30 April 2010

ANKUR 2010: Call for Applications


Committed to nurturing new talents in and new audiences for Indian performing arts, Ranan initiated ‘Ankur’, an annual event for emerging talent in the Indian classical dance, in 2004.


‘Ankur 2010’ is scheduled for 10 September at Gyan Manch, Calcutta this year and will form the second evening of the annual programme of Brindar - Ranan’s Kathak training wing.
Applications for solo recitals only are invited from prospective participants between the ages of 18 and 30 as on 1 July 2010.
Applications will be screened by an expert committee and the two selected candidates informed by end-July. Established professional performers will not be considered.

The last date for receiving applications is 30 June 2010.
Further details below: 

EXPLORING SHAKESPEARE ON YOUR FEET: a workshop led by Rebecca Gould






Date: Sunday, 16 May 2010
Venue: Ranan, Calcutta
Time: 10am to 5pm







Registration open

16 April 2010

Where are we???

Before you think that we have completely disappeared, here we are !
All of us have been spending time figuring out several things about Ranan - where are we headed? What do we want to do? How do we achieve what we want?
And one of the things we want to do is to definitely breathe life into this blog ...so soon you will be hearing a lot more from us.
For starters, here is where Vikram is :
http://thedirectorsforum.blogspot.com/ , attending a Director's Forum at Aberystwyth organised by CPR.
You can read his comments and several interesting discussions on the blog.

04 January 2010

Equus at NSD's Theatre Festival

Ranan's Equus will be staged at NSD's Bharat Rang Mahotsav - NSD's Annual Theatre Festival. Tickets for all performances : Rs.100, 50, 30 & 10 -- available at NSD.

For Enquiries contact : The National School of Drama, Bahawalpur House, Bhagwan Dass Road, New Delhi 110001. Tel : +91 11 23383420 / 23384531.


For more details about this year's Festival, http://www.nsdtheatrefest.com/


Happy New Year

Ranan wishes everyone a very Happy New Year...we begin this year on a good note. Ranan's Equus has been invited to the 12th NSD Theatre Festival - Bharat Rang Mohotsav. We shall be performing on 16th Jan.2010, 9:30pm at Abhimanch.

01 November 2009


THE PRESS ON EQUUS



RANAN'S EQUUS AT THE PRITHVI THEATRE FESTIVAL 2009

Ranan is delighted to announce that our production of Peter Shaffer's acclaimed play, 'Equus' forms part of the Prithvi Theatre Festival, Mumbai '09. We will present 4 shows as per the details below.

Wed 11 Nov 8 pm Karnataka Sangha, Matunga
Thu 12 Nov 8 pm Horniman Circle Garden, Fort
Sat 14 Nov 6 & 9:30 pm Prithvi Theatre, Juhu

Ticket sales are open
Tickets Rates:Prithvi - Rs 200/-
Karnataka Sangha - Rs 150/-
Horniman circle garden - Rs 150/-
There will be senior Citizen & Student Discount for all venues - Rs 100/-

Tickets available at
Prithvi Theatre, Juhu - 09220823837
Karnataka Sangha, Matunga (w) - 09220823831
INOX, Nariman Point - 09220823809
Home Delivery - 39895050
Online - http://www.bookmyshow.com/

For more details on this and other events at the festival, please visit http://www.prithvitheatre.org/

A suite of photographs of the premiere shows of the production in April 2009 are available to view on http://picasaweb.google.com/iyengar.vikram/EquusARananProductionSunday12April2009#
Photographs are by Tom Lai.