Kala
Academy’s annual tiatr competition is something tiatr fans look forward to as it offers them
something new and different from the regular commercial tiatrs. As part of a
competition, the tiatrs presented have to strictly follow the tiatr format.
Apart from some unusual topics chosen by some directors, the comedy interwoven
in the play and various types of songs add variety to the presentation.
Kala Academy’s 45th tiatr ‘A’ Group Competition 2019-2020 has 12
cultural institutions participating, with eight entries from the north and four
entries from the south. The competition commenced on February 12, 2020 and will
be on till March 4.
The participants include Alfi Art Productions, Divar with tiatr
‘Poilo Xetkar’, Novim Panvlam’s Novo Uzvadd Dramatic Troupe from Shiroda with
‘Dhago’, the Dramatic Troupe of Ribandar will be performing ‘Dolle Dhampche
Adim’, the Ami Daizi group from Fatorda will be staging the tiatr ‘Selfie’, Sao
Bartolomeu Sports Club and Cultural Association from Chorao will perform
‘Kazaracho Dis’, the Machi Mogi Morjim Cultural Sanskrutic Saunstha, Morjim
will stage ‘Sorry’, the Taleigao Dramatic Troupe, Taleigao will perform the
tiatr ‘Amchem Bhanddar’, Kala Mogi the troupe from Candolim will stage ‘Oxeim
Ghoddom Ieta’, St Dominic Dramatic Troupe from Merces will stage ‘Ekuch Rukachi
Pallam’, Aamar P Sawanth Fan Club, Varca will showcase ‘Walk of Life—Poinn
Jivitachi’ while Menino Jesus Kala Association, Chinchinim with ‘Podvedar’ and
Britona Dramatic Academy, Britona with ‘Mohem (Mask)’, completes the line up
A good number of tiatrs will be focusing on family issues right
from matters pertaining to marriage and varied relations in family, while
others will throw light on social issues like farmers problems, wealth,
hypocrisy and other social-related topics.
With big prize money to be won, the participants have left no
stone unturned in taking care of all details, big and small, which includes the
stage designs and sets, light designs and the live music as well as background
music.
Apart from the regular three judges who are appointed by Kala
Academy for the judgment of the tiatrs, this year, an additional judge has been
appointed by the organisers in order to check the tiatr script and whether the
presentation on stage has strictly followed script submitted by the participants
prior to the performance. For this competition, the judges are Antony San
Fernandes, Joe Rose, Avito Fernandes and Premanand Sangodkar.
The
results of the competition will be declared shortly after all the performances.
There will be first three winners, besides individual prizes in various
categories. The Kala Academy’s 45th ‘B’ Group Competition will follow this
competition in March
