About Us
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts is where academicians, research scholars, students, culture enthusiasts, artists and community members work in a collaborative environment to create rich, engaged learning and teaching experiences in the field of Art, Literature and Performing Arts; the Centre is first of its kind in Mumbai with academically rich courses in the specialised fields of art and culture open to all. St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts is a brain child of Fr. Magi Murzello and Dr. Omkar Bhatkar. They at SAPP invite individuals to become members of an intellectually diverse, active learning community for lifelong learning. The Courses run by SAPP are usually priced at a lesser cost, as the Centre seeks to bridge the economic gap between the artist and art. SAPP curates lecture series, readings, workshop and performances.
July 2022
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
presents
Acting & Theatre- Making
(Workshop)
This course is designed for those who wish to try themselves at acting and experience the catharsis of essaying a role. Metamorphosis Theatre Inc is a Mumbai based theatre company that explores themes like grief, existential crisis, melancholia, mourning, clemency, love, loss and solitude in their plays. For the first time, the company has organized a certificate course on the crossroads of film and theatre for those passionate about acting. The twelve week, ‘Acting and Theatre making’ course allows participants to immerse themselves in discovering the craft of acting. There are many schools and methodologies of acting. We, in this experiment, will be more concerned with the idea of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ and therefore locate this project in the realm of exploring consciousness. We will work more with speech, language, body and character development.
By Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
SAPP and Metamorphosis Theatre Inc presentation
8th July to 25th September 2022
at SAPP, Bandra
To Register Call On
+91 9819007976
Shakespeare Theater Company, India
organises
Vincent
(Play Performance)
“Vincent” is a one-man play that explores the little-known side to Vincent van Gogh. The world-renowned artist only grew to his fame after his death in 1890. Much of his personal life was left misunderstood as he was seen by the masses as an obscure kind of genius. For many years, he wrote letters back and forth with his brother, Theo, revealing the struggles and thoughts behind some of his most famous works. The play takes place after Vincent’s death as Theo recollects these letters and speaks about him to a gathering of peers. In this intimate production, we are transported to this gathering as if we are the peers and we have come for someone we knew and yet we didn’t. Vincent will provide a multimedia experience by beautifully displaying Van Gogh’s works on stage through projection as Theo talks about them, allowing you to view these paintings and drawings while intimately getting to know the man who painted them.
Sun 10th July 2022
7:00 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
St. Andrew's Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
presents
Opera & The Operatic Voice
(Workshop)
This 6-day course, in a workshop format, will cover the following:
1. Mozart's contribution to the world of opera I'm sure most of you out there would associate the name "Mozart" with "Genius". But how did the child prodigy become the greatest freelance musician? Musicians of every genre are aware of his immense contributions to various genres of western classical music. But, what about his operas, seven of which are still performed today - more than 200 hundred years after his death!! With the aid of images, videos of performances, and a narrative from me we will explore Mozart's early life, his travels, his influences and three of his key operas. You will be introduced to various kinds of operatic voices (soprano, tenor, bass &c).
2. Discover your voice through techniques based on the the Italianate Method of Singing I will enable you to discover your unique voice and apply it to song.
The course will be as interactive as possible and time will be allocated during each session for discussion and Q&A.
11th to 16th July 2022
11 AM TO 1 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
Metamorphosis Productions
present
Painted Hymns
(Film Screening)
Standing atop the Monte Santo, resolutely facing north is the Nunnery of Santa Monica. Like a grand old matriarch, the building stands not just with grace and dignity but with formidable beauty and an air of insurmountable defenses; tenderly sheltering those within whilst repelling the whims and fancies of the fickle, shallow world. Believed to be the world’s second-largest convent, the construction of the Convent of Santa Monica began in 1606 and was finished in 1627. The convent had eleven private chapels of which only three survive today. This film is an attempt to document these murals in a poetic form, some of these murals/paintings are rare, possibly not present anywhere else in the world, especially the one in the chapel of Trinity. The paintings are painted over the wall with brushes dipped in natural vegetable dyes and reflect a love for flora and fauna. The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is like Goa’s secret Sistine chapel”. The film is somewhere between documentary and visual theology.
