New Tiatr of the rainy season. Come and watch. Enjoy.

 

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The singing sensations of Sanvordem

The duo of Willy and Luiza Fernandes have combined to create a unique niche for themselves in the world of tiatr with their acting and singing.

With acting as their forte, Sanvordem-based couple, Willy and Luiza has entertained the tiatr audience with their solos and duets as well

William Fernandes, popularly known as Willy on the tiatr stage, was born on July 8, 1954 in Sanvordem. His maternal uncle, late Joao Fernandes would pen and stage folk plays (zomnivhele fell), while noted tiatrist, late Remmie Colaco, was his close and immediate neighbour.

“Uncle Remmie would gather all the tiatrists at his residence for practice of tiatrs,” informed William, “and as we would be there, he would ask us to recite poems and sing songs.” “It was a pleasure to be associated with such a great tiatr personality, who was down-to-earth with everyone,” he added.

“Remmie would take me along with him for tiatrs, wherever they were staged,” recalls Willy. “It was travelling by the local transport from Sanvordem to Margao and then proceed for the show by the hired vehicle. On return from the show, which would conclude late night, we would sleep in the municipal garden throughout the night and early morning catch the 6.20 bus leaving for Sanvordem from Margao,” he added.

At the tender age of 10, Willy found an entry in Remmie Colaco’s tiatr ‘Sukh Tarvotteanchem’, which was staged at Cuncolim for the feast on February 2. “It was a minor role, whereby Goa’s Charlie Chaplin, Jacint Vaz was my father in the tiatr,” he recounted.

Willy also found an entry in Sanvordem-based tiatrist Mathew Pereira’s 3-4 tiatrs, which included ‘Onupkari Put’ and ‘Family Planning’. In 1975, he penned and staged his first tiatr ‘Jivem Moronn’ at Sanvordem, with Remmie Colaco and M Boyer being part of the troupe and Cajetan de Sanvordem, Anthony San, Angela Morais, late Salvador and Menino Fernandes as co-artistes.

In 1976 Willy staged another tiatr ‘Guneanv Konnacho’, besides musical plays ’Konn Nam Konnacho’ and ‘Tumcheach Pasot Kortanv’ on All India Radio (AIR) in 1977.  He has acted for most of the top directors and writers in the tiatr field which include Rosario Rodrigues, M Boyer, Remmie Colaco, H Britton, Jacinto Vaz, Anil Kumar, Rosario Dias. Jess Fernandes, Patrick Dourado, Premanand Sangoldkar, Fr Planton Faria, Wilmix-Sharon, Peter-Roshan, Agnelo de Borim, Ben Evangelisto, John D’Silva, Menino de Bandar, Peter Vaz, Agnelo da Costa,  Aristides Dias, Hortencio Pereira, Anthony San, Joe Rose, Jose Rod, Mike Mehta, C D’Silva, Menino Mario, Mariano Fernandes, comedian Dominic, Elvis/Carmen and others.

In 1977, Willy flew to Saudi Arabia for better prospects and returned to his roots after 8 years. On his return,  he acted in Anthony San’s tiatr ‘Darvontto’. Apart from participating in Kala Academy’s annual tiatr competition with tiatrs ‘Bhuim Amchi Bhangarachi’ and ‘Thapttak Thapott’, he has also written and directed children’s tiatrs ‘Devak Zai Zalear’ (2015), ‘Kaide Kiteak Keleat’ (2016) and ‘Kirnam’ (2017), ‘Novem Jivit’ (2018) and ‘Dhaddos’(2019) for the Children’s Tiatr Festival organised by Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG).

Directed and acted in two religious plays ‘Koxtt Jezuche’ by Fr Peter Cardozo and ‘Dev Amchea Sangatak’ written by Fr George. He also has several one-act plays to his credit, besides one audio album ‘Silver Jubilee’ released in 2015.

After serving as the member of TAG’s executive committee (2012-15), Willy was elected as the vice-president of the academy, with dedicated services from 2015 to 2018.      

Curchorem based, Luiza Fernandes was born on July 3, 1960. Her father, Sebastiao Fernandes was a musician, playing the trombone and violin and a tiatrist, who picked up female roles. Her first performance on stage came about in 1975 in her husband’s tiatr ‘Jivem Moronn’.

Luiza’s entry on the commercial stage came about in her brother Anthony San’s tiatr ‘Darvontto’ in 1984. She also acted in Jose Rod’s tiatrs ‘Somp’ and ‘Zhall’ at Kala Academy’s tiatr competition, winning best actress and second best actress award respectively.

With tours in India, Gulf countries and UK, Luiza has acted for directors

 Remmie Colaco, M Boyer, Rosario Rodrigues, John Claro, Mike Mehta, Joe Rose, Hortencio Pereira, Mariano Fernandes,  Menino de Bandar, John D’Silva and comedian Dominic.

