Guwahati Theatre Festival

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Guwahati Theatre Festival
Status Active
Genre Theatre festival
Frequency Annual
Venue Pragjyoti ITA Cultural Complex
Location(s) Guwahati, Assam
Country India
Inaugurated 2016 (2016)
Founder Sunit Jain
Previous event 2017
Next event 2018
Organised by G Plus
Website guwahatitheatrefestival.com

Guwahati Theatre Festival is an annual theatre festival held in Guwahati city of Assam state, India.[1] The festival is organized by G Plus, an English-language weekly tabloid newspaper in Guwahati.[2] The festival aims to provide a platform to performing groups to showcase their productions before a new audience in the Guwahati city and North East region.

History

The festival was started in 2016 by G Plus.[3][2]

2016

The inaugural festival began on 23 September 2016, and featured Kalki Koechlin, Saurabh Shukla, Neil Bhoopalam, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Jim Sarbh, Sadiya Siddiqui, Shernaz Patel, Dolly Thakore[4] and Achint Kaur.[1][5] The maiden festival also featured globally acclaimed play Hamlet - The Clown Prince, directed by Rajat Kapoor and The Vagina Monologues written by Eve Ensler.[6]

Other plays staged during the festival was The Living Room, 2 to Tango 3 to Jive, The Vagina Monologues, The Truth of Womanhood, and One on One.[7]

2017

The second edition of Guwahati Theatre Festival commenced on 1 November 2017[8][9], featured Bollywood actors Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, and Arundhati Nag.[10] The festival featured plays like Quasar Padamsee's Mother Courage and Her Children, Alyque Padamsee's Broken Images, The Gentlemen’s Club aka Tape[11] by Sheena Khalid, Vikram Phukan, Puja Sarup, Rachel D'souza. The event also presented two plays based on William Shakespeare's works, What's done is done, and Piya Behrupia (Twelfth Night) by Mumbai based two theatre production houses.[12]

The Guwahati Theatre Festival also conducts workshops for school and college students in various areas of theatrics in collaboration with Brahmaputra Foundation and supported by North Eastern Council, Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region.[13]

Sponsors

Audi, Ballantine's, State Bank of India were the main sponsors of The Guwahati Theatre Festival 2016.[6] The second edition in 2017 was sponsored by Apollo Hospitals, Airtel, Indian Oil, Ballantine's and Hastakshar.[9]

Life in a Theatre Award

The festival also constitutes the Life in a Theatre Award that was given out to Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee[14] in 2016 and posthumously to Padma Shri awardee Arun Sarma in 2017[13][10].

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Rakshit, Rajibika (15 September 2016). "জোকারদের হ্যামলেটে মন-ধাঁধানো সূচনা গুয়াহাটি নাট্যোৎসবের" (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika.
  2. 1 2 "Assam: 1st Guwahati Theatre Festival to start". The Northeast Today. 7 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Deka, Prantik (25 November 2017). "Shabana Azmi Enthralls Crowds at G Plus Guwahati Theatre Festival". Kothasobi.com.
  4. ↑ "Big theatre groups from Mumbai to perform at Guwahati". India Today. 14 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Chaliha, Akankshya (13 September 2016). "Starburst at theatre festival". The Telegraph India.
  6. 1 2 "First edition of Guwahati Theatre Festival brings a smile to people of northeast". Sify.com. 23 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Shukla, Saurav (2016-09-23). "First edition of Guwahati Theatre Festival brings a smile to people of northeast". topnews.in.
  8. ↑ "Guwahati Theatre Festival to begin from Nov 1". The Hills Times (Diphu). 13 October 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Guwahati Theatre Festival to begin from November 1". Guwahati: Business Standard. Press Trust Of India. 13 October 2017.
  10. 1 2 Fauz Hasan, Ali (21 October 2017). "Top Bollywood actors for Guwahati theatre festival". The Telegraph India.
  11. ↑ "The Gentlemen's Club aka Tape performed at the Guwahati Theatre Festival 2017". northeastindia24.com. 3 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Guwahati Theatre Festival 2017 Concludes With Atul Kumar's Piya Behrupiya". mediainfoline.com. 7 November 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Guwahati Theatre Festival 2017 concludes". The Morung Express. 6 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Veteran Actor Kulada Bhattacharjee Awarded 'Life In A Theatre' Award". The News Mill. 21 September 2016.
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