Sat 16th July 2022
7:00 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
present
Song Of The Rain
(Play Performance)
Celebrating Monsoon Poetry with Tea An evening designed and directed by Omkar Bhatkar When it rains, a few sit by the window listening to the pitter-patter and catching up on a good book while some listen to an old melody. Some like to get drenched in the downpour while others sneak under their blanket on a cosy couch. Monsoon is the season of pouring rain and intense emotions: Love and longing, hope and fear, pleasure and pain, devotion and joyous excess. Monsoon also makes long drives and treks memorable. Or, it simply becomes an enticing proposition to munch on pakodas and sip hot tea. Every monsoon allows you to create new memories. This season, how about creating a memory of listening to an exquisite collection of handpicked monsoon poetry of poets, such as Henry Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Mangesh Dabaral, Susan Williams, Arundhati Subramanian, Rainer Maria Rilke, Sudarshan Faakir, William Carlos Williams, Tu Fu, Rabindranath Tagore, Charles Bukowski, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Ranjit Hoskote, Gulzar, Edward Thomas, Sugathakumari, Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop. Metamorphosis Theatre Inc brings to you an enthralling evening of memories, music, poetry and mast chai/coffee and cookies in an open-air courtyard with a limited seating arrangement for that endearing, personal experience.
Fri 22nd July | 7:30PM
Sat 23rd July | 5:30 PM | 7:30PM
Sun 24th July | 10:30 AM | 5:30 PM | 7:30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
June 2022
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
presents
I want to be a Humming Bird
(Play Performance)
“If war has an opposite, gardens might sometimes be it,” Rebecca Solnit Twelve-year-old Lucy finds herself as a misfit, the school children find her ideas strange and most of the teachers aren’t able to teach when she is in the class. She is tired of city life and school. Some grey material like carbon has got into her that keeps her unhappy. The mother eventually succumbs to her demand of going to meet her grandpa in the mountains. On her way to the mountains, she befriends a tiny strange creature and finally reaches far away from the world turning black and grey with carbon to the colorful valley filled with lilies and lilacs echoing the sound of sweet birds. The tiny strange bird and Lucy both start feeling happy after a long time as the grey matter on them starts washing off from their skin. Audiences are drawn to this grandpa’s sweet little garden where they discover artists from the past with a deep relationship to nature. A beautiful, original play that illustrates the power of simple living and offers a seldom-seen glimpse into the mystical relationship between creativity and nature through music, poetry, and visuals.
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
SAPP and Metamorphosis Theatre Inc presentation
Sat 4th June 2022
10:30 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
St. Andrew's Centre for Philospophy and Performing Arts
organises
Tea and Tarkovsky
(A film study circle with Dr. Omkar Bhatkar)
The cinema of Tarkovsky. It is entrancing, eclectic and edifying. His films are nothing less than moving poetry. They are akin to fluidic painting. A visceral exposition of human pathos and ethos. To watch the cinema of Tarkovsky is to dwell in the unexplored solitude, immerse in the immensity of the abstract, and gallop on a dune of dreams and memories with unknown sensitivity and astounding intensity.
Live the love of cinema with a Tarkovsky retrospective. A list of 4 of his cinematic gems curated with care.
A must for all cinephiles, this 8-hour journey spanning 4 days aims to:
• Embark you on a journey of art, philosophy and abstract.
• Discuss the narrative, characters and moments in the films.
• Make you appreciative of the aesthetics, ideology and universe of Tarkovsky’s films.
• Contemplate his reflections through the lens of existentialism.
• Explore the spectrum of faith and purpose of existence.
Dive into a mosaic of Tarkovsky’s magic through soul-stirring discussions and soul-stimulating tea amidst the setting sun, the caressing wind and benedictive rains.
Workshop Fees: ₹2,000/-
6th to 9th June 2022
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
presents
She No Princess, He No Hero
(Play Performance)
Bella and Borges are in the same class. Bella likes to climb trees, dress like boys, and gel her short hair. Borges` hair is curly; he shows his emotions, and he is not physically strong. Neither conforms to gendered roles that society dictates. Told through the voices of Bella and Borges, this intimate and poignant theatre piece transports the audience into the minds of young boys and girls confronting the cultural stereotypes imposed on them as they come of age.
