Samahaara
| Samahaara | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Theatre |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | http://www.samahaara.org/ |
Samahaara is an Indian theatre group based in Hyderabad. It was founded by two young theatre personalities, the actor-director Rathna Shekar Reddy and the playwright Anjali Parvati Koda. The group began with touring its maiden production, The Crest of the Peacock, an educational play on mathematics across the twin cities to schools and colleges, staging more than 50 shows. Their play Purushotham-He, the Victim of Spiders and Pressure Cookers has received critical acclaim. They have worked on many productions since including another original play, Dominic Wesley, written by Koda and directed by the UK-based Stu Denison, Unlucky (based on Samuel Beckett's plays) also directed by Denison,Rabindranath Tagore's Post Office, Woody Allen's God,Athol Fugard's The Island and many workshop productions.
Samahaara is credited with making theatre popular and involving the young in Hyderabad. Its most significant contribution to the theatre of India, apart from the original productions, has been organizing theatre festivals, namely The Hyderabad Theatre Festival 2009, The Hyderabad Theatre and Short-Film Festival 2010 and the Samahaara Hyderabad Theatre and Rock Music Festival 2011. and Hyderabad Theatre Festival 2012. The Hyderabad Theatre Festivals (HTF) have been instrumental in bringing together the various amateur and professional theatre groups in Hyderabad and improving the quality and scale of the plays. They have been a great boost for theatre groups in Hyderabad.
Many of Samahaara's stand-alone productions are performed at auditoriums across the city, including the open-cultural center Lamakaan, the iconic Ravindra Bharathi, Telugu University and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. HTF 2009 was held in June 2009 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, HTF 2010 was held at Ravindra Bharathi for 7 days in July 2010 and HTF 2011 was held in December 2011 at three venues: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Ravindra Bharathi and Taramati Baradari. HTF 2012 was held in December at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
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