Dear Theatre Enthusiasts,
It is with immense pleasure to announce that the English Play ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ was proclaimed by the Adjudicators of the National English Drama Committee 2014 as the Best Play 2014!
Trinetra Arts is a newly formed group with its participation for the first time in the competition and at the start itself it showed sign of great teamwork! The collective teamwork and dedication permitted Trinetrians to bag 6 Awards:
The Results of the English Drama Festival are as follows:
Best Play: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Trinetra Arts, Curepipe
Second Best Play: Jenny, Yes You Can by Rising Stars of Droopnath Ramphul Stage College, Calebasses
Third Best Play: The Ambitious Brother by SSS Goodlands Boys Drama Club
Best Actor: Madlani Harshid – SSS Goodlands Boys Drama Club
Best Actress: Prema Ramdharry – Trinetra Arts
Second Best Actor – Anup Motye – Trinetra Arts
Second Best Actress – (I think from Sharma Jugdambi SSS, Goodlands)
Best Director – Bella Ramdharry – Trinetra Arts
Second Best Director – S.K Seechurn, Rising Stars of Droopnath Ramphul Stage College, Calebasses
Best Local Writer – Seetohul
Best Set Designer: Anup Motye – Trinetra Arts
Special Prize to the Best Play Staged on the theme of ‘Ene Pei, Ene Nasion, Ene Destin’: Seetohul
Special Jury Awards:
Bella Ramdharry – Trinetra Arts
It was a challenging experience for this play direction. It required a lot of research work, creativity, teamwork and dedication. It is with great satisfaction that the performance during the finals went OK, despite a ‘catastrophic’ stage rehearsal. Fact is that, participating groups are not used to the Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture as traditionally the festival is held at Serge Constantin Theatre. Hence we had to adjust according to a new technical team and stage composition.
For the Setting also, it is for the first time that The Direction tried many things – multiple set, shadow effect, realistic fireplace, fountain on stage, audience querying/participation etc..I would like to heartily thank the stage managers, the light technicans, sound technicians and all those who have contributed to the success of this play.
Thanks to Mr. Roshan Napaul for the fountain, to Anup Motye’s Uncle for a big help with the setting, to the Autism specialists for their contribution to Christie Boones’ character – Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Jean Marc Michel, Mithesh Soobarah, Gina Ponoosamy, Thank you Arya Samaj Charles Regnaud Curepipe for the rehearsal location, Thank you to the parents who have trusted Trinetra Arts. A BIG Thanks to ANUP MOTYE for his ever dedication and commitment to the success of the play. Very talented Actor and Set Designer.