SAAU

A puppet show by Katkatha Puppetry 

Date: 15th December, 2024

Time: 4:00 PM

Location: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan

About the Show

Saau is an interpretation of a Marathi children’s book ‘Andharacha Gaanv’ by Swati Raje and is based on events of Savitri Bai Phule’s life. Saau is the story of a little girl who strives to bring lost light and hope to her village that is troubled by a generational curse of darkness – it is a story of lost hope, bravery, and challenging norms - narrated with various sources of light, overhead projector, self-lit puppets, through Bunraku style puppets, and a non-verbal approach.

About Katkatha

The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust is a Delhi based puppet theatre company which began in 1998. Since then creating a rigorous training system for puppeteers has been a key focus for the group. In absence of a puppet school or courses to train professional puppeteers in India, Katkatha conducts intensive short courses and workshops in puppet techniques, supports interns who learn by following the work of the company. The focus is to train the next generation of professional puppeteers, create a discourse around puppetry and also build a network of puppeteers.

Registered as an independent community arts organisation under the Indian Trusts Act in 2015. Aagaaz performs stories that raise contextual questions and create dialogue amongst diverse audiences. At the core are the 13 adolescents from Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti who are growing into arts practitioners, theatre makers, and facilitators.