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc and SAPP presentation
Adapted and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Inspired by the works of Magali Moguel
Sat 11th June 2022
10 : 30 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
Prudence Productions
present
Candida
(Play Performance)
A play performance of `Candida`, a blithe English comedy - one of the ` Plays Pleasant` written by George Bernard Shaw towards the end of the nineteenth century .
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Abhudaya Tamhankar
12th June 2022
6:30 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
Tamaasha Theatre
present
Same Same but Different
(Play Performance)
Jahnvi Shrimankar, Kailash Waghmare: She grew up in a large joint family in South Mumbai. He in a family of marginal farmers in Maharashtra’s Jalna district. Her grandmother introduced her to the nuances of Dadra and Dhrupad through Haveli Sangeet. He taught himself to sing perched on a Neem tree while grazing cattle in the vast open grounds outside his village. From childhood she was rigorously groomed to be a singer with no room for distractions. His musical influences were diverse; the courtyard outside his home was an open stage for every passing itinerant performer. In telling their stories they share music from different traditions such as folk, classical, popular cinema, political, as they sing live, accompanied by a highly skilled band. Same Same but Different is a treat for the mind, and the heart!
Sat 18th June 2022
7 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
Grooming Babies
presents
EIDGAH
(STORY TELLING PERFORMANCE)
EIDGAH - Premchand ki kkahani, Dastango ki zubani is one of our latest EduDramas. An engaging children theatre that dramatises Premchand’s Idgah drawing inspiration from Dastangoi style of enactment, initiating children to two of India’s eminent narrative cultures.
Performed by Pratiksha Seth and Pooja Jain
Sun 19th June 2022
10 : 30 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
Face to Face
in collaboration with
SAPP
presents
AN EVENING WITH KAUSHAL OZA
(FILM SCREENING / TEA/ DISCUSSION)
Born and raised in Bombay, Kaushal Oza graduated in Film Direction from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII, Pune). Kaushal has been twice awarded the National Film Award. In 2010, as Best Debut Director for his short film Vaishnav Jan Toh. And in 2013, for his short film Afterglow. Together his films have won 15 Best Film Awards and screened at many International Film Festivals. In 2021, he wrote and directed The Miniaturist of Junagadh which went to 16 film festivals and won Best Film at IIFF, Madrid.
This event by FACE TO FACE, a recent entrant to the film club scene in Bombay, is being hosted by SAPP and is meant to introduce this sensitive young filmmaker and two of his films to a Mumbai audience. Oza is currently in the development of his first full-length feature film, which was selected for the NFDC Screenwriters Lab and was also a part of the NFDC Co-production Market at Film. The screenings will be followed by tea, and a discussion on his films, with Kaushal Oza.
Sat 25th June 2022
6: 00 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
To reserve your seat Whatsapp/Call
+91 9819007976
A Cine Shorts Premiere Initiative
presents
CINE SHORTS
(FILM SCREENING)
CineShorts Premiere Presents ‘The Shorts Premiere’ an offline event where we screen curated shorts. We bring you an evening of Short Film Screenings where you get to watch some brilliant, cult Indie Shorts. Moreover, its an event where you learn, network & explore possibilities with a like-minded community of cinephiles.
Sun 26th June 2022
3: 00 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
may 2022
Prudence Productions
present
AN INSPECTOR CALLS
(Play Performance)
This classic `drawing-room theatre` play is a three-act drama presenting the events on a single night in 1912. The narrative focuses on members of a bourgeois family when they have to face interrogation from a police inspector investigating the suicide of a young working-class girl. The play presents a vehement criticism of the hypocrisies of the capitalist society in Victorian England. The content of Priestley`s masterpiece text is predominantly socialist, humanist, and philanthropic.
Written by J.B Priestley
Directed by Abhudaya Tamhankar
Sat 7th May 2022
6 : 30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
CineShorts
organise
THE SHORTS PREMIERE
(Film Screening)
CineShorts Premiere Presents ‘The Shorts Premiere’ an offline event where we screen curated shorts. We bring you an evening of Short Film Screenings where you get to watch some brilliant, cult Indie Shorts. Moreover, its an event where you learn, network & explore possibilities with a like-minded community of cinephiles.
