Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP) 2022 presents
The Last Poet
by Amitesh Grover
Country: India | Running Time: 75 | Language: English | Year Of Release: 2020
About The Last Poet
A poet disappears abruptly, leaving his world haunted. In his maddening city of desire, rumour, and regret, the poet’s poems appear as phantom notes that speak truth to power, and we wonder: Can a poet change the world? The audience meets multiple characters online to unravel the mystery behind his disappearance. They choose their own journey through the show (there are 125 ways to watch it). The Last Poet is an online, live, and interactive show. It is India’s first theatre for the internet.
Writer – Sarah Mariam
Digital Scenography – Ajaibghar
Films – Annette Jacob
Creative Code – Praveen Sinha & Gagandeep Singh
Music Score – Suvani Suri & Abhishek Mathur
Assistant Director – Sarthak Narula
Performers – Atul Kumar, Ashwath Bhatt, Bhagyashree Tarke, Pallav Singh, Dipti Mahadev
Concept & Direction – Amitesh Grover
The show premiered at SA Virtual, an online Arts and Performance Festival commissioned by Serendipity Arts Foundation, 2020. Amitesh also invites students, teachers, professors and fellow artists to get in touch with him on email if they wish to share The Last Poet as a part of their classes, lectures and presentations.
About Amitesh Grover
Amitesh Grover (India, b.1980) is an award-winning director, performer, writer, and artist. He moves beyond theatre into installation, video, digital and text-based art. His work delves into themes like the dyad of absence and presence, the necessity of remembering, and the performance of resistance to keep on living. He is the recipient of several international grants and residencies, and his work is shown globally in theatres, galleries, public spaces, and on the internet.
About The Festival
The Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP) is an annual event showcasing films drawn from the world of theatre and performance. The festival presents experimental, emerging, and established theatre artists and filmmakers from around the world to audiences and industry professionals. The 7th annual festival will focus on work for the screen created by theatre artists during the Time of Corona. The festival will be held digitally from March 1st – 15th 2022.
Watch The Last Poet from March 1st to March 15th 2022 on the Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP) website.
Read more about Amitesh Grover and The Last Poet at (https://amiteshgrover.com) or get in touch at amiteshgrover@gmail.com / Twitter @amiteshgrover | Instagram @amitesh.grover | Facebook @amiteshgrover
