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Schweyk in the Second World War

Forum-Three Theatre Group Group from Banglore shared with Auroville audience last night at Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Pavilion of India, International Zone a musical play based on Bertolt Brechts Schweyk in the Second World War.
Excellent acting brought to us scenes from II. World War in Prauge where at local tavern Schweik and his friends are trying their best to survive and keep a healthy humor even in war times.

Choreography: Sachin Kumar
Production control: Sangeeta Ghoshal
Directed by Ranjon Ghoshal
The Forum-Three Theatre Group operates out of Bangalore for the last 38 years, pushing the city’s theaterscape towards new boundaries in production values, content and inclusive community spirit. From Beckett to Badal Sircar, from Girish Karnad to Arun Mukherjee, they have been continuously widening their repertoire. The latest production is fashioned as a war musical based on “Schweyk in the Second World War” by Bertolt Brecht who has been immensely important in shaping contemporary theater across the globe.
Scweyk – Sihi Kahi Chandru
Baloun – Vijay Sharma
Prochazka – Jurgen Nigli 
SS Man – Praloy Dey
Brettaschneider – Sagnik Sinha
Bullinger&Chaplain – Shkehar Sanyal
Hitler – Koushik Roy
Himmler – Debassis Chakraborty
Goebbles – Aryaman Chakraborty
Mrs. Kopecka – Madusree Baral
Anna – Pooja Gupta
Kati – Anasuya Sanyal
Lady customer – Nilanjana Chakraborty

Crew: 
Violin Sudipto Das, 
Keyboard – Aditya Vittal, 
Audio control – Satyarup Siddhanta, 
Lightning control – Hari Ravikumar, 
Backstage Shanklita Das, Anup vital
Make up – Nagraju P, 
Music support – Bipasha Vittal Production, 
Production control – Snageeta Ghoshal, 
Audio visual design – Shekar Sanyal, 
Costume design – Sangeeta Ghoshal, 
Nazi costumes – Debasis Charaborty, 
Production coordination – Nilanjana Chakraborty, 
Music direction&scoring – Sudipto Das, 
Shoreography – Sachin Kumar, 

Direction – Ranjon Ghosal

Acknowledgements – Bharat Nivas Team, Didier Druesne, Tapas Bhatt, Jean Legrand, Van Heusen, KC Das, Bangalore School of Speech&Drama, Sulanga Halder, Oxyhrnfanz Company.

Schweik in the Second World War (Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg) is a play by German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht. It was written by Brecht in 1943 while in exile in California, and is a retelling of the 1923 novel “The Good Soldier Vejk” by Jaroslav Haek.

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  • Ranjon Ghoshal

    Wonderful capture! I thank the Auroville Community for this excellent job of capturing the audio part of the play..
    But this is just about half an hour of the two and a half hour long play. Where is the rest of it?