Tiatr: Last show in Panjim due to unavailability of Hall When you read that in an Tiatr ad, what it also means?
- It means there will be at least 2 more tiatr shows at the same place dates and timing often known to the advitisers are they pre-booked by them. - It’s a gimmick or game played by almost all directors including the top players (I wish I were a Tiatrist to compose a song on this) - It’s a trick of the trade - It’s a lie (or cheating to some extent) - It’s an excuse or tactics to gather people for the show (in most cases) - It’s like taking an advantage of the situation Following is one example randomly selected from newspapers It’s Prince Jacob (Tiatr Kednam Utt’ttolo?) Before and until 29th July 2010, it was stated in the ads that DUE TO UNVAILBALITY OF THE HALL ONLY TWO SHOWS IN PANJIM i.e. 29th July and 1st August. 30th July till 1st Aug ads say DUE TO UNVAILBALITY OF THE HALL ONLY TWO SHOWS IN PANJIM i.e. 1st Aug and 3rd Aug (One more date added) 2nd /3rd Aug DUE TO UNVAILBALITY OF THE HALL ONLY ONE SHOW IN PANJIM i.e. 3rd Aug. 5th Aug till 11th Aug LUCKY BY CHANCE ONLY ONE SHOW IN PANJIM i.e. on 11th Aug. 3rd Sept. next show in Panjim announced i.e. 16th Sept. and this will go on… It was said only two shows in Panjim due to unavailability of hall but so far 4 show staged and 5th scheduled for 16th Sept. Panjim the capital city of Goa It’s sad or very sad that Ponnje has no Tiatr Hall The only Tiatr Hall with Kala Academy is primarily meant for all Art & Culture related events for All Goa, All India and International level. KA hall is often fully booked well in advance or one year in advance. There are many fixed annual events held here such as Tiatr Festival/competition about 12 days Khell Tiatr Festival about 10 days Konkani Natok Festival about 15 days Marathi Drama Festival about 15 days Sangeet Samelan about 7 days International Film festival 15 to 21 days (Including closure time for preparation) International Jewelry show 7 days (aa) Above are some of the events I could remember of at the time of writing this. Besides, there are other one or two days fixed annual events such as Tiatr day, Cinema day, Carol singing, mando festival, Natya sangeet. Sugan Sangeet, Bajan, Kirtan, Dances, singing, Puroskar to artistes, Navy Orchestra, State awards, Cultural awards, Conferences, school/college annual days etc etc Putting together all such annual events it could be about 200 days per year leaving behind about 165 days for Tiatr, Natok, drama/plays, shows etc If we or the tiatrists have this ‘Hall’ problem why can they Or their ‘Tiatristancheo sonstthas’ come together and erect a temporary or seasonal full proof tiatr pendal or Mattov? e.g. they could do that here in an open space close to the academy old football ground Look at this pic taken on 31/8/10 something was coming up here Probably F & B Pro Hospitality Exhibition (3-5 Sept, Expo ground, next to Kala Academy, Panjim, as per the ad) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk28/4957260087/sizes/l/ The same place, open and w/o structure http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/544597047/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk21/4017435827/sizes/l/ I am sure what ever cost incurred can be recovered within a few months. If KA charging about 7,000, they can charge Mattov say 5000. In a month, during weekend only, there can be upto 30 shows which means 30x5000= 1,50,000 per month We have seen fantastic temporary structures like the one with fans and even A/c in the area such as various shopping Malls/ exhibitions etc The temporary or seasonal arrangement until Panjim has another Hall exclusively for Tiatr and Marathi/Konkani dramas etc Tiatr Culture is growing and it is growing very fast. It is only short of an Industtry Status. There are about 20 regular directors staging over 40 different tiatr in a year. There can be over 100 shows of each tiatr. Average could be say 40 shows which means over 1600 shows which is roughly Rs.784,00,000 turnover per annum Also, copying this to Tiatr Academy just incase they decides to come back on this one. Also, to City MLA & CCP Other suggestions welcome Note: Some pic included, not available for plain text readers joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/