Shaun Williams

Company: The Cellar Door

Shaun Williams is an accomplished drama teacher and performing artist who has trained under many senior drama professionals such as Prabhat Bhaskaran, Sankar Venkateswaran, Daniel Oldman and H.Tomba. He has been exposed to varied and unique theatrical traditions styles such as Improvisational Comedy, Kalaripayattu, Butoh, Clowning, Ensemble theatre, Physical theatre and more. He is also an actor, and has appeared on stage and in TV commercials for brands such as Imperial Blue, Idea Cellular, Vodafone, Cartrade.com, KFC and Volkswagen. He has worked with various institutions all over India, such as The Cathedral and John Connon school, MICA. He has just started two YouTube channels in which he plans to explore literature and the teaching world in a fun and light way.

Event Description:Investigate, Interpret, Adapt, Perform There is a story lurking all around us. A creator / writer can create a story out of nothing or out of seemingly mundane objects or even out of emotions. In this session we will explore collaborative story creation without the usual pen and paper (or keyboard). This session will end with performances based on those stories that the group has created.

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Top five book recommendations for middle schoolers:

• Pick any "classic" that you've only heard people speak about. Frankenstein, Time Machine, Moby Dick, Dracula and even books that are supposedly for little children like Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. (Original, unabridged versions of books like Alice In Wonderland are richer than how they are portrayed in film and on TV, try it!)
• www.undark.org : A great newsletter to subscribe to for stories on science, medicine, space, climate change and much more. You will find fascinating investigative stories like the time when tongues in Japan started to turn green, or book reviews like Losing the Nobel Prize and Space Odyssey or interviews with scientists like Marine Paleobiologist Nicholas D Payne who wrote the book Spying on Whales . Despite the heavy themes, many of these articles are well written are not like academic papers.
• Whenever you travel, look for a book that has been written by local authors. I've found detective novels in Japan, Native American folklore In Maine, USA and several wonderful books written by writers in North East India.
• The novels and short stories of RK Narayan. His work is light and funny. By reading his work you will also get an idea about the life of people in small town India before and after Independence
• Listen or watch podcasts that give you new information about literature. Two of my favorites have been Tale Foundry For interesting literary analysis and lorepodcast Which explores the history behind frightening or interesting folktales

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