12th Edition of Hyderabad Children’s Theatre Festival

The HCTF team is looking forward to staying connected through offline,
hybrid and online activities so that our audiences can choose how they would like to engage

Begins from 14th November, 2021.

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11 Years of Theatre for Children
and counting…

Take a sneak peek into our previous years of this joyful festival where we brought diverse and world class theatre for the children of Hyderabad.

Our Collaborators

We are thrilled to be one of the grantees of the Connections Through Culture Programme by The British Council.

This grant, in collaboration with Theatr Iolo, Wales has given us the opportunity to create quality children theatre from Hyderabad.

Three of our local practitioners from Hyderabad are being mentored by Lee Lyford, Artistic Director, Theatre Iolo, Wales and are creating three exciting productions for children’s based on three different themes.

Lee Lyford
Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Theatre Iolo

Lee Lyford
Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Theatre Iolo

Our Local Theatre Practitioners

Surabhi Santosh

Bambula BaburaoA play about ‘Courage’

Surabhi Santosh

Bambula BaburaoA play about ‘Courage’

Shayontoni Ghosh

StoneHeartA play about ‘Creation Myths’

Shayontoni Ghosh

StoneHeartA play about ‘Creation Myths’

Pallavi Verma

Bubwebs AwayA play about ‘Sung-Sung’,
Early Years Theatre for 6 months – 4 years; Coming soon

Pallavi Verma

Bubwebs AwayA play about ‘Sung-Sung’,
Early Years Theatre for 6 months – 4 years; Coming soon

Dhanendra Kawade

Swangvale Productions

Dhanendra Kawade

Swangvale Productions

K Sasidhar

Local Theatre Practitioner

K Sasidhar

Local Theatre Practitioner

We’re proud to announce HCTF 2021 with the following initiatives:

HCTF @ PLAY

A Young Playwrights’ Competition for children aged 7 to 16 years in collaboration with Theatr Iolo, Wales

HCTF @ HOME

Weekend performances by local theatre practitioners at suitable spaces in your housing societies

HCTF @ WORK

A variety of online theatre workshops on specific areas of theatre by global practitioners for ages 6 and above

Hyderabad Children’s Theatre Festival 2021.

Young Playwrights’ Competition

HCTF is proud to announce the Young Playwrights’ Competition, in partnership with Theatr Iolo, Wales.

We are looking for original, imaginative and relevant 10-minute plays, written by young people, between the ages 7-16, for audiences of the same age group. If you are a young writer with a story to share, we want to hear from you

As part of this playwriting competition, participants will have access to a digital masterclass by Shaili Sathyu, Gillo repertory theatre & Dr. Sita Thomas, Artistic Director, Fio, Wales. Participants will also be supported with offline workshops conducted by local practitioners Vaishali Bisht, Shayontoni Ghosh & Vinay Abhishek.

This year we plan to bring the productions to an outdoor space at your housing society over the weekends, where the children can watch two of our local theatre practitioners perform with all the covid safety norms in place. These performances are 20 minutes each with the maximum audience capacity of 20 children per show.

“Sorry | Please | Thank you”

Written & Performed by K Sasidhar

Duration 20 mins

Age 8 yrs+

There are so many options and so many ways to achieve our goals that we can get lost in between the options and our choices. Saurav is one such kid, Nagendra is another. Let’s see what options they have and what choices they make.

“Sung – Sung”

Performed by Pallavi Verma

Duration 20 mins

Age 6 months – 4 years

An experimental piece that aims to resonate with a toddler’s natural sense of curiosity and awe using pebbles as the object of play and makes a dialogue with them in the language that they like – that of tactile wonder

if you are interested to host a performance at your society, click the link below and register now!;

Registration link coming soon!

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