HISTORY CULTURE TOURS

19 Thu 10.15 A.M

The Folly, Amethyst

Whites Road

Next to Corporation Bank

Royapettah, Chennai 600 014

No drama, Just Theatre

Dushyanth Gunashekhar, left a career in finance and audit and pursued his passion of creating a deeper understanding of history among children. Today he is the Founder and Creative Head of city based theatre repository and education organization for performing arts CREA – SHAKTHI.Author of the book “No Drama Just Theatre” Dushyanth, the talented son of IWA’s own member Padma Gunashekhar; has compiled  plays on world history for classroom learning to get students interested in the study of past events.

Dushyanth’s team will enact a short skit for IWA loosely based on a historical personality who remains uncelebrated – Thillaiyadi Valliamma, a young girl martyred at the age of 16 who greatly influenced the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi in many ways, including the idea of the use of the tri-color in our National Flag.

Join us, as Dushyanth takes the discussion forward on what he does to marry performing arts with history to make an impact on education.

Please note: This is a programme presented by our IWA Next Gen.