Bertolt Brecht's Birthday on 10th february

On Bertolt Brecht's birthday
Asmita theatre actors present
"'Brecht's Poems "
at rehersal venue, ITO at 6.30pm.

Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director. An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble—the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife and long-time collaborator, the actress Helene Weigel—with its internationally acclaimed productions.From his late twenties Brecht remained a life-long committed Marxist who, in developing the combined theory and practice of his 'epic theatre', synthesized and extended the experiments of Erwin Piscator and Vsevolod Meyerhold to explore the theatre as a forum for political ideas and the creation of a critical aesthetics of dialectical materialism. Brecht's modernist concern with drama-as-a-medium led to his refinement of the 'epic form' of the drama. This dramatic form is related to similar modernist innovations in other arts, including the strategy of divergent chapters in James Joyce's novel Ulysses, Sergei Eisenstein's evolution of a constructivist 'montage' in the cinema, and Picasso's introduction of cubist 'collage' in the visual arts.In contrast to many other avant-garde approaches, however, Brecht had no desire to destroy art as an institution; rather, he hoped to 're-function' the theatre to a new social use. In this regard he was a vital participant in the aesthetic debates of his era—particularly over the 'high art/popular culture' dichotomy—vying with the likes of Adorno, Lukács, Bloch, and developing a close friendship with Benjamin. Brechtian theatre articulated popular themes and forms with avant-garde formal experimentation to create a modernist realism that stood in sharp contrast both to its psychological and socialist varieties. "Brecht's work is the most important and original in European drama since Ibsen and Strindberg", Raymond Williams argues, while Peter Bürger dubs him "the most important materialist writer of our time"...

Court martial at Hindu College, Delhi University

Asmita Theatre Group
presents
Swadesh Deepak’s
Court Martial
directed by Arvind Gaur
18th February ,2009 2.30pm,
Hindu College, Delhi University
Organised by NSS,Hindu college
(Entry free)

Actors
Deepak Ochani,Bajrang Bali Singh,Viren Basoya, Vivak Parasar,Shilpi Marwaha, Malya Garg,Pankaj Yadav, Hemant Pandey,Teishul,Dinesh Dhawan, Parvesh Dhawan,Raj Sharma, Priyank ,Sourabh Pal,Rahul Datta, Shaline Rai,Manish Upadhyay,Arun Rana,Manvir Sansanwal ,Sumit Pawar,Asish,Himanshu Sharma,Ashok ,Deveeka Sharma,Wassim

CRITICS SAYS
Tight pace of Court Martial….not to be missed .
- Kavita Nagpal ( Hindustan Times )
Gaur’s hard hitting realism…..His infinitely intelligent approach….strong play.
- Aruna Ahluwalia ( E. News )
Kudos to Court Martial….a drama that went beyond the limits of drama .
- ( Indian Express )
The Asmita team has created a marvelous piece of theatre out of a wonderful script.don’t miss it. The times spent watching it is well worth it. - Smita Nirula ( The Pioneer )
Stealing scenes with revolt as the theme ….Court Martial was an engrossing display of theatre for social awareness.
-Sushama Chadha ( Times Of India )
Excellent acting, live and memorable…..worth visit.
-Ajeet Rai ( Nav Bharat Times )

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