The Hearing of a Home
A Small Cottage near the GreensWith Neighbourly kind voices that were once Seen Oh has Life Ever Been?That Standing Stillness of Home?Not to Move out, Not to Move OnThe Standing Sense of HomeIt’s the...
Author: Gouri Nilakantan
Why this Kolaveri D, its Gen Zee!
Constantly on the net, extreme social isolation due to covid, higher rising expectations on education and fearful of financial losses, these are the underplaying context of the present Genz. Much like the song Kolaveri...
Hello Mr Darcy, Jane Austen seems to know me too…
Many times, we reflect on our background and values within imaginary realities. Our inner realms of this association take us deeper into the world of fictionalized heroes. Frequently also the antihero. This intense relationship...
The Neon in She
Rabid noise outside was unmindful to that careless and carefree mind, defining her completely. She lay in the dark that night, tied and tired down to her bed, quite forgetting where she lay or...
Folklore and Hindi Films
Folklore and Hindi Films India is the largest film producing country in the world; it produces about 900 films annually. Indian films are not only seen in South Asia but also almost all parts...
Im-Pact: Innovative Digital Theatre Based Corporate Training Practices
Theatre has the ability to transform, to bring about a radical change and also the tool to enhance productivity by opening us creatively. Theatre often makes us work against our own body, our own...
SO YOU GET WHAT YOU WISH a play by Gouri Nilakantan
SO YOU GET WHAT YOU WISHA Children’s Play by Gouri Nilakantan(For performing this play, read the corollary at the bottom) CharactersZooli/Mr Anthony LoboFreeman/rahulWise guy/ RohitFullon-rockon/ Puskar (Anthony lobo enters the stage. He has a...
Looking at Alternate Spaces for Performance in Delhi – NCR
Putting up any production can be most daunting for most theatre practitioners in India. It is customary for most Indian directors who many times, run small amateur theatre groups to not only foot all...
Playwriting for Children
10 golden pointers to be kept in mind while writing children’s plays.
1) Do not be afraid of using contemporary language and one can even throw in few phrases in Hindi, if the need be. Make it Hinglish if you want.
2) Children love comedy. They might not have the same taste as adults and might find things like “ farting” “ throwing up” comic. Add them to the script, they just add to the flavour. Please do not become prudish.
3) Another thing that fascinates children is the idea of mystery and surprise, you can use them too.
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The Universe within the Womb / Gouri Nilakantan
Does the cold womb speak to the warm vagina, are we meant to be bound and knit into the body, so much so we do not seem to belong, not to have any identity...
