Media Release
Mangaluru, Mar 1: Having a 140 year long glorious legacy of creating men and women for and with others promoting the overall development of students’ personality, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Magaluru will launch its new venture ‘St Aloysius Ranga Adhyayana Kendra’ on March, 3 at 5.30pm in the LCRI Hall.
The Kendra will be formally inaugurated by Mohanchandra, renowned veteran theatre artiste and a graduate from the prestigious Neenasam Theatre School, Heggodu, in the presence of Fr Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, the principal and the registrar in-charge, Dr Alwyn D’Sa. The rector of Aloysius Group of Institutions, Fr Melwin Joseph Pinto, SJ, will preside over the event.
On the occasion of the launch of the centre, a unique three-day ‘Aloysius Natakotsava-2021’, a collaborative theatre festival between the Nataka Sangha of the college and Ranga Sangaathi Cultural Foundation will be organized from March 3 to March 5. The theatre festival will be inaugurated by renowned theatre and film celebrity, Naveen D Padil. Popular plays will be performed every evening at 6.00pm in the LCRI Hall of the College during the three day festival. ‘That’s All Your Honour’, written and directed by Shashiraj Kavoor will be performed on March 3 immediately followed by the inauguration. On March 4, another play written by Shashiraj Kavoor and directed by Mime Ramdas, ‘Minugele Minugele Nakshatra’ will be performed. A unique theatre experiment by Christy, Neenasam, ‘Ami Poinnari’, in Konkani will be performed on the March 5.
Entry for these 3 plays will be free for all. Interested public can come and watch the plays.