Luiza has mostly been offered emotional roles and her best performance was in tiatr ‘Bukh’ by Rosario Rodrigues and ‘Sukham Fulam Koxttam Kantte’ by comedian Dominic. In 1979, when Anthony San released his cassette ‘Goa’, she rendered her voice to the album, besides acting in tele-serial ‘Promanikponn’ written by Paul Carvalho and directed by Uday Kamat.

After tying the knot in 1979, Willy and Luiza made their debut on stage as husband and wife in Anthony San’s tiatr ‘Darvontto’ and they have been together in several other tiatrs, besides rendering duets with gusto on the tiatr stage. Service in the accounts department at Quepem district office does not permit Luiza to stay fully committed to the Konkani stage along with her husband.

On account of the pandemic, tiatrs have come to a standstill, thus affecting majority of the tiatrists and their livelihood. “As tourism and other public sectors have already been thrown open, the government should also find an alternative for the tiatrists and live entertainment on the tiatr stage,” says Willy. “TAG should also be made fully alive and active with the appointment of the new president and committee so that various schemes could be made functional again,” he added

‘6th Children’s Tiatr Festival – 2015’ *

*12 Groups to showcase their talents at TAG’s‘6th Children’s Tiatr Festival – 2015’  *

Every year TAG organizes Children’s Tiatr Festival in order to
inculcate Tiatr culture and interest among the children. The purpose of
this festival is to involve children (below 18 years) in the production and
staging of Tiatrs.



This year 6th Children’s Tiatr Festival will commence from 7th December
2015 to 23rd December 2015 at Gomant Vidya Niketan, Margao, daily at 4:00
pm.



In all 12 children’s groups will be participating in this Festival. The
schedule of staging the performances of Tiatrs is given below:

Young Achievers Awards Presentation

Young Achievers Awards Presentation

Regina’s Birth Anniversary celebrated –   ‘Young Achievers Awards - 2015’ presented

Tiatr Academy of Goa celebrated the birth anniversary of Regina Fernandes, the First Lady of the Tiatr Stage on 16^th November, 2015 at the Institute Menezes Braganza Conference Hall, Panaji. On this occasion, TAG presented ‘Young Achievers Awards-2015’ to two of the brightest artistes of Tiatr, Antonette de Maina and Nolvert Cota, for their valuable contribution to Tiatr. The awards consisted of a memento, citation and cash burse of Rs. 10,000/-.

The awards were presented at the hands of the Chief Guest, Dr. Meenacshi Martins, a Psychiatrist and a renowned Konkani film actress in the presence of Guest of Honour Socorina Fernandes (Sucu-Ferns), a well-known tiatr artiste. 

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Meenakshi Martins said that the tiatr has its unique format which should not be changed but when it comes to Konkani cinema the artistes should be given training because the dialogue delivery in films is completely different from that of tiatr. She recalled how she happened to take up the stage at the same time while pursuing her studies in medicine.

Socorina Fernandes congratulated both the awardees and praised all the lady artistes who are presently performing on the tiatr stage. She said that today we see girls on the stage only because of Regina Fernandes and many of our lady artistes including single mothers have made their future and brought up their children by acting in tiatrs.  

Awardee Antonieta D’Melo thanked TAG for recognizing her work and bestowing this award upon her. She thanked all her directors specially Milagres de Chandor for giving her a break to act in one of his khells and fulfilling her dream of becoming a tiatrist. She also thanked her parents, siblings and all her fans. She also made a special mention of Tony de Ribandar for encouraging her to sing songs besides acting.  The other awardee Nolvert Cota thanked TAG and all his Band members acknowledging that the credit should also go to them as without their support he alone cannot make music.

Shri. Agostinho Temudo, President of TAG welcomed and Shri. William Fernandes, Vice President of TAG proposed a vote of Thanks. Shri. Jose Alexandre Rodrigues, Member Secretary of TAG was also present. The function was compered by a renowned actress Chitra Shirvaikar.

After the formal function, a reputed actress of Tiatr stage and Executive Member of TAG Annie Quadros presented an All Ladies Musical Show which was performed by well-known artistes of the Konkani stage. The function was attended by a jam packed audience.

Mini Mario - at TAG’s ‘Meet the Artiste’

Mini Mario expresses his obsession for tiatr at TAG’s ‘Meet the Artiste’

Mini Mario with his melodious voice kept the tiatr lovers and his fans spellbound at the ‘Meet the Artiste’ programme organized by Tiatr Academy of Goa at the Black Box, Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on 29^th October, 2015. The President of TAG Shri. Agostino Temudo while welcoming the gathering recollected that he first saw Mini Mario as a child artiste who later on grew up to emerge as one of the most sought actors of the Konkani stage and that he always appreciated his acting and singing talent.

