To celebrate and appreciate theatre and theatre personalities, the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META)-a weeklong national theatre festival and award, will stage the best of theatre from the past year.
The 11th META festival is scheduled from March 6-13 at LTG, Kamani and FICCI Auditoriums. A gala awards night will also be held on March 13 in the national Capital. Mahindra Group in conjunction with Teamwork Arts announced the call for entries on Thursday. The festival is calling for entries from theatre productions across the country. Apart from the prize money and the opportunity to perform at the national Capital, it celebrates theatre by awarding various forms of theatre like Stage Design, Lighting and Costumes. This year the festival will open with a production dedicated to the Lifetime Achievement award. Past winners include, Badal Sircar, Zohra Sehgal, Khaled Choudhary, Ebrahim Alkazi and Kanhailal Heisnam. Jay Shah, Head, Cultural Outreach, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd said: “Mahindra Group has always been at the helm of promoting various aspects of arts. It is heartening to see the incredible journey of META in the last decade. Theatre groups from across India have been a part of this prestigious event and we will continue our endeavour to celebrate, stimulate national theatre and increase its awareness and appreciation”
The submissions must be sent in the form of recorded DVDs on or before January 20. The entries have to be shared online followed by recorded DVDs of the play via post on or by logging in to http://metawards.com/v1/entry-form -2016/.