10th Edition of Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards in Delhi from 21st March, 2015
- META 2015 entries submission deadlines extended till 5th of February, 2015
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30th January, 2015; Delhi: Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) is calling for entries for this year’s edition of META, a weeklong theatre festival and award that stages the best of theatre of the year, which has now been extended till 5th of February, 2015 when all the entries will be opened in front of the selection committee. Every year META confers awards across 13 categories celebrating various aspects of theatre including Stage Design, Lighting and Costumes apart from Best Play, Best Director, etc. Theatre groups from all over the nation participate in this festival to receive the prestigious awards recognizing Indian Theatre. Winners are also awarded handsome prize money across the various categories.
The 10th META Festival is scheduled from 21st to 26th March, 2015 at New Delhi’s LTG and Kamani Auditoriums along with a Gala Awards Night on March 27th, 2015 at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mansingh Road, New Delhi. The deadline for the entries has been now extended to the midnight of 4th of February, 2015, 12:00 midnight to give more time for submissions of the entries. This years META has also received many queries and an overwhelming response from the participants.
Jay Shah, Head, Cultural Outreach, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd said “We at Mahindra Group want to provide a platform in the form of META for encouraging all forms of theatre across its full spectrum in India. Through META, our aim is to increase awareness and appreciation of Indian theatre, making it one of the most important national platforms for recognizing and rewarding theatre. Apart from the glamorous and obvious awards for direction and acting we also celebrate and promote other elements of theatre like playwriting, set designing, costume and light designing.”
Instituted by the Mahindra Group, in continuation of its commitment to promoting the arts, META 2015 aims at bringing together the best of Indian theatre from the year gone by. The awards consist of a specially designed trophy and a cheque for Rs.1 Lakh for the Best Production, Rs.75,000 for Best Original Playwright and Rs.45,000 for all other award categories.
Creative Director, META, Ravi Dubey says, “It’s fascinating how we started with 10 entries in our first year and now after a decade META has achieved a stature of being one of the most glamorous events of the fraternity with over 300 entriesfrom the various corners of the country. META has been a wonderful journey for us as we engage with various groups as well as dynamic and colorful artists on and off the stage.”
Ravi Dubey also shared that META has really contributed to theatre as envisaged and suggested to other corporate entities that they should also be supporting theatre since it still requires more support and motivation.
The submissions must be sent in the form of recorded DVDs on or before 4th February, 2015 12:00 midnight. The entries can also be shared online followed by sending in recorded DVDs of the play as hard copies via post on or by logging in tohttp://metawards.com/v1/entry-form/
All productions that meet the eligibility criteria will be viewed by an esteemed selection committee comprising of five eminent theatre personalities. The selection committee will then pick the 10 best productions after viewing the DVDs of all the plays. The ten chosen ones are then invited to perform live in front of the esteemed jury and general audience. Every entry for META should meet certain criteria (detailed eligibility criteria are available on http://metawards.com/v1/selection-criteria/
A Coffee table book ‘Curtain Call: Celebrating Indian Theatre’ encapsulating ten glorious years of Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) was released on the second day on the 8th edition ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival by Shabana Azmi, Girish Karnad and Ravi Dubey, Creative Director, META along with ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival Producer & Teamwork Arts MD, Sanjoy Roy. Which was well received by theatre and culture aficionados.
Celebrated theatre personalities like M K Raina, Sushma Seth, Rajat Kapoor, Amal Allana, Manan Kaur, Neelam Mansingh, Ananda Lal have contributed to the book. Curtain Call: Celebrating Indian Theatre features their testimonials and chronicles on META and its instrumental role in encouraging and rewarding the theatre industry, bringing increased participation and showcasing exemplary work within this field.
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