Synopsis
Tara is nine years old and lives with her parents. Little does she know that there are 3 other companions Andro (Technology), Wadeva (Boredom) and Imagenie (Imagination) who also live with her. These three love Tara very much and are constantly competing with each other to get her attention. Her Dad loves his gadgets and her Mom tries to keep everyone’s imagination alive.
It’s summer break and they are off to visit Nani. Their car breaks down near a forest. A con man ‘Baba Black Sheep Singh’ appears and offers to help. He hypnotises the parents and starts to loot the car. At first Tara is scared but as things get more complicated, she realises that she will have to do something. Turns out the 3 secret companions are more than happy to jump in. They help Tara to come up with an explosive plan to scare the baba and bring him to his knees.
Director’s Note
With everything in moderation, We can be a happy nation, Technology, Imagination, and even Boredom.
Our message at the end is…
Everything is fine in equal measure,
Finding a balance is finding treasure,
Nothing is good or bad it’s all your perception,
But watch out beware don’t be fooled by deception
The play explores the basic idea and importance of technology, boredom & imagination in daily life of a child. In big cities, there is a lack of space for children to be physically activity, most schools don’t even have a playground and parents are busy with their lives leaving them with no time for kids. This has led to children also being stuck in their rooms glued to plastic screens. Whatever happened to reading books, playing those make-believe games or finding inventive ways to pass the time? Apart from reaffirming the need to be imaginative, the play also tries to change our perception towards Boredom which is mostly seen as negative.
Directors Profile
Kalyani Hiwale
National School of Drama Graduate, Year 2000. Kalyani has extensive experience in theatre in education and has been teaching drama in the classroom for more than 17 years. She has taught in mostly in international schools and also designed Drama curriculums for several other schools as well in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi.
In recent years she has started to deliver a program Using Drama for Learning to primary and middle school teachers. The program enables regular teachers to use drama activities to teach other subjects.
Akhshay Gandhi
Akhshay Gandhi is a theatre artist & facilitator. He is a SITI Company (NYC) ambassador and was artist-in-residence at Gesseneralle, Zurich (with TENT School) and guest faculty at Lalit Kala Kendra & Drama School Mumbai. He has received his theatre training at SITI Company (New York), Odin Theatre Laboratory (Denmark), and Indian Ensemble (Bangalore). His work has been performed at prestigious venues, including Stanford University, UCLA, and Spoken Fest, to name a few. Some accomplishments include TEDx talks, an IATC paper, a Tata Scholar Grant, and a BITSAA 30u30 award.
Cast & Crew
andro JEH ALEXANDAR / SUKRIT MAHAJAN wadeva KIYOMI MEHTA / MEGHNA ROY CHAUDHARY imagenie SHREYA SHARMA / TWVINKLE KAPOOR tara SHRISTI SHARMA / PRARTHANA KUDTARKAR mamma DEEPA PANCHAL papa AMEET BHUVAN / DHANESH GOPALKRISHNAN baba black sheep singh KAUSTAV SINHA gps voice DILNAZ IRANI big g voice MANEESH VERMA
director KALYANI HIWALE & AKHSHAY GANDHI script, lyrics & music ASIF ALI BEG story KALYANI HIWALE & MANEESH VERMA assistant director VISHAL costumes SONAL KHARADE music producer KAIZAD GHERDA assistant director & lights VISHAL creative producer MANEESH VERMA set & props KAPIL DEV & NIRANAJN JADHAO stage manager MONIKA GUPTA manager ANITA GANDHI