Sun 8th May 2022
3 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
QTP
presents
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
(Play Performance)
Every Brilliant Thing is an uplifting story about love, life, family, mental health, and a list of all the wonderful things in the world! Presented as a live participative performance, this moving and intimate piece invites you to celebrate the joy found in everyday objects.
A unique experience that encourages everyone present to meet and interact with each other and the performer and in doing so, take the story forward.
Written by
Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Q
Sat 14th and Sun 15th May 2022
6 : 30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
FILM APPRECIATION & WORLD CINEMA II Conducted by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
This course aims at making students greatly sensitive to, fully aware, and appreciative of the technique, aesthetics, ideology, and history of cinema. The Course grapples with Film as An Art, Language of Film, Grammar of Film, Mise-en-Scene, Genre, Narrative, and Representation. The course shall dwell upon Film movements such as Soviet Cinema, Japanese Cinema, and Indian Parallel Cinema,
16th to 20th May 2022
9 AM to 11 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
VIDEO EDITING FOR BEGINNERS
Conducted by Harshvardhan Shetye
Beginners course on adobe premiere pro (transitions, color correction, color grading, Adding music & audio effects, masking, synching audio, effects & adjustment layer, understanding different tools, keyframing, motion effects)
16th to 20th May 2022
12 PM to 2 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
BASICS OF COPYWRITING
Conducted by Berges Santok
Beginners course on introduction to copywriting techniques, tools, and skills.
16th to 20th May 2022
3 PM to 5 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
DECOUPAGE
Conducted by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
The word découpage; comes from the French verb découper, to cut out. The découpage technique can be used to personalize almost any item in your home and the great thing is that the designs can be as simple or as complex as you like. From the papers to choose from to the tools to use: find all, you need to know in this workshop on découpage. In a two-day workshop, we will learn to use the art of decoupage on wood and glass/hardboard to give the object a vintage feel.
Sat 21st to Sun 22nd May 2022
9 AM to 12 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
Grooming Babies
presents
EIDGAH
(STORY TELLING PERFORMANCE)
EIDGAH - Premchand ki kkahani, Dastango ki zubani is one of our latest EduDramas. An engaging children theatre that dramatises Premchand’s Idgah drawing inspiration from Dastangoi style of enactment, initiating children to two of India’s eminent narrative cultures.
Performed by Pratiksha Seth and Pooja Jain
Sat 21 May 2022
6 : 30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
presents
SHE NO PRINCESS, HE NO HERO
(PLAY PERFORMANCE)
Bella and Borges are in the same class. Bella likes to hunt, dress like boys, and gel her short hair. Borges hair is curly, shows his emotions, and is not physically strong. Neither conforms to gendered roles that society dictates. Told through the voices of Bella and Borges, this intimate and poignant theater piece transports the audience into the mind of young boys and girls confronting the cultural stereotypes imposed on them as they come of age.
Inspired by the works of Magali Mougel
Written and Directed by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Sun 22nd May, 2022
4 : 30 and 6 : 30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
VISUAL COMMUNICATION & AESTHETICS
Conducted by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Visual communication is communication through visual aid and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon. Visual communication solely relies on vision, and is primarily presented or expressed with two-dimensional images, it includes signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, color, and electronic resources. It also explores the idea that a visual message accompanying text has a greater power to inform, educate, or persuade a person or audience. The course is an introduction to elements of Design and Creativity. The course aims to enhance your awareness of the world via images, colour sensitivity, and knowledge of shapes, lines, and even font.
Mon 23rd to Fri 27th May 2022
9 AM to 11 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
Meraki
organise
THEATRE FOR KIDS
(Summer Course for Children)
Conducted by Sonal Khale
'Meraki by Sonal' offers 'Let's Play', a super-fun and a live energetic theatre workshop for children between 6 to 10 years. The workshop is an introduction to the wonderful world of theatre. The sessions will focus on sparking inherent abilities of creativity and imagination in each participant.
REGISTER on 9820758871
Mon 23rd to Fri 27th May 2022
10 AM to 12 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
presents
PIPPI LONSTOCKING
Designed and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Pippi lives in an adult-free environment with no family around, on her own in an old villa. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson. Whether Pippi’s scrubbing her floors, doing arithmetic, or stirring things up at a fancy tea party, her flair for the outrageous always seems to lead to another adventure. The performance will be followed by an activity for children. Come let`s get to know Pippi Longstocking through her antics in this uniquely designed storytelling performance.
