Why is it called a green room?

Theatre people are naturally inclined toward storytelling, so what we don’t know we sometimes just make up.

Many explanations for why the offstage actors’ lounge is called a green room are great stories, and some of them have roots in history. But none of them have any real claim to truth:

• Early stage light (limelight) was green, so actors could only accurately put their makeup on in a room painted green.

• Actors hung out in the room where all the stage topiary was stored.

• Early stages were outside on the “green.”

• The lounge was painted green because it was calming.

• The ticket money (the “green”) was counted in this room after the show.

Since we don’t have a real answer on this, here’s a list of “green” places with answers:

• A green room – any environmentally friendly room in a building.

• The Green Room – one of three state parlors at the White House; appropriately, the walls are green.

• The green room – in surfing, this is the lovely, watery green place inside the curl of a wave. It is also loud and requires excellent balance to visit.

We are returning to home base this sunday with one of our favourite comedies- ‘Hamlet- The Original Spoof’

Evam presents-

Hamlet –the Original Spoof

The play comprises of 3 actors (btw, Shakespeare used a lot more) who try and make sense of the grand Shakespearean tragedy in true evam style (possibly because many of us do not understand His style) – whacky, freaky and bizarre.

If you can’t make sense of Hamlet or Shakespeare – then this is the show for you – coz umm, well, we can’t either!!

A super audience-interactive show, and an absolutely rollicking ride guaranteed!!

Date- 29th March

Time- 5pm and 7.30pm

Venue- Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Chetpet

Denominations- 150/300/500

Block tickets at www.evam

To love or not to love!!

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Tickets available at all Landmark outlets.

For details, call 9840222363, 9840612333.

Cheers!

Team Evam

Evam comes to Hyderabad with- PYTHON HYSSSTERIA, The Wackiest Comedy Show Ever!

March 14th, at Taramati Baradari

3 shows- 2:30, 5:00 and 7:30.

Tickets priced at 150/300/500

Check out the trailer at

http://www.evam.co.in/python2v.html

Review-

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005112400710100.htm&date=2005/11/24/&prd=mp&

For details call 0-98406-12333 

Watch this space for more! 

cheers!

Team Evam

Last week we had the pleasure of performing at one of India’s best educational institutions. And we had a blast  

The theatre festival of IIT Saarang was kicked off by evam’s  ’And now for something completely different’. 

Performing to an exciting and kicked up audience is always a pleasure. And playing for the first time in IIT was very special. 

A quick thank you to all who came there and made us feel great

Cheers,

Team Evam

Due to logistical issues and problems with Police Permission, the New Year special show, ’31st by evam’ has been cancelled.

But you can catch us at the Chennai premier of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’. Come join the ‘wilde’rness on the 16th and 17th of January at Chinmaya Heritage Center. More at www.evam.in

For any clarifications, reach us at 99404 38669/98402 22363

Cheers,
Team Evam

An Evening of random acts of absurd joy with great food .... minus alcohol

Where did the  525600 mins go?!

Swish, swash, a rush and a blur, 12 months have gone by and it’s new year again!
To mark this new years with a difference, we’re giving our favourite Chennai audience an evening they’ll remember in December 2009..!!

Welcome to ’31st by evam..’
A unique, never-before and never-again night designed especially for the new year.
An evening of stand up, sit down, sing along, run about, beat around the bush, murder hamlet
and other such random acts of absurd joy.
Performed by three men and many many women!

Watch the best of evam, in the cleanest party in town, clubbed with lip smacking food and packaged to make your worries fly away, minus the alcohol.

This new years eve, make a choice, sit back and experience the pit-falls of the sub-prime crisis or come on over, celebrate HAPPINESS for it is RECESSION PROOF!!!

31st of December 2008, at Chinmaya heritage centre, Chetpet, Chennai.
Evam’s first ever new year gigs – 6.30 to 8.00pm or 8.30 to 10.00pm.
Tickets: Rs.1000, Rs.750, Rs.600, Rs.300.

BLOCK TICKETS NOW at www.evam.in
Tickets also available at all Landmark outlets.

For special bulk booking deals and discounts do contact 98402 22363 or 99404 38669.

Evam is conducting a 2 day theatre cum acting workshop on Jan 3rd & 4th from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm at Vidyasagar, Kotturpuram, Chennai. Fee Rs. 2000 per head. Do mail to teamevam@gmail.com or call 99404 38669/98402 22363 for more details.

Cheers and Happy New Year,
Team Evam

…a lot!

It’s high energy time at evam. We have been nominated for TATA NEN’s hottest startups contest and for MTv Youth Icon award.

Here’s a chance for you to play cheerleader and help us bag these titles..

TATA NEN Hottest Startups- you can vote for us by sending HOT<space>554 to 56767 or you can log onto hotteststartups.in and vote.

Click here to vote online for TATA NEN Hottest Startups

We have been short listed to be one of the Pepsi-MTV Youth Icons 2008.

http://www.mtvyouthicon.in.com/video.php?id=105

Check out evam for MTV Youth Icon at

http://www.mtvyouthicon.in.com/nominee.php?id=46396

Also do vote for us to be Pepsi-MTV Youth Icons by sending Icon<space>EE to 56882

Thanks in advance for your support!

Team Evam

Evam is the baby of a dream. A vision held, envisaged and nourished in the minds of two young MICA students.

Sunil Vishnu K from Bhopal and Karthik Kumar from Chennai met in the campus of MICA during 1998-99. Sankalp, MICA’s theatre group, was virtually dead but the duo took over and pumped life into it. What started as a part-time, fun time-killer during college soon took over their lives. The shows they did on campus were a huge hit and they realized they had found their calling. And unlike most of their fellow students they weren’t looking for a respectable degree and a posh job. They were bonded by a passion.

Breaking usual college norms, they did a thesis together on ‘Feasibility of an entertainment company which has theatre as its core product.’ But they weren’t ready to let it be just something on paper. They decided to put it in action.

But hard-core realities caught up with them after graduation. Sunil went to work with Elephant Design and Karthik landed a job with Real Image. But they never lost sight of their vision.

After 2 years, both of them saved up money and started ‘evam entertainment’. An entertainment company with the prime aim of making people happy… Getting them high and stamping the evam spirit into their hearts.

One of evam’s most significant strides in the theatre society is dismissing the illusion that a profitable and sponsor-filled theatre group cannot exist in today’s entertainment arena. What started in 2003 as a one lakh company has now grown into a flourishing 1.5 crores entertainment sector with six full-time employees. Evam does over 50-odd public shows per year. It has over 10000 audiences spread over 3 cities. Apart from this, evam also manages theatre festivals. Evam prides itself on being an effective marketing

communications medium, entertainment being the language, to further the objectives of the brands it partners. Some of the brands who have partnered evam are – Standard Chartered Bank, TCS, HSBC, Royal Sundaram, Citibank, Mehta Jewellery, Nestle, Motorola, The Times of India, BPL, The Hindu, The Park, Airtel, Zest and Sab Miller.

The future looks brighter and better still. ‘Happy Factory’, evam’s corporate workshop which is designed to pepper the happy spirit in people’s lives and make them feel special about themselves, is all set to go big time. And early next year, the nation will wake up to evam’s adaptation of Chetan Bagath’s ‘One Night At The Call Center’. A grand opening is being worked out and the show (hold your breath!) will feature across 14 cities in the span of a month. Evam believes in spreading joy and helping the world around it. And following that, evam will soon be taking over the children’s ward of Cancer Institute.

Watch out! The dream just got bigger!