Multi-Lingual Reading Club by Gillo and Bright Sparks...
September 15, 2017 10:32:25 AM IST MTG editorial
Gillo Foundation and Bright Sparks are happy to announce the start of 'Kathasagar', a multi-lingual reading club for children, young adults, artists and parents, with a focus on literature for children, especially plays for children. The aim is to create a space that celebrates reading as a group, reading as a community. This platform shall provide an opportunity for adults and children to interact, share and engage, through the medium of literature.
About Gillo:
Gillo Foundation's Theatre Repertory works in Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), creating performing arts experiences that engage children and young adults with theatre in particular and the arts in general. Their work creates opportunities for children to develop deep and life-long connections with the arts. Since 2010, the Foundation has produced 14 plays, staged over 300 shows, conducted workshops and reached over 60000 children and young people through its work.
About Bright Sparks:
Bright Sparks is an activity centre in Worli, Mumbai that was founded by RobinAge, India's leading weekly children's newspaper. It offers after-school and vacation workshops in Music, Theatre, Chess, Creative Writing, Art, Science, Taekwondo, Robotics and Mathematics that are taught by leading organisations and individuals in their fields. Bright Sparks was founded in 2014 and is a two-time recipient of the KidsStopPress Award for Best Activity Centre.
About the Reading Club:
Gillo has been hosting monthly play readings for its team for over two years, and has now opened this out to other adults and children. The reading club is aimed at opening up ways of reading, seeing, feeling and critiquing. All are welcome to read or just listen to the group. Reading materials will be provided.
With one session a month, various themes and authors will be covered over the next twelve months. Texts shall be chosen from a range of languages and genres. Effort will be made to procure works in the original language as well as their translations in English or Hindi. Every month there will be an author or theme for the month. Plays will be primarily read, along with excerpts from short stories, novellas, poetry and picture books.
First session on 23rd September 2017, Saturday, 4 pm to 6pm
Author for September: Poile Sengupta, a Bangalore-based writer who has written plays and stories for children and adults. She writes in English.
Venue: Bright Sparks, 11 & 12, Shah & Nahar Industrial Estate, Off Dr. E Moses Road, near Furniturewalla, Worli, Mumbai.
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