Sat 28th and Sun 29th May 2022
10 : 30 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
april 2022 (AWESUMMER 2022)
Prudence Productions
present
CANDIDA
(Play Performance)
A play performance of `Candida`, a blithe English comedy - one of the ` Plays Pleasant` written by George Bernard Shaw towards the end of the nineteenth century
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Abhudaya Tamhankar
Sun 3rd Apri 2022
6 : 30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
WRITE YOUR OWN PLAY
Conducted by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Theatre is one of the most visceral forms of storytelling, a living and breathing collaborative art form. At the heart of all plays is a conflict. Whether you’ve never written anything before, you’re experienced in any form of writing, or you’re a playwright looking to sharpen your skills, “Write Your Own Play” offers clear, step-by-step guidance in characterization, conflict and structure, setting, knots of tension, codes of character, dialogue and formatting. Towards the end of this course, the participants will have finished writing a play or at least gained the knowledge to write one.
Mon 18th to Fri 22nd April, 2022
9 AM to 11 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
VISUAL POETRY
Conducted by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Understanding Poetry as a form of visual communication, followed by a brief history of the visual culture of poems. The workshop will focus on providing the tools and techniques for creating different kinds of visual poems. Participants will be taken on a journey of different genres of visual poems, such as Blackout Poetry, Concrete Poetry, Acrostic Poetry, Haptic Poetry, Poetry in Motion, and Poetronica.
Sat 23rd to Sun 24th April 2022
9 AM to 12 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Talk)
MOVING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Conducted by Rekha Shetty
What is Sustainability and Why is it Important?
3 Rules of Sustainability
Simple Ways to follow Sustainability
Ways of Everyday living to help you add sustainability to your life
Sun 24th April, 2022
9 AM to 11 AM
at ANDIE/ SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
DISCOVER THE NARRATOR IN YOU- Unlock your Natural Voice
Conducted by Daryl Arambhan
The voice is a reflection of “you”. The aim of this course will be to unlock and enhance the natural unique speaking voices of each participant with a view to “reading out loud” and communicating with an audience. Relatable imagery will be used throughout the course to encourage the participants to open up and use their voices efficiently as if doing so in a theatre. Techniques will be covered to enable the participants to project and modulate their voices while working on monologues, poems and pieces of literature.
18th April to 6th May, 2022
11 : 30 AM to 12 : 30 PM
at ANDIE/ SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
St. Andrew's Educational Foundation
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
AWESUMMER 2022
(Summer Courses)
FILM APPRECIATION AND WORLD CINEMA I
Conducted by Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
This course aims at making students greatly sensitive to, fully aware, and appreciative of the technique, aesthetics, ideology, and history of cinema. The Course grapples with Film as An Art, Language of Film, Grammar of Film, Mise-en-Scene, Genre, Narrative, and Representation. The course shall dwell upon Film movements such as Novella Vague and Italian Neo-Realism.
Mon 25th to Fri 29th April 2022
9 AM to 11 AM
at SAPP, Bandra
REGISTER with Ms. Jacinta on 9769296630
(Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 5 PM)
january- FEBRUARY 2022
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
organise
RELIGION AND BEYOND Vol II
(A dialogue through Cinema and Poetry)
Online Course
This lecture series examine the contingent nature of religious belief systems and how theism and atheism is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address the ideas of God and its existence with reference to the poetry and cinema of : -- Tarkovsky, Jean Valentine, Abbas Kiarostami, Sergei Parajanov, etc. It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various diverse disciplines, the major being philosophy, sociology, religion, poetry, history, literature and political science. Each session is organised around key ideas of a thinker revolving around their film/ poems The course will look at the spectrum of belief and non-belief, spiritual and material, acceptance and rejection of god, omnipotence and helplessness of god, , fear of god and even death of god. The course seeks to explore the undefined, unsettled nebulous space between theism and atheism through cinematic works and poems.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate understanding of the conflated term 'Religion and Faith' via poetry, cinema and aesthetics
- Exploring the spectrum of Theism and Atheism and trying to make sense of a world beyond 'ism's
- Reconnoitring the meaning of faith via the films/ poems of these thinkers
A participation certificate will be awarded upon successful completion.
