Goa N Tiatr: September 2015

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Children Tiatr Festival 2015

Entries are invited for TAG’s 6^th Children’s Tiatr Festival

Every year Tiatr Academy of Goa is organising Children’s Tiatr Festival in order to inculcate Tiatr culture among the children. The purpose of this festival is to involve children of the age of less than 18 years in the production and staging of Tiatrs.

This year 6^th Children Festival is scheduled to be held from 26^th November 2015 to 23^rd December 2015 at Gomant Vidhya Niketan - Margao, daily at 3.30 pm.

Applications are invited from Educational Institutions/Sports & Cultural Associations/Individual Producers for participation in the festival provided the age of the participants is less than 18 years. Tiatr Academy Goa will give a financial support of Rs. 30,000/- to produce the Tiatr. This financial assistance of the TAG is to meet the expenditure incurred by them towards Live Band, Light Effects, Stage Setting, Background Music, Make up, Costumes, Refreshments for rehearsals, Transport, etc.

In all 15 Educational Institutions/Sports & Cultural Associations/Individual Producers will be given an opportunity to participate in the production and staging of Tiatr. In case TAG receives more than 15 applications a meeting of all the applicants will be called and the selection of 15 troupes will be done by lots. The first three award winners of the last year’s Children Tiatr Festival will get a direct entry into this festival, provided their entries are received before due date.

Themes of Tiatr should be based on the lives of children only. The scripts having no relevance to children’s lives will not be considered.

All the interested Educational Institutions/Sports & Cultural Associations/Individual Producers are requested to collect the Entry Form along with Rules and Regulations from the office of Tiatr Academy of Goa, AS-1, 2^nd Floor, Campal Trade Centre, Campal, Panaji Goa. The last date of submission of duly filled Entry Form in the prescribed format is 23^rd October 2015.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Succor de Santa Cruz

SUCCOUR DE SANTA CRUZ - AT MEET THE ARTISTE

Socorro de St. Cruz enthralls the audience

A well-known singer and tiatr personality, Socorro de St. Cruz enthralled the audience with his beautiful voice at TAG’s monthly programme ‘Meet the Artiste’ held on 23rd September 2015 at the Conference Hall of Tiatr Academy of Goa, Campal, Panaji Goa.

Shri. Agostinho Temudo, President of TAG welcomed Socorro, the artiste of the month and the audience.

Socorro de St. Cruz spoke about his life journey in the tiatr field for the last 33 years as a singer, actor, composer, lyricist and director. His sweet and melodious voice captured the hearts of his fans and the audience who had gathered in large numbers.

He started his career on the tiatr stage at a very young age and his idol was Alfred Rose. In his speech he told the audience that it was his dream to sing with Alfred Rose which has been fulfilled when he sang a trio along with Alfred Rose and Aniceto. He recalled that Alfred Rose congratulated him for writing that trio. In all he wrote around 700 Konkani songs on different issues in his career and has to his credit around 23 audio albums and 8 VCDs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSEFERNS

A Birthday Wish For You

and Good Luck for your new show releasing in October 2015

Thursday, September 17, 2015

TAG’s ‘Meet the Tiatr Artiste’ on 23rd September

SOCORRO DE ST. CRUZ

Meet Socorro de St. Cruz at TAG’s ‘Meet the Tiatr Artiste’ on 23^rd September

Every month Tiatr Academy of Goa invites artistes of repute to interact with their fans/followers and other tiatr loving people. Such a meeting helps the audience to know more in detail about the artiste. It also helps TAG to create documentation for its library in order to preserve it for posterity.

A well-known singer and tiatr personality, Socorro de St. Cruz will be the artiste of the month at Tiatr Academy’s monthly programme ‘Meet the Artiste’ to be held on Wednesday, 23^rd September 2015 at 4.00 p.m., at the Conference Hall, Tiatr Academy of Goa, AS-1, 2^nd Floor, Campal Trade Centre, Campal, Panaji Goa.

TAG to remember artistes of yesteryears.

TAG to remember artistes of yesteryears.

Every month Tiatr Academy of Goa organises a special programme, “Somplolea Tiatristancho Ugddas” to remember the late Tiatr artistes and their contribution in the field of tiatr who were born in a particular month and are no more with us today. The artistes born in the month of September and are not living who will be remembered are:

1. Khada Minguel

Hailing from Durga - Chinchinnim, Khada Minguel was a renowned Mestri. In those days, no other Mestri was as popular as Khadda Minguel. He spread Fell/Khell not only in Salcete but all over Goa. He was rightly called as ‘Khellancho Raza’.

2. Seby Coutinho

Seby Coutinho was a very talented and a versatile actor, one who studied his roles thoroughly and brought out the exact nature of his character especially in tragic roles. His best roles, as judged by the people were in ‘Khorkhos Ostori’,‘Angounnechi Okol’, ‘Vavraddi’, ‘Atam Konn Ghatki’ and ‘Barabas’.

3. Philomena Braz

Philomena Braz was a fine character actress and a singer. Philomena was first seen on the Konkani stage in Alfred Rose’s‘Zotkari Dorji’ in 1963. She acted in Tiatrs of many directors including Saib Rocha, J.P.Souzalin, Kid Boxer, Prem Kumar, Jacinto Vaz, C. Alvares, Dod de Verna, Nelson Afonso, Kamat de Assolna, etc.

Surjanutsov programme

Surjanutsov programme

A few days after the Tiatr workshop a programme by the Konkanim Section of Chowgule College held Surjanutsov programme for 7 days. Prize distribution was held on the last day where Mr. William Fernandes was the Chief Guest. He gave away the prizes and the certificates to the winners. Principal of Chowgule College Mr. Sawant also attended the function. The programme was co-ordinated by Dr.Gunaji Dessai who is the head of Konkani Faculty alongwith Prof. Hanumant Chopdekar.

Photos of the function.