Children's Literary club

VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF CHILDREN’S LITERARY CLUB

Children seen rehearsing before the Show

60 Day Drama Workshop Staging of the Play Ramana Kanasu directed by H.S. Umesh -1992
10 Day Workshop on Bhakthigeethe by Jaya Vishwamurthy - 1992
10 Day Short Course on Chess, Conducted by S. Suresh, of Chess Club International, Kayashree, Junior Chess Champion Presided on the Valedictory Day - 1992

Drama Workshop - Yelli Hoyithu Nanna Gombe , directed by H.S. Umesh- 1992 Yelli Hoyto Nanna Gombe, a Play by H.S. Umesh, Sponsored by Karnatak Natak Academy, KalaPriya, and University of Mysore

10 Day Music Appreciation Course by Dr Sukanya Prabhakar -1992

10 Day Naamavalli Classes by Jaya Vishwamurthy - 1993

Drama Workshop and staging of Prachhena Nagarikathegalu, directed by H.S. Umesh -1993

2 Week Craft Course conducted by Jaya Viswamurthy -1993
10 Day Craft Cource Workshop conducted by Ms Pankaja -1994
Drama Workshop – staging of Kolidasa, directed by Mr. M.L. Raghunath Rao Nallagi - 1994

Reading Workshop - Reading of Iruveya Kathe followed by a discussion with the author P.V. Chandrashekar Rao -1996

Reading Workshop conducted by R. Purnima -1996
Writers covered – Tolstoy, Premchand, Anant Dev Sharma, Satyajit Ray, Ruskin Bond, Pannalal Patel, Bhisham Sahani, Triveni, Karoor Nilkanth Pillai, B.R. Bhagawat, S.K. Acharya, Sundara Ramaswamy, Randhi Somaraju, Siraj Anwar, Hawthorne, Hardy, Maupassant, R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, D.H. Lawrence, O. Henry, Tagore, Maughan, Dora Broome, Washington Irwing, James Thurber, H.E. Bates, Katherine Mansfield, Achebe, Shakespeare

Workshop on Translation conducted by R. Purnima -1996

Workshop on “Book Review” conducted by Dr. R. Purnima- 1997

Drawing Workshop – “Exhibition of Pencil Drawings of Leaves” directed by Dr. R. Purnima -1998

Drawing Workshop “Image and Shadow” – An Exhibition of Pencil Drawings by Children, directed by Dr. R. Purnima - 1999
Poetry Workshop – Covering Poems in English on Birds, Music, War, Animals, Greek Characters, Isles, Mountains, Beaches, Rivers, Deserts, Reptiles, Arthropod, Insects, Hills, Ocean, Lagoon and Forest, Cloud, Wind and Rain, Seasons, Flowers and Rodents, Stones and Rock, Valley and Fountain, Cottages, Telephone, Moon, Pool and Brook, Urn and Jar, Fruits and Nuts, Gardens, Stars, Morning, Evening and Night, Poems on Poets, Months, On Sonnets, The Problem of Choice, Children of Poets, Jealous Husbands and Envious Women, Death and Graveyard, Art and Artist, On Science, Woods and Wall, The Colour Blue, Thieves and Highwaymen, Cities, Science, Poetry, Sonnet on the Sonnet, “Autibiographical Sonnets”, “Lampoon and Mock Epic Poems”, conducted by Dr. R. Purnima – 1999
Drawing Workshop – “Exhibition of Pencil Drawings of Birds” directed by Dr. R. Purnima- 2000
Drawing Workshop – “Exhibition of Pencil Drawings of Fishes” directed by Dr. R. Purnima 2001

Workshop on Comparative Drama (This was in connection with the Centenary Celebrations of Kuvempu, the National Poet). Kuvempu’s Raktakshi (an adaptation of Shakespeare’s

Hamlet and Parvathavani’s Hamlet were taken up for study and some scenes were dramatized). As part of the Valedictory of 3 Week Drama Workshop - Parts of Rasthakshi and Script to interlink scenes, (written and directed by me) were staged, besides Children participated in a Quiz Programme pertaining to Comparative Drama and Kuvempu’s Rasthakshi and Hamlet. – 2005

Workshop on Creative Writing - 2006
A detailed list of activities connected with Theatre is given below:

Theatre Activities for Children

Under the banner of The Children’s Literary Club, the following Theatre Workshops for children hailing from all strata of society (like Rural / Non-Urban, SCs, STs, OBCs, HIV+, Orphans and Children in difficult situations / Children from Minority Institutions etc.) were conducted by me.

Besides taking up production, I have designed,/ scripted/ directed/ the following plays.

A Big ‘NO’ to Drugs – 10 Day English Theatre Workshop for the 9th Standard Students of Vinayakanagar Government High School – August 2017 and for Undergraduate students of Mahajana College.

A Big ‘NO’ to Drugs Seen are Priyanka, Rakshita, Bharat (students of Mahajana Under-Graduate College, Mysuru) and Vinod Kumar M.R. , Assistant Teacher, GHPS Kotagal, Chikkaballapur District. Concept, Script and Direction by Dr. R. Purnima.

