Keep Calm And #Ashtag

Keep Calm And #Ashtag explores how gender is constructed and reinforced in real and virtual public spaces in the Indian urban context. Cyber space becomes a new public space in which gender plays itself out: Why does Nikhil play an online game as a female avatar? Why does Tanya create an anonymous Facebook profile and what does she do with it? What happens when Sachin’s fighting video goes viral? The play looks at the collisions of real and virtual spaces and the drama that unfolds.

The absurd, funny and sometimes painful episodes connect through hyperlinks to a fast-paced ride into the violence of gender construction in teenage years. The play seeks to provoke a dialogue around the complexities that young people face in defining who they are as men and women, and the ways in which they navigate real and cyberspace in their everyday lives.

The play is designed to be performed at schools and can be followed by Q & A sessions and workshops. Age suitability: 14 years and above

Produced by Theatre Professionals Mumbai in association with Flinntheater

Created by Ajitesh Gupta, Tanvee Ravi, Neha Singh, Vikrant Dhote (performance), Rituparna Bhattacharya and Shabari Rao (direction), Sophia Stepf (mentorship and dramaturgy), Nikhil Nagaraj (music design), Gurleen Judge (assistant director)

Conceived by Jehan Manekshaw and Sophia Stepf

Commissioned by Max Muller Bhavan / Goethe-Institute, Mumbai

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Performed at CFL / Center for Learning Vardenhalli, Stonehill International School and Oakridge International School Bangalore, Goethe-Institute Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, Shishuvan School Mumbai, JBCN Borivili, Malya Aditi, Jagriti Theatre Bangalore, The Humming Tree Bangalore, NCPA Mumbai, Sree Kumaran School Bangalore, Heritage School & Rohini New Delhi, Delhi Public School Indirapuram Bangalore, Pathways School Noida, Kalmadi School Pune, Valley School Bangalore, Canadian International School Bangalore in 2014/15

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