ticketed, invited show – @ SPACES, Besant Nagar (opp Elliots Beach)
March 28-29 (7:15 p.m) – @ T.N. Rajarathinam Auditorium (off Adyar Bridge)
For Donor Passes for 28-29, http://www.eventjini.com
Proceeds from the show go to facilitate our summer youth and tween training initiatives
for details on our summer youth, teen & tween programs, watch this space early APRIL 2014
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Welcome to the Masquerade family!
This summer 2013, we go one step further and do one better than anyone else.
We have not one but three workshops to offer you!
All age groups, whether kids from 8 to 12 or teens from 13 to 21 can attend!
Who can attend ?The workshop for Camp Neuve ( 3B school of Music, Jeevarathinam Nagar, Adyar) is restricted to people between 13 and 19. Number of participants restricted to a maximum of 20How long is the workshop ?Camp Neuve – The sessions would run at 3 hours a day for a total of three weeks ( 6th May to 24th May) from 10 am to 1 pm.What about the fee ?The course fee would be Rs. 2500/- per participant for the Camp Neuve workshop ( 13-19 years)
Who can attend ?The workshop at The Bear and Beanbag ( 3B school of Music, Jeevarathinam Nagar, Adyar) , is restricted to people between 8-12 years. Number of participants restricted to a maximum of 20.The Tree of Theatre workshop at Kalpataru ECR, is for those between 8-12 years.How long is the workshop ?The Bear and Beanbag at 3B – The sessions would be for 2 hours a day for a total of two weeks ( Weekends excluded) from 430 pm to 630 pm from 6th to 17th. Performance on the 18th at Kalpataru! The Tree of Theatre @ Kalpataru, ECR – The sessions would be for 2 hours a day for a total of two weeks( only Sunday excluded) from 4 to 6 pm, from the 6th to the 17th. Performance on the 18th at Kalpataru.What about the fee ?The course fee would be Rs. 1500/- per participant for The Bear and Beanbag workshop at 3B school ( 8-12 years)
Rs. 1200/- per participant for The Tree of Theatre workshop at Kalpataru (non-refundable under any circumstances).For any further information, call us at 9884029865 / 9884029855/9710736160, or mail us at masquerade.madras@gmail.comFor Registration, access the link here
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WTD # 15
World Theater Day – March 27 – Wednesday
As has been in the past 14 years…
invites you
to
Live the Joy of Theater…
The Commedia dell’Arte Way!!!
(WELL… NOT QUITE ENTIRELY DELL’ARTE UP THERE…
WE’RE JUST EXPERIMENTING THE FORM AND LEARNING!!!)
These are days of much maligned relationships on the Indo-Italian front! The governments are fighting… rousing rabbles and fishing in troubled waters… the Envoys are on alert. But not us in the Theater. This year’s World Theater Day message comes from the great Italian Theater personality – DARIO FO!And we at Masquerade are taking a leaf out of his work. As we step into 20 years of existence at Masquerade (started 1994 -), we turn a new leaf….
A devised work-in-progress…
Our very Indian Sanskrit theater in a very European package…
MRICHCHAKATIKA
(THE LITTLE CLAY CART)
written around 2nd Century B.C. by King Shudraka
About the ProductionDevised and performed as a story-narrative by seven aspiring performance-enthusiasts, it is a work in progress… and hence not ticketed. Also, keeping in tradition with the Commedia dell’Arte story telling-performing tradition, we plan to travel this show around… each time improvising, improving on previous performances… and PASSING THE HAT around. That too is a dell’Arte tradition.“Masquerade” brings to you a devised dell’Arte performance of The Little Clay Cart to commemorate the world theatre day.Date: 28th of March 2013Time: 7.15 p.mVenue: ”SPACES”- #1 Elliot’s Beach road, Besant Nagar.Entry strictly restricted to 75 blockings. Invite through RSVP only. To make the experience comfortable for the audience, we seek your RSVP so we don’t get into standing room situation. Much as possible, Mosquitoes not allowed… neither are Mosquito tennis racquets.Contact masquerade.madras@gmail.com by furnishing surface address for communication purpose and invitations.Further details call KK @ 98840 29865 after 6 p.m and till 9.00 p.m until or before 24 March, Sunday, 2013.
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John Patrick’s CHEATING CHEATERS
June 3, 2012 at 11:18 am · Filed under Announcements· Edit
presents
Faced with the responsibility of looking after their orphaned niece, Theresa and Angelica, two middle-aged sisters, have settled on the idea of impersonating begging nuns in order to send Tania to art school in Europe…But as the play begins they have run into double trouble. An agile young cat burglar is about to make off with their ill-gotten gains; and a suspicious policeman has followed Theresa (and her collection bucket) home…However, all is not as desperate as it seems, as the personable young thief happens to be a medical student who steals to pay his tuition – and is willing to consider alternative means of fund raising !While the cop, as it turns out, is also not above taking what he can on the side. So the four join forces for some inspired larceny and things go swimmingly — or do until the supposedly saintly Tania turns up unannounced – and the confusion that ensues!!!!Masquerade Youth Theatre starts this season with John Patrick’s Cheating Cheaters as a tribute to Chennai’s most loved genre – comedy…Directed by Harshavardhan Ganesan & Vaidhya M SundarTickets Starting at INR 150 (advance bookings get INR 50 discount)BROUGHT TO YOU BY www.ticketgoose.comVenue: TN Rajaratnam Auditroium, (RA Puram opposite MGR Janaki College Durgabhai Deshmukh road, next to Adyar Bridge)Date & Time: 16th June, 3:30 & 6:30 pmCall +91 9710736130 or +91 99401 38749 for details and direct booking
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Masquerade - the Performance Group 
How do I join the masquerade theater group? Can I become a member? Please provide me with the details
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Hi, currently we’re not taking any new members, cuz there’s no work or training happening. But do email us at masquerade.madras@gmail.com giving info about your work, residence, time available to give for theatre, a little about any previous theatre experience. Let’s see how it goes… Cheers.
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