The DSM Comes to Thane
Open Day Series: Akshay Shimpi in Thane! The first DSM Open Day workshop in Thane! After successfully conducting workshops across Mumbai, Pune and Delhi, DSM Open Day comes to Thane for the very first time! Thane has traditionally been a place which cares about its arts and culture. And it is with the same love […]
ExpressionLab@theDSM: दशानन: A solo performance by Harish Kulkarni
Dashanan is a solo performance. A single man on stage telling the story of Ravan. It is a story we all know. The story of Lanka’s demon king. But maybe not the whole story. We know the ten-headed demon for his greed and lust. But Ravan was also a great king – renowned for good governance. He was an […]
Training Session by Jehan Manekshaw: The DSM comes to Delhi
Open Day: Training sessions by Jehan Manekshaw After successful Open Days in Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune the DSM now comes to Delhi with a free training session by Jehan Manekshaw on Sunday, 9 April, 10 am at The Tadpole Repertory. Ever dreamed of seeing yourself on stage? Every wondered about your first stage performance in theatre? […]
Conversations@theDSM: Ramu Ramanathan & Gurleen Judge
Conversations are a tradition in theatre. And so, the DSM brings an entire series of discussions, talks and conversations, curated for the first weekend of every month. Our purpose in these conversations is twofold. First, we celebrate the bond between guru-shishya. Teachers in school, professors in college, coaches at the gym and directors in the rehearsal […]
Alumni@theDSM: Performances by new theatre-makers
Over the next 4 months, past students of The Drama School Mumbai will bring their performances back their school. This is a special feature of “Alumni@theDSM” season of performances. It is a choice selection of new performances by a new generation of theatre-makers who started their journey at the DSM. The first performance in this […]
Hear ye! Hear ye! The Mule's Foal is coming your way!
After 24 weeks of intensive training with the finest theatre-makers in acting, speech, body movements and theatre lessons, Batch 2016-17 of The Drama School Mumbai is ready with its first performance for the masses in the form of “The Mule’s Foal.” Based on the short novel by Fotini Epanomitis, and adapted by Australian playwright Alan Becher, The […]
Open Day Series: The DSM comes to your city!
Want to make theatre your career? Well, look no further, because the DSM Open Day Series is HERE! Get a chance to experience world-class training and know more about the Post Graduate Diploma in Acting and Theatre-making at The Drama School Mumbai during its Open Day Series which travels to 7 cities across the next […]
The Mule's Fuel: Meet the ladies behind the scene
Over the past few months a synchronized cacophony had taken over The Drama School Mumbai. The noisemakers do bear a grudging resemblance to the students of the DSM however, and the source of their choral equivocations is the DSM annual student production. This year round, the students take on The Mule’s Foal, a play adapted by Alan Becher from an […]
Rooted: The Story of India's Rural Theatre
Indian theatre is deeply rooted, not just in the traditions of Sanskrit Drama as explained in Bharata’s Natyashastra, but also very significantly in folk dance and music, as well as tribal rituals and ceremonies. Post the Victorian hangover there have been attempts by organisations like the Indian People’s Theatre Association, the Progressive Writer’s Association and […]
Shadows of Fire: NaireetBasak@theDSM
Shadows Of Fire is a solo performance that emerged from Butoh. It delves into the subconscious of the body and mind and tries to call out to the fire hidden within us. This fire physically has no shadow, but emerges every time it is evoked. This piece explores the birth of an untamed creature, its […]
2 Day Intensive Workshop in Corporeal Mime with Vini Carvalho
Corporeal Mime is an aspect of physical theater. It’s objective is to place drama inside the moving human body by allowing the actor to show thought through movement. It “makes the invisible visible” through the presence of the body. Developed by Etienne Decroux, Corporeal Mime is unlike pantomime that substitutes speech with gesture. The objectives of Corporeal […]
2016's Biggest Theatre Moments
The creative industry is always in flux. So much so that it is easy to be unaware of the passage of time. Which is why we decided to talk to prominent theatre-makers from India and abroad to get some of 2016’s biggest Theatre Moments down for you. Here you’ll find news, unmissable events, productions and […]
unSEEN: A Devised Solo Performance
Process TheatreZ@theDSM unSEEN is a devised performance piece based on Rabindranath Tagore’s letter- ‘Ramabai-er Baktritar Upalakhse’ written in 1891. Tagore, one of India’s most celebrated thinkers, wrote the letter as a response to the celebrated social reformer Pandita Ramabai’s speech asserting that a “woman can do anything that man can except drinking alcohol.” Originally written […]
2 Day Intensive Workshop in Fitzmaurice Voicework with Sara Matchett
The Drama School Mumbai is delighted to bring Sara Matchett back to Mumbai! Sara is a senior lecturer at the Department of Drama, University of Cape Town, and associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework. She will conduct a two day long, intensive voice training workshop at the DSM this January. Fitzmaurice Voicework is an unique system of theatre […]
Weekend Acting Programme with Shruti Sridharan
The Weekend Acting Programme is for theatre enthusiasts, who want to use theatre techniques in their respective areas or professions. So whether you are a teacher looking to understand how to hold a class’ attention or a corporate looking to amp up on those presentation skills or simply someone looking for a more engaging way […]
Katha Gaayan @TheDSM: A lecture-demonstration in Katha-Gaayan storytelling by Ajay Kumar
Performance traces it’s origins back to storytelling. India has a rich heritage of oral traditions from Padvani in Chhattisgarh to Kathakali Kerala to Baul storytelling in West Bengal. Storytelling has ever been dependent on singing – entire narratives were initially presented as a musical arrangement with one or many performers. The emphasis was not so much on performance as […]