A Big ‘NO’ to Drugs, a play in English, enacted by the children of Kannada Medium Lower Primary School, Pendlivarahalli, Chikkaballapur District, Karnataka

Theatre Does Educate - 24 Day English Theatre Workshop for Students of Bharathi Stree Samaj, the residents of SC/ST Hostel January and February 2017, Vivekanada School at Muguna Hundi December 2016, January-February 2017 (21 Day Workshop)

32 Day Workshop relating to Strengthening English Language Skills through English Theatre for the residents of Government Home for Girls, Mysuru, April-May 2016. The Sun and the Wind was Staged at The Government Home for Girls before children and those from the Main Stream, Suruchi Rangamandira and The National Conference organized by All India Poetess Conference. 10 Day workshop for residents of Government Home for Boys.
15 Day Workshop on William Shakespeare (This was done in connection with the 450th Birth Anniversary of William Shakespeare. In a curtailed manner a similar programme was conducted by me to reach out to the Higher education students of KSOU and other Colleges/Institutions, besides school children in nearly 18 districts of Karnataka)

Motherhood and its Negation: Theatre Addresses - A Ten Day Theatre in Education Workshop for the inmates of the Orphanage, A Government Home for Girls, Mysore, 2013
Child Victims in Select Works of Charles Dickens - A 15 Day Theatre Workshop, Mysore, Nov, 2012
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol May-June 2012 (This was done in connection with the Bicentenary year of Charles Dickens)
Maupassant’s “The Necklace” November 2011
Slave narratives and Abolitionist Fiction: Reading and Enactment of Select Portions from Harriet Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s CabinAugust 2011
Enactment of Select English Poems on “Patriotism”. July 2011.
Prison Literature Reading and Enactment of Select Chapters from Nehru’s Autobiography and Khaidigala Kathana (Prison Narratives by Inmates of Central Jail in Mysore) June 2011.
Michael Faraday. May 2011.
The Tale of the Blue Bonnet, September 2010

Reading and Enactment of Select Chapters from Revathi’s Autobiography: The Truth About Me, September 2010
Reading and Enactment of Select Stories by Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry and Mark Twain (This was in connection with the Death Centenary Year of the writers) July-September 2010
Reading and Enactment of Select Poems from Tagore’s Gitanjali (This was done in connection with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore) October 2010
Thanksgiving : Remembrance of Things Past July 2010
Newspapers in Action 2009.
Playback Theatre 2009.
Mail and Email 2009.
Love Lies Bleeding 2009 ; The Play Love-Lies Bleeding being watched by audience

Enactment of Poems/Stories by Alfred Tennyson and Edgar Allen Poe (This was in connection with the Bicentenary year of the writers). Dramatization of Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shallott” and “Morde Arthur”. Dramatization of Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the Hose of Usher” 2009.
Scenes from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart(This was in connection with the 50 years of the publication of the Book 2008-09).
Ten Day Reading and Theater Workshop on “Feminism and Short Stories in Kannada - . Six Stories by Women Writers were read and select portions dramatized. This was in connection with the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Simone De Beauvoir. 2008.
Creative Drama- Ten Day Reading and Theater Workshop for children whose medium of instruction is Kannada (a regional language). Gulliver’s Travels-Part 1 and Rip Van Winkle; Select portions from the original were dramatized. 2008
One Day Workshop An Evening with Literature and Theater officiated as Resource Person organized by Pratham, (Mysore Chapter) for children residing in Slums 2008

Ondu Sanje (This was in connection with the Centenary Celebrations of An. Na. Krishna Rao, One Evening is a short story by An. Na. Krishna Rao) 2008.

Chitte Manusya, (The Butterfly Man, based on Iswarchandra’s Short story ) 2008.

Ganapathi- Kubera (This was based on Indian Mythology) 2007.

Scenes from Stories written in Kannada for Children 2006-2007.
Cheluru Chaurada Mastru (The Barber Teacher from Cheluru, based on Iswarchandra’s Short story) 2006.

Agni Pravesha (Entering the Fire, based on Iswarchandra’s Short story) 2004.

Gorurige Namana (This was in connection with the Centenary Celebrations of Gorur, a celebrated Kannada writer). Kaliya Hridaya an excerpt from his book titled Halliya Chitragalu was taken up for production, 2004.

Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale (Bungalow being built in a Slum), based on Iswarchandra’s Short story 2003. Staging of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at Maharaja College Premises – Sponsored by University of Mysore, Maharaja College and Janamana on 25.1. 2004
Staging of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at Matrumandali School on 26.1.2004
Staging and followed by Discussion of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at at Sri Ranga Premises – Sponsored by Bharatiya Ranga Sikshana Kendra on 31.1. 2004
Staging and followed by Discussion of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at at Sri Ranga Premises – Sponsored by Bharatiya Ranga Sikshana Kendra on 31.1. 2004
Staging of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at Nazarbad as part of SC/ST Hostel Day on 1.2. 2004
Staging of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at Nazarbad as part of SC/ST Hostel Day on 1.2. 2004
Staging of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at Dhvanyaloka on 2.2. 2004
Staging of “Kompeyalli Kattuthiruva Bangale” at Mahajana High School at Mahajana Subbalakshmi Hall on 7.2. 2004