BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c1392d6bb74dd93a936a9cd6409a175b CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20251031T103356 SUMMARY:"Street Theatre in India: origins and continuing legacy" - A Talk by Dr. Aparna Mahiyaria DESCRIPTION:About the Talk\nThis talk engages with the tradition of street theatre that emerged in India in the latter part of the twentieth century and which con tinues into the present day as a popular and widely used form of theatre. W ith particular reference to the company Jana Natya Manch (People's Theatre Front), a New Delhi-based company specialising in political performance but also covering groups practicing the form in other parts of India. What are the roots of this tradition, both national and international? What can we learn about theatre’s ability to provoke social change through the discussi on on street theatre? \n \nSpeaker\nDr Aparna Mahiyaria is a Lecturer in Dr ama in the Department of Communication, Drama and Film at the University of Exeter (UK). Her research examines how performance practices emerge from a nd intervene in their political contexts, focusing particularly on the rela tionship between theatre and efficacious political organising. She complete d her PhD in Drama at the University of Exeter in 2020, which explored thes e questions through an examination of street theatre in Delhi. Before joini ng Exeter as a lecturer, she taught at the Performing and Visual Arts Divis ion at Ahmedabad University, and at University of Exeter in the Drama Depar tment and the Liberal Arts Department. She has worked as an editor with the Indian Cultural Forum, a New Delhi-based organisation that platforms topic al conversations on national and global culture and politics. She has been associated with renowned theatre groups such as Jana Natya Manch and Asmita Theatre Group and has delivered workshops aimed at developing student and institutional engagement with theatre and performance as a discipline acros s several higher education institutions in India. Her current research inve stigates how theatre practitioners in India navigate legality and legal ins titutions, and how encounters between theatre and law shape the creative an d political landscape of contemporary performance.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the Talk
This talk engages with the traditio n of street theatre that emerged in India in the latter part of the twentie th century and which continues into the present day as a popular and widely used form of theatre. With particular reference to the company Jana Natya Manch (People's Theatre Front), a New Delhi-based company specialising in p olitical performance but also covering groups practicing the form in other parts of India. What are the roots of this tradition, both national and int ernational? What can we learn about theatre’s ability to provoke social cha nge through the discussion on street theatre? 


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Dr Aparna Mahiyaria is a Lecturer in Drama in the Department of Communication, Drama and Film at the University of Exeter (UK). Her rese arch examines how performance practices emerge from and intervene in their political contexts, focusing particularly on the relationship between theat re and efficacious political organising. She completed her PhD in Drama at the University of Exeter in 2020, which explored these questions through an examination of street theatre in Delhi. Before joining Exeter as a lecture r, she taught at the Performing and Visual Arts Division at Ahmedabad Unive rsity, and at University of Exeter in the Drama Department and the Liberal Arts Department. She has worked as an editor with the Indian Cultural Forum , a New Delhi-based organisation that platforms topical conversations on na tional and global culture and politics. She has been associated with renown ed theatre groups such as Jana Natya Manch and Asmita Theatre Group and has delivered workshops aimed at developing student and institutional engageme nt with theatre and performance as a discipline across several higher educa tion institutions in India. Her current research investigates how theatre p ractitioners in India navigate legality and legal institutions, and how enc ounters between theatre and law shape the creative and political landscape of contemporary performance.

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