Theatre for Cultural dialogue 

6th Kozhikodan natakotsavam 2010 -Sept 23 rd to October 16 th

23/09/'10   5 pm - Town hall

 inauguration - M T Vasudevan Nair

Plays : "Le mashale" from Pune,

 "yakshikkadhakalum varthamanangalum" from Suvarna theatres, perumbavoor

24/09/'10    4 pm -Town Hall

release of the novel - gujarat by Lijeesh Kumar, Guest: K P Ramanunni

Ghazal  evening by Sithara krishkumar

play: jalaghadikaram from Collective signs, payyannur
Book Release : "Gujarath" written by Lijeesh Kumar

25/09/'10 - 6pm & 9pm -Malabar Christian College

 Play: Quick Death from theatre roots & Wings

26/09/'10 - 6 pm -Malabar christian college

Play: 6 pm "Sahyante Makan" by Sankar Venkiteswaran

         from theatre roots & Wings 
Wide Screen Presentation + ghazal Evening by Sikander Ali
Book Release : "Aaththo poraththo" written by M.G.Sasi

27/09/'10 - Tagore centinary Hall

Plays: Waiting For Godot from bangalore,

Oru desham  nuna parayunnu from theatre repertory, Kozhikode

30/09/10 - Town hall -

ghazal evening by Shahbaz aman

Play : Ramanan from kalidasa kalakendram, kollam

16/10/10 -  Malabar christian college

Samapanam & Sammanadanam

Release of Sivadasan Poyilkavu's  play collection: atho puratho by M G Sasi
Play : Spinal Cord by Oxygen theatre

Theatre Work Shop From 23rd to 27th Sept.

 led by Sankar Venkateshan , manoj & Ojas

In collaboration with Indo Anglian theatre of Malabar Christian college.

Nadakavandi through and through of the day in city with plays

 all the days from 23rd to 27th Sept.

Josephinte Radio by Jayachandran Thakazhikaran, Thespian Theatres.
 For Further details Contact Festival Director:

Civic Chandran : 9633751353
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Sahaynde Makan - The Elephant Project

                   The Son of Western Mountains

                                                                           Credits
On stage

Text :                                               Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon

Translation :  Sankar Venkateswaran ,Satoko Tsurudome ,Micari

Set & prop design :                                  Sankar Venkateswaran

 Light design :                                   Jose Koshy ,Shymon Chelad

Pyrotechnics :          Prabhath Bhaskaran ,Sankar Venkateswaran

Costume design  :                                Micari ,Satoko Tsurudome

Music : Sankar Venkateswaran ,Sunil Kumar PK ,Sandeep Jayaraj

Stage manager  :                       Vinu Joseph

Subtitles :                        Satoko Tsurudome

Assistant director :              Kavita Srinivasan

Concept & direction : Sankar Venkateswaran

Sahyande Makan :Micari

Harangue :Sankar Venkateswaran

Chorus :Sandeep Jayaraj ,Vinu Joseph ,Sunil Kumar PK

Sahyande Makan - The Elephant Project is an outstanding piece of theatre based on Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon's magnum opus Sahyande Makan (1944). Conceived and directed by Sankar Venkateswaran, this piece is an Indo-Japanese cross-cultural collaboration project featuring Micari, an exceptional actor who has won major evaluations in and out of Japan for over 25 yerars

The performance reveals the inner struggles of a bull elephant who is bewildered between his nostalgic wild fantasies of freely roaming in the jungle and the immediate reality of being a slave of Man

The narrative is set against a temple festival in Kerala where the biggest tusker leads the procession of Gods in the town carrying the idol of the deity on his back.  Amidst the noise, crowd, drums, trumpets, fireworks and people he drifts into a bewildering spell due to the excess testosterone secretions in his body and the persistent whisper of devils inside his head. Travelling backwards in time through his wild jungle days, he sees all those wonderful sights, hears the shrill sound of crickets, and consumes the best leaves, honey and wild toddy, all that he needs! What's more? A scent, as profound as enlightenment, draws him deep into the jungle and backwards through time, the scent that wakes the most primordial senses from within. Tracing the scent he walks and falls into a pit from his mother's lap, to become the slave of Man.

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