THEATRE “Pascualnama” by Camilo Jose Cela & presented by Third Space Collective at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP) > 7pm on 13th May 2017

Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 13/05/2017 19:00 13/05/2017 20:30 Asia/Kolkata THEATRE “Pascualnama” by Camilo Jose Cela & presented by Third Space Collective Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/05/theatre-pascualnama-by-camilo-jose-cela.html Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Venue : Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001
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Event Description : THEATRE “Pascualnama” by Camilo José Cela and presented by Third Space Collective, directed by Dhwani Vij

As part of 'Literature and Thinking' Series. 

Synopsis: The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jose Cela, is an iconic novel in Spanish
literature. Owning to its dark and gruesome imagery, the text was banned upon its release.
Pascual Duarte, a poor peasant in a nameless Spanish village, retells his crual upbringing and brutal murders. The narration is happening from a prison cell where he has been condemned to death. The text is bracketed by letters written by the prison guard, warden etc, who are working towards getting this manuscript published. Our production aims to relook at Pascual’s relationship with his mother and his wife, Lola. The performance brings to life the underlying strains that define these relationships, thereby breaking the calm denemour that Pascual wants to reserve in his retellings. From performing his narrative, Pascual ends up himself being performed. We welcome you to lose your head with us.
About the performers: Third Space Collective (TSC). We are a collective of theatre
practitioners in Delhi, creating possibilities for a new vocabulary of performance making to
emerge from the artists of the city. An accessible pedagogy, which enables the understanding of theatre as an art form and its application, is intrinsic to the Collective’s being. Our work challenges the very socio-political canvas it is derived from. Probing and problematizing, we begin conversations. TSC’s past work includes ‘Love, Prufrock’- a physical piece, derived from T.S Eliot’s Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock and ‘Dastaan-e-Bhookh’- an adaptation of Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class.

Performers: Mohd Faheem is an inborn artiste with immense knowledge of Theatre and
heartwarming poetry. He is an acclaimed actor/director in innumerable plays in Hindi as well as other regional languages. A promising singer since college days and has won many awards.
Carrying on the tradition of composing Urdu poems from his past ancestors and has already
given immortal poetry to the Sanidhya band. In Sanidhya band, this Sufi maestro is the
backbone of all lyrics and adds a dynamic flavor to the songs with his gifted high soprano voice.
Rahul Tewari is a theater and film actor, currently working as a freelancer in Delhi. In the last
couple of years of his career so far, he has been a part of some of the highly acclaimed & award winning theater productions like- Dastaan-e-bhookh, Brief history of Pantomimes, LovePrufrock, Still and Still Moving, The Floating Market etc. An actor at the Tadpole Repertory and Core team member at Third Space Collective. Apart from stage, he has been appreciated for his on screen work as well, appearing in multiple commercials for - Flipkart, VIVO IPL, Vodafone , Orange Book Value. He has also featured in popular web series like BAKED and RAMU KI Aaas.

Light designer: Ankit Pandey is a Delhi based theatre practitioner who works as a freelance
actor, and a lights designer. He has worked with some of the most prominent theatre groups in Delhi like The Tadpole Repertory, Third Space Collective, T for Theatre and Barefoot Space. He has also lit for Jyoti Dogra's 'Toye', and worked with Mohit Takalkar, founder of Pune based theatre group, Aasakta Kalamanch. In 5 years from now, he wishes to have performed in every prominent theatre space in India.

Scenography: Tisha Mandal is a practicing artist with a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, Visva Bharati. She has seven years experience in teaching Fine Arts and has organised and coordinated various art workshops for (all age groups). Over the years Tisha Mandal has participated in various national and International art exhibitions and art residencies, workshops and camps. Her research includes understanding creative development amongst children and its application in various areas of their lives.

Production manager: Muzammil is the youngest member working in the play. He is going to
appear for his board exams come this March. Muzammil has been working in the Nizamuddin based Aagaaz Theatre trust for about eight years. He has acted in the play Raavan Aaya and Duniya Sabki and is directing a revised version of the latter. Muzammil also Assisted in direction of the gender Bender based play commissioned to Aagaaz.

Video and media: Arbab is a Delhi University student who has got reallty nice hands on the
camera and is currently directing a play for Shunya, theater society of Ramjas College.
Assistant director: Neel Sengupta is a graduate of Ramjas College where he started his
journey of theatre. He did collegiate theatre for three years and then went on to work with Third Space collective, Aagaaz theatre Trust and Tadpole repertory as an actor, director and sounds operator. Noel also has worked as a workshop instructor for children. Noel is currently based in Delhi and is focusing his work on the lines of Theatre direction.

Director: Dhwani Vij is a theatre Director/Actor/Performer, based in Delhi. She holds a Masters degree in Theatre (specializing in Physical Theatre and Performance) from University of London, Royal Holloway College, UK. She has in the past created acclaimed work with eminent theatre masters like Anuraddha Kapoor, Khalid Tyabbji, Maya Rao and Amitesh Grover. She is one of the founding members of a Delhi based drama group, Third Space Collective. Her work with the Collective includes the devised performance "Love, Prufrock", a derivation of T.S Elliot's Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Her Directorial project "Dastaan-e-Bhookh", an acclaimed production based on Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, has won several accolades at Thespo '17. Currently she is involved as an actor in Atul Kumar's award winning production, "Piya Beherupiya"- an adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

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