In his address, Mini Mario whose real name is Evaristo Minino Mariano Da Silva recalled his childhood days when he started on the Konkani stage as a child artiste. He spoke about his struggles during the earlier years as he had to go to school during the daytime and act on the stage during the nights. His Principal had warned him at the time to either study or go to act on the stage. Having no other alternative, he told the packed house audience that he opted for the tiatr stage, a decision which he is not regretting today. Some persons in the audience quizzed him on various issues about his career whom he promptly answered which came right from his heart. One person in the audience requested him to sing one of his old song. Since he could not remember its tune or lyrics, he requested that person to say a few lines and also the tune of that song so that he can recollect the song. When reminded, he rendered some lines of that song. This showed the large following he has among the tiatr lovers.  Mini Mario then went on to render two of his popular songs which he had composed by himself. He remembered and thanked his father who insisted that he should compose his own songs instead of singing songs composed by others.

Further he also acknowledged the support he got and still receives from his wife and children. He thanked the audience for showing him so much love and affection by attending this function in large numbers. Lastly, he thanked the TAG for recognizing his contribution to Tiatr stage by organizing this function.

Present at the gathering were Shri. Premanand Lotlikar, President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi, well-known tiatrist and directors Minino de Bandar, C D’Silva, A.M Pacheco, Wilma Pacheco, Michael Gracias, etc. The Vice President of TAG Shri. William Fernandes gave a vote of thanks. Shri. Jose Alexandre Rodrigues, Member Secretary of TAG was also present for the programme. Shri. Jess Luz, J.C.A, compered the programme.

Tiatr Academy Goa Condoles Fr. Caetano’s Death

Tiatr Academy Goa Condoles Fr. Caetano’s Death

Fr. Caetano A. L. da Costa one of the versatile writer and director of Konkani tiatr stage and an educationist who left for his heavenly abode on 3rd November 2015 after a brief illness. 

Fr. Caetano who was born on 18^th July 1939 had his first stint on the tiatr stage by presenting a tiatr entitled ‘Krim Kednach Bhogsonnam’ at a very young age of 16 in his village Chandor. Thereafter,  he authored and directed several tiatrs like “Kitem Hanvem Kelem’, ‘Atamcho Sounsar’, ‘Zolmacho Gutt’, ‘Modern Girl Melita’, ‘Mundkar Santan’, ‘Te Dis Ghelet’, ‘Komunistanche Bhognnar’ to name a few.

As a token of manifestation of love to their the then Principal, it had become a yearly affair to the students of Holy Spirit Institute, Margao who used to compel Fr. Caetano to pen down a drama every year right from 1962 to 1971 and stage it on the occasion of his birthday i.e. 18^th July.

Fr. Caetano had also formed an association under the banner of ‘Dramatic Musical Association’ with the sole intention of providing entertainment to other poor parishes in various parts of Goa on the occasion of their parish feasts. It was purely a non-profit making association.

A true spirited Goan having ardent love for tiatr was felicitated and conferred with ‘Lifetime Contribution to Tiatr Award’ by Tiatr Academy of Goa in the year 2014.

On behalf of all the tiatr fraternity and the tiatr lovers, Tiatr Academy of Goa condoles the death of this great personality and express heartfelt sympathies to his bereaved family and prays that the Almighty may give his soul eternal peace.

TAG to publish Tiatr literature

TAG TO PUBLISH TIATR LITERATURE

Tiatr Academy of Goa will implement its scheme ‘Preservation of Tiatr Literature’ so that the literature of tiatr such as scripts of tiatr and lyrics of Kantaram are published in the book form and preserved for posterity.

TAG has observed that hundreds of tiatr scripts and thousands of lyrics of kantaram are written by tiatr artistes but unfortunately the same are not published in book form.

Therefore Tiatr Academy request all the tiatr artistes, veterans as well as the ones who are active on the tiatr stage to submit the manuscripts of their tiatrs and lyrics of their kantaram to TAG so that TAG will publish them in book form and preserve this work for future generation.

As per the TAG’s ‘Preservation of Tiatr Literature’ scheme TAG will pay reasonable remuneration to the writers for permitting TAG to publish it in book form.

TAG expects that many tiatr artistes will come forward and give their manuscripts/lyrics to TAG on or before 30^th November 2015.

TAG to hold Condolence Meet

TAG to hold Condolence Meet for late Caetano Goes, Luis Rebello & Rafael Pereira on 3^rdNovember 2015 at Margao

Well-known and prominent tiatr personalities Caetano Inacio Goes, Luis Henrique Carmo Rebello and Rafael Pereira have passed away recently. They will be paid tributes by the Tiatr Academy of Goa in a Condolence Meet organised on 3^rdNovember 2015 at 4:00 pm at the Black Box, Ravindra Bhavan-Margao, Fatorda Goa.

  

All tiatr lovers are requested to attend the condolence meet and pay their respectful homage to these late artistes.

RESULTS OF KALA ACADEMY 41st TIATR FESTIVAL

Results of 'Tiatr Festival" declared.
'PROBLEM' by 'Alfi Art Production' from Divar bags the First Prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-  and coveted trophy at the 41st Kala Academy Tiatr Festival Competition.

2nd Prize is bagged by "Visvas Ghat" presented by Calangute Association and the third Prize by "Viva London" presented by Kala Mogi - Candolim.