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Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera Gets A Makeover From Motley’s Imaad Shah
Motley’s Imaad Shah will bring Bertolt Brecht’s raucous musical The Threepenny Opera, to St Andrew’s Auditorium over November 10 and 11. This is the seventh and final production to be staged under the Aadyam banner this year. In its third year, Aadyam is a theatre initiative by the Aditya Birla Group.
Mr Peachum, the owner of a small organization that makes outfitting and fake props for fake beggars in a really poor part of London, finds out that his daughter and only child, has fallen for and gotten married to the bandit Macheath. What follows is a crazy ride through a world of thieves, prostitutes, beggars, back alleys, and two-timing characters as Mr. and Mrs. Peachum go about trying to imprison Macheath and get back their dear daughter. The play is inherently naughty, sexual, playful and with a constant sympathy for the poor and downtrodden.
Says Imaad Shah, director, “This play has a really passionate and entertaining way of talking about a somewhat bleak worldview. It makes no bones in stating that the extremely rich of this earth live off the extremely poor. Thus, morals and abstract ideas concocted by society are of absolutely no significance when faced with the reality of survival. They are constructs of the classes of society that do not have to struggle for their two meals. It tackles a lot of ideas that I think are real mirrors to Indian society and also the world at large. But of course, it tackles these thoughts using a whole bunch of very energetic and incredibly catchy songs. It’s dark, it’s jazz-influenced, it’s sexy and cynical.”
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The production will see an ensemble cast comprising Arunoday Singh, Bugs Bhargava Krishna, Meher Mistry, Delna Mody, Saba Azad, Joy Fernandes, Uday Chandra, Rahil Gilani, Vivaan Shah, Suhaas Ahuja, Auritra Ghosh, and Shazneen Acharia.
Motley has a period but post-modern take on the classic play. While it is very much set in the past, particularly the 1920s with sumptuous period costume and detailing, Imaad’s plan has been to work with musicians, stylists, designers, choreographers and dancers to create a world that is part Punk Rock, part Film Noir, part Cabaret and Jazz choreography with visually powerful tableaus and composition — all the while maintaining the premise of bawdy entertainment and an overwhelming music concert experience.
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He adds, “My first interactions with the play some years ago were definitely with the music to start with. I found it really passionate, harmonically beautiful, and the stuff being said in the songs hit me in the gut. As I discovered the play itself and studied various versions of it, the more I felt that the characters mirrored a lot of things we see in our society today. The vast differences in the lives of the extremely rich and the extremely poor are dealt with a really interesting way. We have purposefully not adapted it to an Indian context because the original setting allows us to play with the absurd and be scathing about certain things. I really felt Indian audiences need to think these somewhat uncomfortable thoughts and be confronted with the beautiful cynicism of this play.”
India’s first largest digital award, SuperStar E Awards 2020, will be honouring the frontline warriors and social media personalities who have played a vital role during this pandemic.
Conceptualized by Cirkle PR & TrendLoud Digital, this digital award ceremony ‘ SuperStar E Awards 2020, saluting every real-life superhero’ will be a recognition for all the first responders who have been consistently putting efforts in dire times of the pandemic
The event will recognize mainly people of two groups:
- The frontline warriors who have been relentlessly working towards our safety and recovery during this pandemic.
- The Social media contributors who have been working towards spreading positivity during these times of uncertainty and have been keeping us engaged through their fantastic content.
Along with the many things the pandemic has induced into our lives, it’s also brought about resilience. The new normal is all about seamlessly flowing with change. Many iconic people have stepped on board to lift the spirits of our people.
What started off as a small idea has turned into India’s biggest digital award ceremony. The ceremony, innovatively brought in the concept of the ‘New Normal’ keeping the Glitz and Glamour of pre-COVID award ceremonies intact.
Behind the scene of SuperStar E Awards 2020. (IMAGE SOURCE: CirKle PR)
‘It’s amazing to see people come together during hard times. I was humbled by what I witnessed. We received a great deal of support from celebrities. I’ve done many events in the past but I’ve not experienced this level of solidarity,’ says Lisha, Managing Director CirKle PR.
Speaking on the opportunity, Chidambaram Natesan, Trend Loud’s CEO & Director expressed that there is a need for such awards, and it is an apt time to felicitate real-life unsung heroes who have spread positivity all through the challenging pandemic period. He further said that he was glad that they got the chance to partner and Co-Produced SuperStar E Awards 2020.