Course Faculty
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Artistic Director, Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
Dr. Amita Valmiki
Head, Department of Philosophy, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai
Workshop Fees: Rs 4500/-
The workshop will be conducted from 18th Jan to 24th Feb, 2022
Every Tuesday and Thursday
5 PM TO 7 PM
on Zoom
Limited Seats
For details call +91 98190 07976
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
presents
THE BOOK OF HOURS
Echoes of Rainer Maria Rilke
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
"I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not even complete the last one,
but I give myself to it.
I circle around God, the primordial tower.
I have been circling for thousands of years,
and I still don't know : am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song?
- Rainer Maria Rilke
One night after watching Tarkovsky’s film, Andrei Rublev, the young poet goes to sleep only to be visited by Rilke's angel in his dreams. The poet, in his awakened sleep, listens to the echoes of Rilke’s elegies, raising existential questions about his own inner life, his struggles toward comprehension, and, above all, his perils as a poet.
The young poet starts reading Rilke's 'The Book of Hours' and sees himself falling deeper in love with Rilke's icon painter-monk. He now wonders if Tarkovsky's Rublev is the unnamed monk in Rilke's apotheosis of art. The night is a surreal meeting of these monks in the young poet’s mind. It results in an indescribable poetic affair that lasts until the sun rises, and disappears into the void, leaving no trace as if the night was real and everything delusional or vice versa.
The play is an attempt of a modern (hu)man to orientate himself within his chaotic world, undertake the quest of a beloved, embark on the journey in search of truth and the promise of a better life. In this long loneliness, the young poet's reading of ‘The Book of Hours’ brings together poets, mystics, artists, and seers to confabulate on love and life.
Fri 25th, Sat 26th, Sun 27th February, 2022
6:30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
live lecture series - DECEMBER 2021
THEATRE APPRECIATION WORKSHOP
This workshop offers a detailed understanding of the art, craft, and philosophy of the theatre. It covers a range of topics, such as conceptualisation, performance, aesthetics, design, spatial dynamics, scenography and writing practices, among others. At the end of the course, participants will have an understanding of:
This is an intensive workshop which aims to expose the participants to diverse range of theatre and stagecraft aesthetics.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate understanding of
- Diverse forms of classic and contemporary theatre pieces
- Mis-en-scene and Meaning making
- The vocabulary of theatre
- Collaborative processes such as devised theatre
- The interface of theatre with culture, literature, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, politics and economy
- Contributions of notable playwrights and theatre artists
- Textual, Conceptual and Visual Theatre
- Iconic Plays, Playwrights and Scenographers
A participation certificate will be awarded upon successful completion.
Course Faculty
Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Artistic Director, Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
Ramu Ramanathan
Editor of PrintWeek India
Playwright and Director
Course Fees : Rs 2000/-
The course will be conducted over 3 days
from 10th to 12th Dec 2021,
4 PM TO 8 PM
on Zoom/ those who wish to attend it offline at our centre are welcome.
RELIGION AND BEYOND...
Tryst of the Theist, Atheist and everything in between
This lecture series examine the contingent nature of religious belief systems and how theism and atheism is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address the ideas of God and its existence with reference to the writings of : -- Miguel de Unamuno, Dorothy Day, B.R. Ambedkar, Rainer Maria Rilke, Kabir and Friedrich Nietzsche. It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various diverse disciplines, the major being philosophy, sociology, religion, poetry, history, literature and political science. Each session is organised around key ideas of a thinker revolving around their lived experience. The course will look at the spectrum of belief and non-belief, spiritual and material, acceptance and rejection of god, omnipotence and helplessness of god, , fear of god and even death of god. The course seeks to explore the undefined, unsettled nebulous space between theism and atheism.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate understanding of the conflated term 'Religion and Faith'
- Exploring the spectrum of Theism and Atheism and trying to make sense of a world beyond 'ism's
- Reconnoitring the meaning of faith via the lives of these thinkers
A participation certificate will be awarded upon successful completion.
