BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:165a1761ae3507804e74a2725d5bb1ce CATEGORIES:Seminars & Workshops CREATED:20220302T160755 SUMMARY:A workshop on "Playwriting" by Swati Simha DESCRIPTION:About the Workshop: Once you’ve decided to Write a play\n Once we’ve decide d to write and found the subject of a play, how can we find our own way of telling a story? How can we allow the subject of our play to influence our style and form of writing? How can the world we inhibit and the places and conditions in which we write influence our form? What are the ways in which we can think of research? How can we think of writing as a collaborative p rocess rather than as pensive isolated efforts? What are some of the often followed rules and what are the ways we can explore rule-breaking more thou ghtfully? These are some of the questions that have stayed with me over the years and I’ve found new ways to engage with them with every play. With th e intent to encourage and provoke writers to think about the relationship b etween the writing process and their subjects more intimately, this interac tive sharing will complement the regular writing program at the university. \n Swati Simha is a playwright and researcher based in New Delhi. She gradu ated with a MA in Intercultural studies from Shanghai Theatre Academy in Ch ina and is currently pursuing her PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her t hesis tries to understand identity formation in the Kannada public sphere a nd her research interests include political theology, intellectual history and literary theory. Her plays have been performed in Kannada and English a nd has previously written plays for the Royal Court Theatre, London and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. She won the Toto award for her play ‘E choing Chamber’ in 2018. She has been appointed as the youth ambassador for cultural diplomacy by UNESCO- International Theatre Institute.  Swati Simh a is a FLAME alumna.\n Zoom Link:  https://flameuniversity.zoom.us/j/971510 89427\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the Workshop: Once you’ve decided to Write a play

Once we’ve decided to writ e and found the subject of a play, how can we find our own way of telling a story? How can we allow the subject of our play to influence our style and form of writing? How can the world we inhibit and the places and condition s in which we write influence our form? What are the ways in which we can t hink of research? How can we think of writing as a collaborative process ra ther than as pensive isolated efforts? What are some of the often followed rules and what are the ways we can explore rule-breaking more thoughtfully? These are some of the questions that have stayed with me over the years an d I’ve found new ways to engage with them with every play. With the intent to encourage and provoke writers to think about the relationship between th e writing process and their subjects more intimately, this interactive shar ing will complement the regular writing program at the university.

Swati Simha is a playwright and researcher based in New Delh i. She graduated with a MA in Intercultural studies from Shanghai Theatre A cademy in China and is currently pursuing her PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru Unive rsity. Her thesis tries to understand identity formation in the Kannada pub lic sphere and her research interests include political theology, intellect ual history and literary theory. Her plays have been performed in Kannada a nd English and has previously written plays for the Royal Court Theatre, Lo ndon and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. She won the Toto award for her play ‘Echoing Chamber’ in 2018. She has been appointed as the youth am bassador for cultural diplomacy by UNESCO- International Theatre Institute.   Swati Simha is a FLAME alumna.

Zoom Link:   https://flameuniversity.zoom.us/j/97151089427

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