“Theatre of Relevance” in Theatre Academics
Manjul Bhardwaj has been invited by Department of Dramatics of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University to conduct a special workshop on his philosophy “ Theatre of Relevance” from 5th- 9th February 2008 in Aurangabad.
This special module will cover the understanding, fundamentals, principles, concepts and processes of “ Theatre of Relevance”. The participants will explore themselves through“ Theatre of Relevance” processes and will act as resource and create a theatre of their own in a theatre laboratory which facilitates learning through experience, reflections, experiments, hypothesizing and conceptualizing.
Manjul Bhardwaj initiated the philosophy “Theatre of Relevance” in 1992 and practicing it in India and all over the world. He has been working in theatre since last 20 years at grassroots level in rural parts of India and abroad. He founded Experimental Theatre Foundation in 1992- a pioneer theatre movement in India. ETF – a laboratory of social change through theatre.
His play “Mera Bachpan” has been performed more than 12,000 times in India and abroad. The theatre world in Europe is inviting him to conduct workshops on “Theatre of Relevance”. His play “Laadli” dealing with the homicide of female fetus has been an eye opener- currently performed in different cities and rural parts of INDIA.
He is a visiting faculty in a number of institutions, academies and organizations in India & abroad. He has received best actor award for his play “door se kisi ne awaaz di”. He is awarded with the certificate of “Citizen’s Council for Better Tomorrow” presented by governor of Maharashtra at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. He is awarded UNFPA- LAADLI Media award for gender sensitivity for the year 2006-7 in “ Theatre – Street Theatre” category.
His play B-7 was premiered in the UNESCO General Assembly; Hanover, Germany. His play “Vishwa – The World” was premiered at Beiersdorf AG (NIVEA cold cream) in Hamburg, Germany. He has recently conducted a series of interactive and participative theatre workshops-cum-performances through a play called “Gudgudee” for tsunami-affected children in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India for UNICEF.
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