Monthly Forum Theatre Shows in Bangalore

Beginning January 26, 2015 CCDC has been holding Forum Theatre performances in various spaces and communities of Bangalore.

This interactive form of theatre enables communities to engage in dialogue over issues  that are important to them. We perform a play that presents characters who are struggling with an issue. We then invite the audience to enter the play, engage with the issue as one of the struggling characters, and offer their own creative solutions.

The facilitator- or Joker as she is referred to in Theatre of the Oppressed- discusses with the audience every strategy and intervention that the spect-actors bring , thus leading to new insights and learning for all.  

 

We have a range of plays to offer to communities on themes such as inequalities in education, difficult career choices, the language politics in India, and issues specially relevant to senior citizens, such as retirement and dementia.

If you are interested in having us  perform for your community , please write to contact@ccdc.in

Just give us a space and a community to dialogue with! 

                                                                     Open to All (unless specified)

Watch this space for details of our Forum calendar.

We will endevour to have at least one Forum a month.            

        

	Date and Time	Venue	Name of the Play	Comments
24	Sept. 27, 2017	White House Apartment Complex  RT Nagar, Bangalore	Erilitha (Kanada -ups and downs) Play created by working women in the apartment complex	Free & open to all  6PM
23	June 2,2017	Vidyadeep College	4 plays	Part of six day training
22	March 27, 2017 2-4PM	Wells Fargo , Bangalore	Play on sexual harassment of women at the workplace	Open to employees of  Wells Fargo
21	March 8, 2017 230 - 4.30 PM International Women's Day	Levi's, Bangalore	Play on sexual harassment of women at the workplace	Open to employees of  Levi's
20	March 8, 2017 11 AM - 1 PM International Women's Day	Akamai Technologies , Bangalore	Play on sexual harassment of women at the workplace	Open to employees of Akamai
19	February 17 and 19, 2017	New Delhi	Theme: Youth and Mental health	Details here  Free and open to all
18	December 17, 2016. 7.30 PM	People Tree Maarga hospitals	"Body Image" Forum "Permanently Imperfect"
17	November 27, 2016 5.30 PM	Shriram White House RT Nagar Bangalore	"Retirement Blues"
16	August 18, 2016 10.00 AM	Vidyaniketan school Bangalore	Theme :  Body Image "Permanently Imperfect"	Students of Std. 11, 12
15	August 12, 2016 2.00 PM	Mount Carmel College, Bangalore	Theme :  Body Image "Permanently Imperfect"	On the occasion of International Youth Day
14	June 11, 2016 5.30 PM.	Indian Social Institute, Benson Town, Bangalore	5 plays	Part of 6 day training
13	April 6,2016	Azim Premji University	"Silent Voices"	Performed by     MA Students.
12	March 23, 2016 6.30 - 8.00 PM	Harmony Homes apartments, HRBR layout	"The Unequal Race"	By local community and students from Westridge School ,USA
11	March 3, 2016 6.30 - 8.00 PM	Coorg		Alumni  of 1969 batch of SIES High School, Mumbai
10	January 25, 2016	Rotary Club of Bangalore, Levelle Road, Bangalore	"The Race"
9	November 28,2015	Mumbai, TISS	"Silent Voices"	Global mental health conference
8	15th.September 2015 11AM - 1 PM	Nightingales Elders Enrichment Centre, Malleshwaram, Bangalore	"There's Nothing Wrong with my Mother" - a family's struggles with Dementia
7	August 26, 2015	Vidyadeep College	TO workshop with Forum Theatre	Play by students of Rishi Valley School
6	July 18, 2015 9 AM - 11AM	Atta Galatta, Koramangala, Bangalore	Four short plays were presented and one/more of them - selected by the spectators - will be Forumed 1. Missed Connection 2. Evil Allies 3. Between a friend and a hard place 4. The Bus	Open to all. The performance was by a by a mixed cast of International students and jokered by Radha Ramaswamy.
5	June 21, 2015 4 PM - 6 PM	Paradigm Shift, Koramangala	"The Race"	Free and Open to all
4	April 26, 2015 Sunday 5.30 PM	Sena Vihar Apartment	"Life of I"	Free and open to all.
3	March 3, 2015 Tuesday 1-3 PM	Std. 9 students; Yashasvi Vidyanikethan.	"The Race"
2	Feb. 18, 2015 11.30 AM	Nightingale Elder       Enrichment Centre RMV 2nd Stage, Sanjay Nagar	"Retirement Blues"
1	January 26, 2015 10.30 AM	Shriram White House Apartment, RT Nagar	"The Race"	Free and open to all

Some of our Forum Plays:

The Race 

A play about unequal access to education, 

this Forum will provides opportunities to explore  the many inequities in our society reflected in the unjust practices of our educational system. 

 

Retirement Blues looks at the challenges a couple faces as they deal with the changes brought about by the  husband's retirement from work.

“There’s Nothing Wrong with my Mother!”

About the struggles faced by patients and caregivers as they cope with dementia.

“Zubaan” .

The  “oppression” of the English language depicted through the story of  a young man trying to get a job after an education in Hindi.

Megha ki Kahani :

A “new” mother 's struggles with post natal depression, as the family goes through denial and lack of understanding.

“Life of I”

Struggles faced by a young person who makes an unconventional career choice.

"POSH"

On International Women's Day-2017,  CCDC performed two shows of their latest forum play on Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace. The shows, invited by Akamai Technologies, Bellandur, and Levi’s, Adugodi, Bangalore, were well attended, and the mixed audience of men and women offered creative and thought provoking interventions. The interventions and discussions saw the audience exploring the ongoing battle that women in professional spaces wage against objectification, the impact of conditioning and upbringing on both men and women, the importance and the difficulty of articulating one’s needs and desires, and the need to build respectful, caring communities both in the workplace and outsid