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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: March 2011
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. Why is the Boy with a Suitcase? Camp Mannheim, March 24th 2011. Neckarau. An industrial suburb of Mannheim. Schnawwl has a rehearsal space here. The nearest food is the Turkish market or an organic store called Bittersuche. We usually stop at Tattersall and buy sandwiches for lunch. Rehearsals for Mike Kenny's Boy with a Suitcase. Blocking and dramaturgy debates are done. The nature of a collaboration. The third level of performance.
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: June 2011
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. Tom Cowan, DOP of Samskara, IMAX cinematographer and director of such cult Australian films as Journey Among Women, was at Infinite Souls last weekend. He facilitated a drama production workshop with a group of 12 participants. The weather was drizzly, blowing hard and the light, blue. " Aashada. Asked Kai when I told him this story. Amjad - Someone desperate for a cigarette and in a place where he can't have one. On Day 2. The fil...
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: November 2010
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. Waiting for the Arecanuts. Not to be confused with Argonauts. Argonauts were Greek and the stuff of myth. They hung with Jason as he hunted for his Golden Fleece. Mine are. As we call them in Karnataka. In Meghalaya, while shooting Guhya, we heard it called kwai. Fields of arecanut always brings to mind. Photo Credit: KS Rajaram. Http:/ ksrajaram.blogspot.com/. Rain from the Canteen at Ninasam. Shivrama Karanth Ranga Mandira, Ninasam.
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: Ranga Shankara: Samprati 2013
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. Ranga Shankara: Samprati 2013. It's home to us. We can walk around blindfolded, know the numbers of steps to the first greenroom, the width of the wings, what the cyclorama feels like when one rests a tired cheek on it, the taste of the sabudana vades and definitely better than to eat or sleep (openly) in the auditorium. This year and will shortly kick off it's 10. I spoke to Suri (S.Surendranath) the new Artistic Director of Ranga...
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: July 2010
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. Picture yourself in a boat on a river. Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly. The girl with kaleidoscope eyes. I saw a rosy okapi upon the stream. I ate some okra-hominy in a sunbeam. I saw a silly zebra eating broccoli Cuba Libre. An inky octopus inside the sea. In a little yellow bus came down to me. As I was sittin on the morning eating Corn. I saw the Sunflower Monkeys of the Moon" by Allen Ginsberg. With duds of emerald!
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: December 2010
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. What is more enjoyable? The process of creation, planning, rehearsing, building sets or the actual performance itself with the inherent anxiety and applause that the word implies? It's moot, isn't it? Here at the farm we've been setting up for Christmas 2010. Madan and Anna loaded up their car with provisions, wine, the kids, Feather.we loaded up with tart trays, wineglasses, fairy lights and tinsel.and onward ho! 1 1/2 cups warm water.
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: July 2009
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. The Water Channels - Oct 6th 2009. I should have started doing this in 2006. Anyway. We were at the farm yesterday and as always by the time we reach Taverekere, we're all anticipation. Have the trees grown? Is the cormorant by the pond? Are there mulberries on the fence shrubs? The weather has been lovely, particularly when there is an afternoon drizzle. Posted by Infinite Souls. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Making ...
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: February 2010
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. If someone were to say that you could lie on a mat, watch yourself BE (yeah, man, be! And move a little less than your maximum ability and that this would actually be good for your body, you’d call them a liar, right? If there’s one thing I know, there is a time and a place and you can’t drag a horse to the water. What am I talking about? Well, how many people do you know who moan about stress and aches and insomnia, ya? As I went down...
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Infinite Souls Farm and Artists' Retreat: June 2010
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Theatre.Mushroom.music.Bamboo.summer.Prudence.rains.Maggie.seeds.sky. Bangalore Theatre Over 30 Years: An Actor's POV. Original members of Gnatak. Circa 1980 I went straight from school plays to a theatre company called Gnatak. Luckily Gnatak was politically invested in the underdog (bullseye! And believed in the actor’s process (bullseye plus yummy! Pattabhi Rama Reddy and Little Jasmine's In the Hour of God, based on Sri Aurobindo's Savitri. Little Jasmine's The Wedding Party. The inevitable next step ...