A rigorous, 5-week course on creating live experiences
Feb 3 to March 10 everyday except Sundays in Mumbai
Think Big, Think Small is a training programme on the creation and execution of live events. Conceived of and conducted by Saatvika Kantamneni and Vivek Madan, the first batch of TBTS consisted of a cohort of 9 participants from Bombay and Delhi.
Guest lectures included sessions with Aditya Jadhav, Arundhati Ghosh, Chef Zac, Meghana Bhogale, Rashmi Dhanwani, Revati Raja, Shibani Nayak and Rachna Panikker who shared their experiences on a range of topics from decoding meaning in art and profitability, to leadership, curation and fund raising.
Over the period of a month, they were taken through exercises where they worked on budgets, on publicity campaigns, on conceptualizing events, organising checklists and reccees, design and presentation softwares and more... At the end of the course, the 9 producers-in-training were required to envision and execute a public event.
तालमेल - Coming Together for Arts Education was a fund raiser held at Veda Kunba on April 9 2024 and featured the talents of Kumud Mishra, Swanand Kirkire, Sananda Mukhopadhyay and Mansi Multani. The cohort was able to raise 1.2 lakhs for their chosen charities, through the sales of tickets and bespoke merchandise.
We’re thrilled to call for applications for the 2025 batch of Think Big, Think Small. Again, we’re looking for 9 individuals who are curious about conceptualising, managing, executing live events.
At the end of the programme, you will have a broader vocabulary, a deeper understanding of the ways in which you could effectively approach an event, and a sense of how and where to apply these learnings, be it to an external client or an in-house arts project.
When: February 3 - March 10, 2025
Where: Andheri Industrial Estate, Mumbai
Course fee: Rs. 25,000 inclusive of GST
Last date to apply: November 10, 2024
You will be informed of the selection by December 5, 2024
For details or clarifications, write to vivek@bhashacentre.com
** After the programme, 4 of the participants will be offered apprenticeships in arts - or events-based organisations for a period of 3-6 months. We are trying to place all 9, this space will be updated as we finalise tie ups.
The terms of the apprenticeship are at the discretion of the hiring organisation. Accepting, declining or negotiating the offer is at the discretion of the participant.
About the Facilitators
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Saatvika Kantamneni is an independent producer, production and stage manager for theatre and live events based in India. She is a graduate of the MA in Collaborative Theatre Production and Design from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She has worked with QTP Entertainment as company stage manager for three years, was Senior Stage Manager for Disney Aladdin in India and produced the Tibetan theatre production Pah-Lak that toured India and Europe.
Currently, she is a producer with Akvarious Productions (since 2019). Additionally, she is one of the core team members on Art of the Possible, a professional development initiative by the NCPA; has co-authored Backstage Pass Camp, a technical and design workshop for Connections India at the NCPA; and has run the DSFM Niloufer Sagar Alumni Production Grant since its inception.
Saatvika enjoys creating collaborative work that challenges the world we live in.
Vivek Madan has been involved in the theatre for over 25 years. As an actor, he has over 30 plays to his credit, some performed to acclaim across the country. He has also served as the Programming Executive at Jagriti Theatre (2011-15), the Festival Director for Writers' Bloc 4 (2016), the curator of the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival 2018, Executive Director of Indian Ensemble (2017-20) and helmed several other independent theatre projects in India. In 2021, he founded www.thedramalibrary.com under the aegis of Bhasha Centre for Performing Arts. He remains the director of Bhasha Centre, where he conceptualises and executes training programmes (Think Big Think Small, From Anywhere to Somewhere, What's for Dinner, among others), co-producing programmes (Manch) and numerous other engagements to build capacity within the theatre ecosystem in general, and playwriting and producing in particular, working with a team of theatre enablers across the country. He is the recipient of the Shankar Nag Award 2021, presented annually by Ranga Shankara to a young theatre maker who embodies service to theatre.