Lights Out Please

23/08/2019

The judge for The One-Man Show, our Monoacting event, will be Chriswin Ebenezer!

An alumnus of Lights Out Please, Chriswin is the quintessential Mechanical Engineer turned theatre artist. He has been a part of over 20 productions, and has worked with Crea-Shakti, New Life AG Church, and Navodaya.
He is currently working with the NGO Pudiyador, where he takes theatre classes for underprivileged children from Besant Nagar, and Navodaya, for whom he's directing a fundraiser.

Glad to have you back on board, Chris!

23/08/2019

We're happy to announce that the judge for Quills Out Please, the Scriptwriting event, will be our very own alumnus, Ganapathi Ramanathan.

Thoroughly unsatisfied with how engineering was going, Ganapathi joined the theatre club in 2015, and there was no looking back from then. Ganapathi, or Gana, as he is affectionately known, has been part of several highly acclaimed LOP productions like Kali Kaalam, part of the Campus Theatre Initiative, and Holiday Inn, for the MyTheatre Festival.

His most notable achievements are writing Half of What I Say, which won second place in the Hindu Lit for Life theatre contest in 2017,
and Nadula Konjam Pakkaththa Kaanom, which bagged him a Best Playwright Award. Gana also worked with Crea-Shakti during his second year, writing for the Spotlight Initiative.
Gana now works at the Corporate Marketing department at Freshworks.

We're hyped to have you back on board, Gana!

23/08/2019

And now for our second judge for On The Spot: Anirhudh Sridharan!

An alumnus of Lights Out Please, Anirhudh is a stalwart of the club.
A jack of all trades, he has involved himself with acting, directing, scriptwriting, and composing music for 12 plays. His biggest achievements include winning second place at the Hindu Lit for Life Fest, and directing and scripting the award winning Tamil-English musical Nadula Konjam Pakkaththa Kaanom.
He has also acted in the Crea-Shakti Spotlight Initiative in 2018.

Now, he has walked away from the limelight, pursuing his other field of interest - Marketing. He's a digital Marketer at Chargebee, a startup SaaS company. Theatre continues to be an indispensable part of his life, and he gets involved whenever possible, one such instance being Theatrefest 2019.

Glad to have you back, Hudh!

23/08/2019

Introducing our first judge for On The Spot, our Improv Theatre event: George Cherian!

George is no stranger to Lights Out Please. After joining the club in 2016, George quickly established himself as a versatile actor who can switch from dramatic to comical at the push of a button. In the latter half of his Lights Out Please career, he proved his mettle as an accomplished director, directing three very successful plays, one of which won the cleansweep at Festember Theatrix conducted at NIT Trichy. The same play was also put up in Chennai to raise funds for the welfare of the transgender community.

He's taken some time to cool himself off, working for the sales division in Chargebee, improving the company's sales funnel as you read this. But you can expect a comeback show soon!

We're excited to have you back with us, George!

23/08/2019

Introducing our second judge for Enter Stage Left, Monish Kannan!

Monish is a creator and trainer at Crea Shakti, and has been part of 15 productions and 13 shows. He has also been part of two web series and a couple of digital productions. He trains students from various schools in theatre.

We're glad to have you on board, Monish!

23/08/2019

And it's time to announce the judges!

Enter Stage Left, our main theatrical event, will be judged by Siddhartha Bhaskara.

Siddhartha is an engineering graduate currently working as a Senior Creator in Creashakthi. He has acted and directed in various stage productions such as Malgudi Days, Sivarathiri, Prime Cut, Hamlet and Angadh, Kaaka Kadhaigal, Women at War and Stranger Needs. He is also working as a line producer, production manager, Associate director, Visual Media Translator, and photographer for multiple upcoming Creashakthi digital productions.

We're excited to have you on board, Siddhartha!

16/02/2019

Ladies and Gentlemen,
After a lot of thought and deliberation, we have selected the following people as the cast of Lights Out Please.
(in no particular order)

Karthika
Shivani
Niranjan
Suraj
Mohinish
Kathiyayini
Christina
Prasidha
Elakiya
Sai Jayaraman
Shreya
Lakshana

Thank for an amazing response. It was very hard for us to decide owing to the quality of performance that you all displayed. Congrats to everyone who made it in. And to those of you who didn't, you can still help us out backstage, or with make-up and set design. Or you can audition next year as well.
Welcome to Lights Out Please. :)

10/02/2019

Thanks to everyone who made it to round one of the LOP Cast Auditions. We had a lot of fun judging your performances and shortlisting people for the second round was no easy task.
That being said, here are the 28 people through to the next round (in no particular order):

1. Prasidha
2. S Shivani
3. Sandhya Vidyashankar
4. Kathiyayini
5. Niranjan
6. Mohinish
7. Elakiya
8. Suraj
9. Sai Jayaram
10. Bhavya
11. Shreya Gaur
12. Christina
13. Karthika
14. Harini V
15. Charu
16. Lakshana
17. Preetham
18. Anusha C
19. Krithikan
20. Prithvi S
21. Pranav K
22. Dakshin
23. Preetha
24. Siddharth
25. Pranav
26. Deeksh*tha
27. Surya GV
28. Aditya KP

Congrats everyone, welcome to Lights Out Please.
For further queries contact,
Tejas Sivan : 9884189899

10/02/2019

This fundraiser, Lights Out Please gives you two plays at the cost of one.

Nadula Konjam Pakkaththa Kaanom: What happens to the characters of an incomplete play?

Into The Multiverse: A girl decides to bring her boyfriend home to meet the parents. Sadly, the universe had other ideas.

Here's the trailer of one of our plays, Nadula Konjam Pakkaththa Kaanom.

Tickets out soon!

Venue : Mini Auditorium
Date : 22nd February 2019
Time : 2:15pm and 3pm

06/02/2019

Dear Theatre Lovers,

Do watch this amazing play on 15th and 16th of March at Alliance Française of Madras!

Here's the BMS link!

https://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/hamlet-and-angad-by-crea-shakthi/ET00094409

Hamlet & Angad- an absurdist black comedy, playing at Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore on Feb 1,2,3.
Chennai -Alliance Française on March 15-16.

Passes for the Bengaluru show: http://bit.ly/Hamletangad

01/02/2019

Do you love theatre? Do you ever find yourself mimicking your favorite actors or dreaming of being on stage?

Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, Lights Out Please will be conducting auditions for new cast members on Wednesday, the 6th of February!

Here are a few points to be noted:

-> Participants can choose either one of the two scripts provided to them or audition with their own script.
->The duration of the audition should be 1-2 minutes.
->Participants can either audition on their own or in groups.
-> The maximum number of participants per group is 3.
->Auditions will be held at the Mini Auditorium from 3.15 pm to 5.30 pm.

The scripts can be accessed at:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=16H9JJxsMXv7HsIoRbTCCXyzRfcLcCvax

12/12/2018

Ladies and Gentleman,
Thank you for the overwhelming response. After much deliberation we've selected the following people to join us as scriptwriters:

Elakiya - 1st year (BME)
Shivani - 1st year (Mechanical)

Congratulations! And welcome to Lights Out Please. :)