Course Faculty
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Dr. Amita Valmiki
Head, Department of Philosophy, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai
Course Fees : Rs 2000/-
The course will be conducted over 6 days
from 14th to 30th Dec 2021 (Every Tuesday and Thursday)
5 PM TO 7 PM
on Zoom
iktsuarpok (play performance)
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
presents
IKTSUARPOK
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
"Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving”
-Khalil Gibran
Two siblings set off to Goa for a Christmas holiday to visit their maternal aunt, Emily whom they detest and only know through their bitter teenage encounters. What was expected to be the usual family reunion turns out to be an eventful discovery of a new side of themselves and seeing Goa with new lenses.
This leisurely week rolls out a feeling so distinct and indescribable, perhaps words may fall short, or not exist, or maybe untranslatable! (just like Iktsuarpok)
Iktsuarpok is a story of unspoken emotions, new friendships, burdened past, the passage of time, shattered hope, and the re-imagination of dreams. Come and experience the journey of these siblings and their newfound friends in Goa through words, said and unsaid in this delicately-crafted experience.
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Assisted by Berges Santok
Cast : Yajan Joshi, Archana Bora, Prashant Nalaskar, Sharmila Velaskar Kadne, Akshay Jha
Suitable for 16+ years
Fri 17th, Sat 18th, Sun 19th, Thurs 23rd Dec, 2021
6:30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
EXPLORATIONS IN GENDER (Online lecture series)
EXPLORATIONS IN GENDER LECTURE SERIES
This lecture series examine the contingent nature of identity factors such as Sex, Gender and Sexuality and how this matrix is intertwined in the living cultures of the world. The sessions will attempt to address themes such as: -- Biological Determinism and the Social Construction of Gender- The Performative Nature of Identity - Sexuality and its Relationships with Sex and Gender- Re-appropriation of Myths and Language- Looking at Literature from Gender Lenses and Writing with our Bodies - Gender Narratives in Cinema It is an unconventional lecture series which borrows its tools of study from various diverse disciplines, the major being philosophy, sociology, literature, media and mass communication, history, psychology and anthropology. Each session is organized around key ideas of a thinker followed by the exploration of those ideas in a cultural produce, be it poetry, novel, cinema, mythology or diary.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
- To demonstrate an understanding of Sex, Gender and Sexuality as three separate categories and the matrix of the three.
- To explore literature and language that we learn and look at it critically with the possibility of writing with our bodily experiences.
- To relook at certain mythical stories and investigate them from lenses of gender with the possibility of re-appropriating newer and nuanced interpretations.
- To locate the development of Sexuality in History of the World.
- To examine the relation between certain films that reverse the male gaze and present cinematic experience beyond the binaries of gender.
THE COURSE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS
Day 1: The Matrix of Sex, Gender and Sexuality || 9 November
Day 2: Writing With Our Bodies || 11 November
Day 3: Gendering Mythology || 16 November
Day 4: Interpellation of Draupadi and Medusa || 18 November
Day 5: History of Sexuality || 23 November
Day 6: Gender Narratives in Cinema || 25 November
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate understanding of key ideas in Identity Construction within canonical tendencies in Gender Studies
- Develop a grasp of concepts, approaches and methods in the analysis of novels, poetry, cinema, mythology, performance or any cultural product.
- Develop knowledge, understanding, and the ability to reappropriate knowledge systems with critical ideas that transcend the notions of a heteronormative world.
Course Faculty
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Co-founder and Head, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, Mumbai
Artistic Director, Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
Course Fees : Rs 2000/-
The course will be conducted over 6 days from 9th to 25th Nov 2021, 5 PM TO 7 PM on Zoom. Participants will be given pre reading materials to read and films will be suggested to watch.
LOVE FOUND (Poetry/play performance)
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
presents
LOVE FOUND
Designed and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Poets, time and again, have tried to pen the mystery of love in words, knowing very well that words can express love, and yet they never stopped writing about it. Love as desire, as a longing, as a passion and union with the beloved have been the themes of centuries of writings, paintings and letters on love.
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings that can’t be expressed in prose.Therefore, the reader and listener can fill these blanks with their own imaginations. Letters of Love and Longing have often used poetry to express the indiscernible. Paintings in the earlier days and cinema in last few decades have often resorted to poetry to express the inexpressible.
