''WeMove Theatre'' is

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-based theatre company. It is located in the south Bangalore area of Jayanagar and is run by the Independent Board consisting of members Abhishek Iyengar and Rangaraj Bhatracharya. It aims at proving a platform for individuals who wants to express through the medium of theatre. It believes in the policy Theatre For All (works through Monday to Sunday). it has staged over 350+ stage performances in both Kannada and English since inception, most of the plays are known for their contemporary issues revolving around stories of common man thus connecting more at an emotional level to the audience.

Objectives

WeMove Theatre believes in Theatre for All Theatre for all
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WeMove Theatre Black Box studio

WeMove Theatre studio is the space with a floor area of 800 square ft, with some basic facilities to store properties. It is at this space where

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of diverse backgrounds come together to explore and make strong work of theatre. Concept of

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is used to create work in this studio space WeMove Theatre - The Black Box Space
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The Big Step

Big step is a theatre intervention program aimed at promoting to practice the art of

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. Interested, passionate people with the intention to learn theatre enroll for a one-day workshop One Day Workshop
/ref> to understand the nuances of what goes into making a theatre play. Recently, Big step programs branched out of Bangalore into

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, and

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.The Hindu - 'Steps to Move'
/ref> Big step program provides a brief chance to perform right after the workshop with all the participants thus imparting everything that was

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Malgudi Days and other productions

WeMove has in total stages 14 theatre productions in English and

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. ''Malgudi Days'', being the most popular Kannada satire play of WeMove was recently staged in California by a theatre group based out of the Bay Area called Nataka Chaitra. Some of the other popular productions of WeMove include E=MC2 E=mc2 was premiered in 2015 Sonu portrayed the female protagonist in the play. Some of the other productions include adaptations from R.K Narayan's Malgudi Days as Malgudi Express in which popular Kannada actress Radhika Chetan essayed an important role. This was in English adapted from the book

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was WeMove's first contemporary Kannada play premiered in 2010 which saw more than 25 Performances.Namma Metro is a kannada satire play on changing times of Bengaluru
/ref> Some of the other productions include the

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play ''Cocktail'', and the most recent production is a Kannada play called ''Sambhandagala Sutta''.

References

External links

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