FRATZ Collaboration with ThinkArts

Early Years Theatre Lab and Masterclass

Phase 1: A series of 4 online masterclasses on Early Years Theatre were facilitated by Sananda Mukhopadhyaya. We had 35 artists from across India joining us for the sessions!

Phase 2: Two participants were selected to create solo performances for the very young under the mentorship of Sananda (mid-August to mid-October). Congratulations to Swapnika and Sidharth!

Hanv Ghara Asa [I am Home]

ThinkArts helped select the performance for the very young produced in India to be showcased at FRATZ International: Encounters - Symposium - Festival for the very young.

Hanv Ghara Asa [I am home], which will perform at FRATZ 2024, is produced by Spinning Stories based in Goa and was commissioned by Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India (2019).

ThinkArts has a long-established relationship with FRATZ International. Vera Strobel, Artistic Director, Theater o.N., FRATZ International and Berlin Schaufenster was one of the speakers at Engage: International Forum on the Arts for Children and Young People, an online forum presented by ThinkArts in association with Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata in November 2020. In 2024, the collaboration between FRATZ International and ThinkArts went bigger with two aspects to it, the Early Years Theatre Masterclass, a space for professionals working in the space for 0-6 years, and curating Hanv Ghara Asa for FRATZ International 2024 as part of the Indian selection for the festival. 

Credits:

FRATZ International Encounters – Symposium – Festival for the Very Young from 10/11 -10/17 2024 produced and presented by Theater o.N.
In cooperation with ThinkArts Kolkata, Kulturprojekte Berlin, with the kind support of GRIPS Theater, TANZKOMPLIZEN, FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Tanzhalle Wiesenburg, DOCKART, blu:boks Lichtenberg and others.
Funded by the Berlin Senate for Culture and Social Cohesion (Senat für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt).