Thursday, May 3, 2012

My First Performance with Yours Truly

I go to Theatre Class. This is my second year there and I think my efforts are paying off. The Theatre Group who teach us is called Yours Truly Theatre Group. This group does a theatre called Complete The Story. In this we will be given a story which is incomplete and acted out by the actors and we are supposed to complete it.
   I have performed at Alma (the place where our theatre class is) twice or thrice with my batchmates. But, this time its totally different.
   Yours Truly also takes workshops for adults. This time there are six children joining the adult group, which includes me. All the six kids are: Aryan, Advika, Adyant, Ila, Preksha and me.
  There are four different plays. I will not go telling the story about each play, but my play.
  In my play, there are six people, in name Abhishekh, Bandeep, Ila, Vivek and me. Im the protagonist.
  There is a basketball match between two teams, Naphsters and Victorious Riders. The Naphsters score two baskets and the Victorious Riders, one. During the second basket, the ball hits the captain of the Victorious Riders (that's me!). I am taken to a hospital where the doctor checks a patient's mouth and comes to the conclusion that he needs to have a kidney transplant. I come to know that my jaw is broken and the doctor seals up my mouth. For three months I'm useless. My friends come and tease me and my parents dont understand my pain nor my feelings.
  I had performed this play at a sociey called Desire Society on Banerghatta Road (Its a place in Bangalore.) The Desire Society raises and educates those children whose parents are HIV+. The children there were very talented and imaginative. Though being from a backward society, their dreams of studying and becoming something didnt get dampened.
  This was our first location. Our next location takes us to Yelahanka, which falls in Rural Bangalore.
  I would love it if you guys could complete the story.  

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