The Jury for SuperStar E Awards are; Veteran Actor and Director Parthiban, Anchor Archana Chandhoke, Actress Vani Bhojan and Actor & RJ Vigneshkanth.
The state came together to nominate their favourite Social Media personalities, whom they thought were deserving. Over 8000 nominations received, and six lakh votes came in for the nominations picked by the public and the jury for the 32 award categories.
Behind the scene of SuperStar E Awards 2020. (IMAGE SOURCE: CirKle PR)
The team says that pulling this off was no easy feat, as the team consists of almost 150 people including nominees, technicians, production, coordinators for formatting /organizing participation via zoom calls etc setting up and executing the ceremony was not a walk in the park for the team.
Owing to the pandemic and social distancing norms, the team ensured to give prime importance to safety & hygiene, and extreme care was taken during shoots. They further added that “A shoot spanning six days and a small team on location managed to piece the whole event together. It was a rollercoaster but totally worth it.”
Behind the scene of SuperStar E Awards 2020. (IMAGE SOURCE: CirKle PR)
Event sponsors and other partners include:
Title Sponsor – Havells Super Speed 400 Ceiling Fan
Powered by – Nimyle Floor Cleaner, Indica Easy Shampoo Hair Colour & Havells MCB & RCCB
Associate Sponsor – Amrutanjan Roll On For Headaches On The Go & Chennai Race Bank Coaching Institute For Banking & Govt Jobs
Concept & Event proudly produced by Cirkle PR and Digi Cupid
Co-Producer & Digital Partner – Trendloud
As rightly said by Wendell Berry, “The earth is what we all have in common,” this is what everyone must keep in mind. We have to decide now, or there will be no chance to regret it later. As said, humans have this common asset, we have to decide on whether it has to be treasured or not? Every year we celebrate ‘Earth Day’ with a new theme, new pledge, and new activities but the question, are we actually celebrating it just like other festivals which come annually or there is a will or urge in our heart and mind to bring a good positive change for mother Earth. Many organizations and environmentalists are striving day and night to work in sustainable development and to repair the damage we have caused to nature. One such organization is ‘Tears of the Earth’ aka TOE.
Source: News Aur Chai Media
The organization consists of a group of young enthusiastic much aware environmental health concerned people who actually think about bringing the change they want to see on the planet Earth. They organize several types of campaigning, sessions, education fair, nukkad nataks, clean-up drive, and much more. All they do is gather people irrespective of the age factor and work together for this Nobel cause.
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On this 50th Earth Day, the TOE team comes up together, maintaining the social distancing and using the power of the digital world to celebrate the earth day and thanking Earth being the common and most important factor for the existence of every living being.
What is Earth Day?
Earth Day is celebrated annually, around the world on April 22 to demonstrate and ask for support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in the year 1970, and now it includes events coordinated globally by 193 countries via Earth Day Network medium.
How TOE celebrated this 50th Earth Day?
Even amid Pandemic COVID-19 lockdown, the enthusiasm of the volunteers of TOE teams didn’t slow down. They decided to participate in the event by following all the laws and guidelines given by the Government of India (GOI). They came out with a creative idea of celebrating this earth day, but via digital means, that is, to celebrate within the four walls of their home, doing different activities and pledge to save our planet.
They organized an online campaign and called people to connect by taking participation in different activities, and people actually did participate. People of all generations, gender came out as volunteers without any greed of getting a reward or thinking it as a publicity stunt; they just participated. Might be we can say; when there is a will, there is always a way.
The team organized various activities like digital pledge taking with hashtag #IloveMyEarth, best out of waste material by believing that nothing is truly a wastage, music, and art for mother earth, poster making, Facebook and Instagram live session and all-time favorite plantation drive.
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The notable side of all these activities was that the celebration didn’t hamper any of the current lockdown rules or social distancing norms. See, this simple is to follow the lockdown rules. TOE team amazingly celebrate the day, and they all did plantation in their houses as well. So all in three words, we can sum up the Celebration by Movie Manjhi dialogue “Shandar, Zabardast, Zindabad!”
Might be the strength is not that much, but the great saying by Margaret Mead that “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” So the choice is ours now that whether we want to be a part of a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens who care for planet earth or the other one we all know.
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