A Bird's Eye View (An Object Theatre Performance)

A Bird's Eye View (An Object Theatre Performance)

Performance

February 11 | 4:30PM

Harkat Studios, Versova, Mumbai, Mumbai


200

A Bird's Eye View (An Object Theatre Performance)

Performance

February 11 | 4:30PM

Harkat Studios, Versova, Mumbai, Mumbai


200

About the Event

Before the invention of telephones and telegraph machines, humans used pigeons for exchanging messages. These carrier pigeons efficiently delivered messages from one house to another, from one city to another, across countries and especially in times of war - never resting till they found their way back home.


Famed for this peculiar homing instinct, they were used even up to the time of the Second World War.


This play tells the story of one such war pigeon - Milu. From the time of his birth, throughout his training, during the moments spent with his friends and his mate, Milu has a singular over-riding mission hanging over his head – to successfully deliver the message.


This is the story of his journey. And the story of the world as seen through Milu’s eyes. A view that is sometimes humourous, sometimes tragic and sometimes plain ridiculous; of a world that Milu doesn’t completely understand, but has no choice but to be a part of.


And as for you, the least that you can do is take a "Bird’s Eye View."


Told with objects, drawings and an actor.

About the Company
Formed in 2011 as Tram Theatre by Choiti Ghosh along with fellow theatre artists, with the aim to specialize in object theatre in India, the group was registered as a not-for-profit arts organization under the name of Tram Arts Trust in 2015.
Tram builds its artistic work in order to explore the world of "theatre with objects," to experiment its possibilities in collaboration with various other art forms, to create new, fun, out-of-the-box, experimental, reflective and evocative theatre of objects and to constantly evolve the vocabulary of what all object theatre can be.
Apart from making performances for children & adults, Tram also runs training programmes for performers, educators & facilitators; as well as workshops with children.
About the Director
Choiti Ghosh is an object theatre practitioner, puppeteer, actor, singer, writer & director.
Born into a family of 5 generations of theatre-makers, she was initiated early onto the stage. Her first performance was at the age of 3 years.
In 1998, at the age of 18 years, she started her professional career in theatre with her home company ANANT, which specialized in children’s theatre, as a performer, facilitator and manager.
From 1999 – 2003, she worked simultaneously in the field of alternative education with the well-known educationist Prof. A.K. Jalaluddin.
She gained her experience in different kinds of theatres in India by working as a freelance actor, singer, designer, writer with various theatre companies in India including Dr. Habib Tanvir’s Naya Theatre, Dr. Ashish Ghosh’s ANANT, Mr. Sunil Shanbag’s Arpana, Q Theatre Productions and various others.
In 2004, Choiti was initiated into puppetry with Anurupa Roy’s Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust. She continues to be part of the group as a puppeteer, writer and singer.
In 2010 she trained in Object Theatre under the well-known Belgian Object Theatre artiste Agnes Limbos at the Institut International de la Marionnette in Charleville Mezieres, France.
In 2011 she started Tram Theatre with like-minded colleagues with the vision to specialize in object theatre in India.
Choiti has been a researcher-in-residence at the Deutsches Forum fur Figurentheatre und Puppenspeilkunst (DFP) in Bochum, Germany in 2012, and at the Institut Internationale de la Marionnette, Charleville Mezieres, France (2015). She was part of the British Council India delegation to the Edinburgh Fringe Showcase, UK in 2012. She was a recipient of Sahitya Rangabhoomi Vinod Doshi Fellowship for Outstanding Young Artists for the year 2011.
Choiti is also a TEDx speaker. You can watch her TEDx talk on the video below -
Ordinary Objects in Theater: Breaking Norms | Choiti Ghosh | TEDxMDAE
About the Venue
Harkat Studios is an international boutique arts studio based in India with offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Berlin. They make films, curate experiences and are an alternative performance space that tries to make the world a little better of a place to live in.
Venue

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A Bird's Eye View (An Object Theatre Performance)

Performance

February 11 | 4:30PM

Harkat Studios, Versova, Mumbai, Mumbai


200

200

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