2016 was a special year for us. We turned 18 and we got our own new space to further explore our puppetry encounters. Our space is at the Southern border of Delhi, 12 kilometers from the city centre. The population around is dense and semi urban.
2016 was a special year for us. We turned 18 and we got our own new space to further explore our puppetry encounters. Our space is at the Southern border of Delhi, 12 kilometers from the city centre. The population around is dense and semi urban.
These are the programs the space is currently supporting or planning to support
Mentorship Program -
In December 2017 we kick start our artists mentorship program with the mentoring of young directors from across India by the Director of Helios Theatre in Hamm, Germany, Barbara Kolling. Barbara will mentor 5 young Indian directors in creating 5 new performances using material only.
These are the programs the space is currently supporting or planning to support
Mentorship Program -
In December 2017 we kick start our artists mentorship program with the mentoring of young directors from across India by the Director of Helios Theatre in Hamm, Germany, Barbara Kolling. Barbara will mentor 5 young Indian directors in creating 5 new performances using material only.
Vision
To promote puppet theatre by setting very high standards and pushing its boundaries in all its forms. To create a new puppet theatre audiences in India through festivals, educational institutions, at public spaces and communities. To take Indian puppetry forms to the rest of the world, and to train professional puppeteers and create professionalism within puppet theatre practice in India.
Mission
To create performances using new techniques of puppet animation and design, to collaborate with other artists from different disciplines. To tour shows across India and the world evolving puppet scripts and dramaturgy in puppet performances, to train children, youth and adults in puppet theatre. To create awareness and curiosity about the form and to expand audiences.
To train professional puppeteers who will push the bar of the form, through workshops, masterclasses, mentor projects and internships. To seek a dialogue between traditional puppet theatre and contemporary practices. Looking at questions of collaborations between traditional form and modern expression. To create a body of documentation of puppet theatre practice and thought. To seek relevance for puppet theatre outside the "Theatre" space by engaging with audiences through visual arts exhibitions, in museums, in village communities, at the Katkatha studio neighbourhood, urban communities, sites of mass movements, local schools etc.