Love Found (Eshgham Vol II) features the works of beloved poets and artists, such as Forough Farrokhzad, Kalidasa, Ghalib, Rabindranath Tagore, Khalil Gibran, Abbas Kiarostami, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Kabir, Rumi, Amir Khusrao, Qurratulain Hyder, Afshin Pirhashemi, Therigatha, Hafez, Shirin Neshat, Vikram Seth, Sohrab Sepheri, Surdas, Shamz Tabrezi, Janabai, Ruth Vanita, Amrita Pritam, Ruskin Bond, Andal, Reza Abbasi, Tamil Sangam Poetry and Gathasaptasati Poems.
These poems, paintings, letters express love as desire, longing, and devotion. Come and experience the power of love through words, said and unsaid in this delicately crafted experience.
Sat 13th Nov and Sun 14th Nov 2021
6:30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
blue storm (closet play)
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
presents
BLUE STORM
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Sharon and Jason, who has a strong bond as teacher and student, haven’t met each other after the spring of 2003. What happens when on a strange stormy night, they accidentally meet in a book shop! It’s been twelve years now and they haven’t spoken to each other. Now, when they meet, they bond over books. But what follows soon, is the journey from the pages of books to the journey of life. Both of them find each of them unlike what they used to be during the school days. They talk about the passage of twelve years, and how it has made and unmade them.
‘BLUE STORM’ is a journey through the labyrinth of life, metaphorically travelling through the world of literature.
The play Blue Storm is a kind of closet drama and therefore the play will be read out with minimal aesthetics for the audience to imagine the beauty of words and the feelings they carry.
- Blue Storm was selected at the `Asia Playwrights Theatre Festival 2021` held at South Korea.
- Blue Storm was selected as an invitation play at the `International Womens Theatre Festival 2021`
Sat 20th Nov and Sun 21 Nov 2021
6:30 PM
at SAPP, Bandra
ESHGHAM a celebration of Indo-Persian poetry
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
presents
eshgham
Designed and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
“Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it”
Rumi
Poets, time and again, have tried to pen the mystery of love in words, knowing very well that words can express love, and yet they never stopped writing about it. Love as desire, as a longing, as a passion and union with the beloved have been the themes of centuries of writings on love.
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings that can’t be expressed in prose. Poetry makes space for the indiscernible. Therefore, the reader and listener can fill these blanks with their own imaginations. In memory of the love lost and appreciation of the love found, we bring you a collection of handpicked poems from India and Persia spanning from the 3rd century BCE to contemporary poetry.
Eshgham features the works of beloved poets, such as Forough Farrokhzad, Kalidasa, Akka Mahadevi, Ghalib, Rabindranath Tagore, Umashankar Joshi, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Kabir, Rumi, Amir Khusrao, Grace, Nizami Ganjavi, Tukaram, Hafez, Bhavabhuti, Vikram Seth, Sohrab Sepheri, Surdas, Shamz Tabrezi, Janabai, Ruth Vanita, Amrita Pritam, Andal, Tamil Sangam Poetry and Gathasaptasati Poems.
Sat 30th and Sun 31st October,2021
6:30 PM
At SAPP, Bandra
#Play Perfromance #Live Theatre
CINEMA MON AMOUR (PLAY PERFormance)
Let us celebrate the reopening of Theatre
Metamorphosis Theatre Inc
and
St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts
presents
CINEMA MON AMOUR
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
"Two people might always love each other but will never end up together."
Jean-Luc Godard
What is it to meet someone you once loved, after fourteen years and talk about the days gone by and revisit the time spent in university pursuing philosophy?
What it is to meet that one person with whom you could talk about your love for Andrei Tarkovsky and Abbas Kiarostami?
What it is to talk about cinema, life, art and the pathos of things?
Cinema Mon Amour is the story of a ruined relationship, a reflection of our heartaches and our irreparable losses.
Let`s meet life via cinema and cinema via life.
Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar
Sat 23rd and Sun 24th October, 2021
6: 30 PM
At SAPP, Bandra
#Play Perfromance #Live Theatre #Drama
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