Over 250 interviews of street food vendors in Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Benaras, Patna, Coimbatore and KochiA 360 degree immersive experience of the streets of India |
31 Housefull Shows at the Serendipity Arts Festival, December 2017 with over 800 audiencesAudience enjoy 5 types of UNIQUE street food from different parts of India |
Character Masks, Physical Theatre, Storytelling and Food come together in performance for the FIRST timeTwo performers recreate over 10 characters for you to engage with |
About Stand on the Street
Along bustling streets that are the arteries of any town a hundred busy hands feed a thousand hungry tummies. Anonymous and ubiquitous, noisy yet satisfying, simple and cooked with care, flavourful yet staple, food on the street can be a fascinating experience. We invite you to immerse yourself in the culinary stories of our streets, Sprinkled with a little salt, a little sugar, a little tang and a just little spice.
Our conversations with Street Chefs across the country and our interest in food and culture has inspired this performance. Events that we saw and heard surprised us. Some shocked us. Some narratives made us reflect while some raised difficult questions. Our observations, encounters and realisations have been crafted into performance characters that you will experience today. Masks, Physical theatre, narratives and food come together in this compelling performance. Whether you are a hungry traveller or a hurried executive, whether you are a craving passerby or a happy stroller, Come Stand on the Street.
First performed at The Serendipity Arts Festival, 2017 and curated by Chef Manu Chandra. Supported by The Serendipity Arts Trust.
Devised by Anjana Balaji and Aditya Garg
Designed and Directed by Aruna Ganesh Ram
Environment Design by Natasha Sharma
Soundscapes by MT Aditya
Our conversations with Street Chefs across the country and our interest in food and culture has inspired this performance. Events that we saw and heard surprised us. Some shocked us. Some narratives made us reflect while some raised difficult questions. Our observations, encounters and realisations have been crafted into performance characters that you will experience today. Masks, Physical theatre, narratives and food come together in this compelling performance. Whether you are a hungry traveller or a hurried executive, whether you are a craving passerby or a happy stroller, Come Stand on the Street.
First performed at The Serendipity Arts Festival, 2017 and curated by Chef Manu Chandra. Supported by The Serendipity Arts Trust.
Devised by Anjana Balaji and Aditya Garg
Designed and Directed by Aruna Ganesh Ram
Environment Design by Natasha Sharma
Soundscapes by MT Aditya
| About the Show |
The making of Stand on the Street |
The performance Trailer |
The complete video of the performance
Photographs
Media Reviews of the PerformanceThe New Indian Express, BangaloreOutlookThe PioneerThe Metro PlusOther Links |
Audience feedback - WrittenExtremely unique. It asks a lot from the audience too. Food is Yumm! Are you on Swiggy? The performance stirred a storm of emotions. There were moments of empathy, anger and subtle humour. Captured and depicted their stories beautifully A very interesting experience. The food was delicious and the performers were very impressive. Curation was great too. Lighting could have been more interesting The detailing of the set and characters were very good giving it an authentic feel. Liked the way several important social and political factors were alluded to without pushing them down one's throat. Great work by the actors. Kudos Was transported to the city and to each street vendor's life. Masks were on point. The body communicated more than the dialogues. The soundscape was the most immersive part of the performance |
Media PreviewsThe Metro Plus, Bengaluru
The Bangalore Time Bangalore Mirror |
THE TEAM
The team that devised and performs Stand on the Street
Anjana BalajiAnjana Balaji is a trained actor and a voice artist. She is keen on exploring the body as a medium of expression and how storytelling and rhythm can come together to create performance moods.
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Aditya GargAditya is a trained actor whose practice is based in the body and its physicality. He take great passion in making another person's story his own and embodying it through gestures and movement.
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Aruna Ganesh RamAruna is a theatre director and the founder of Visual Respiration. Her practice is inter-disciplinary. She crafts multi-sensorial audience experiences through immersive performances
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Space Requirements and Technical details of the performance
for hosting and touring
Space Requirements
Minimum 30 x 25 size of a room with minimum 13 feet height
Truss is required to be able to hang props and lights from the top of the room
Truss is required to be able to hang props and lights from the top of the room
Light Requirement
We will carry 6 LED Track Spots that can be fixed onto a ceiling bar
If performing in a theatre space with light availability: 5 Fresnals and 4 par cans
If performing in a theatre space with light availability: 5 Fresnals and 4 par cans
Sound Arrangements
Bluetooth Speakers - Speakers and cabling will be brought by the team
Crew Size
Four members: 2 performers, 1 Director, 1 Production Assistant
Food and preparation
The food is prepared by the team. Yes. we've become chefs through the process
Litti Choka from Bihar, Jhal Muri, MOMO, Sundal and Paan will be served
We will need a kitchen with a 4 burner gas provision to prepare the food. Food prep time - 4 hours
Litti Choka from Bihar, Jhal Muri, MOMO, Sundal and Paan will be served
We will need a kitchen with a 4 burner gas provision to prepare the food. Food prep time - 4 hours
Transportation
The set will have to travel in a mini truck from Bangalore.
The team will travel in Flights, Economy mode.
Stay to be arranegd in a Service Guest House / Independent home stay (with a functioning kitchen)
The team will travel in Flights, Economy mode.
Stay to be arranegd in a Service Guest House / Independent home stay (with a functioning kitchen)
