SHOWCASE
An artist-driven sustainable model for performance and exhibition, where technical support and design come together in collaboration with the artist's vision.
GHOSTS OF THE PAST / HARSHITA GUHA
Ghosts of the Past | Theatre
Ghosts of the Past - looking at the changing urban landscape of New Delhi and a sneak peek into the shadows of past - people who lived have gone - you can only sense their ghost in the space now. A physical theatre experimental performance, using layers of projection mapping of visuals from the site, clips of performance on the site and the live performance with a narrative, creating a multi-dimensional experience.
Devised and performed by Harshita Guha
Music: Wojciech Golczewski
Scenography: Anuj Chopra
Photographic material: Skyler Guha
Documantation: Kaatyaayani Pandey & Dhruv Malik
Performed at Kārkhānā | 24 & 26 December 2021
UPAR WAALA KAMRA / ANOOP GUPTA
Upar Waala Kamra | Theatre
Upar Waala Kamra explores the life of an old man whose son is suffering from Depression. As the father is trying to understand why and how his son has reached this point, he starts looking at their life as a family, himself as a father and the inexplicable nature of mental illness.
Devised and Performed by Anoop Gupta
Lighting and Poster Design: Anuj Chopra
Video Documentation: Anuj Chopra, Pratiik D Bhalawala & Dhruv Malik
Stage Management: Vishal Dagade and Nitesh Tiwari
Performed at Kārkhānā | Feb 26 & 27, 2022
R.I.P. / SAVITA RANI
For a body that goes through so much restlessness in life, both within and outside in the world, how can there be 'Rest in Peace' after death?
Why can we not rest in peace while we are alive?
An interactive solo, RIP is a woman’s personal, and political narration.
Warning: Contains satire and humour.
Devised and Performed by Savita Rani
Photography by Pawan Daxini
Performed at Kārkhānā | 9 & 10 April 2022
NOCTURNAL / LALIT KHATANA & MANJU SHARMA
How myriad are the moon’s enchantments; the way the objects and spaces, ordinary by the day, assume a cool essentiality under moonlight; the way the moon will reflect itself in a river, and in the numerable mental, emotional and physical liquidities of living beings. The way the ocean and sea are “kneaded by the moon”- Thomas Hardy
Nocturnal Hybrid | Contemporary Dance
Choreographed by Nora Martine Svenning and Sudesh Adhana
Performed by Lalit Khatana and Manju Sharma
Visual Design by Antero Hein
Presented by Xpro Arts & Gati Dance Forum
Supported by Kulturrådet
Performed at Kārkhānā | 28th & 29th April 2022
DRY ICE / VIKRAM PHUKAN
SATTU SHERAWAALI DA / ANOOP GUPTA
Digital Theatre Presentation by Theatre Jil Jil Ramāmani
In the age of the Internet, snatches of conversations—on the radio, the phone, or the web—prise open the death wish of a generation that had seemed poised to inherit a world far more accepting of differences and diversity than ever before.
Written and Directed by Vikram Phukan
Performed by Akash Ghosalkar,Shair & Nihir Katrela
Supported by India Foundation for the Arts
Performed at Kārkhānā | 10-11 May 2022
Sattu Sherawaali Da | Theatre
शेर तो सत्तू बना करता था!
पर सत्तू अब किसी को याद भी नहीं।
शायद ही कभी उसका ज़िक्र कहीं पड़ा मिल जाता है।
क्यूंकि सत्तू तो जेल में हैं।
Sattu Sherawaali Da explores the life of a man in confinement. While he serves his sentence, we catch fractured glimpses of his extraordinary past.
Performance - Jai Prakash Kumar
Writing and Direction - Anoop Gupta
Design - Anuj Chopra
Performed at Kārkhānā | 2,3,4 December 2022