Aug 10 2025 to Aug 10 2025 10 a.m.

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Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

Courtyard Koota turns 7!

And we are having a Party!!

We have some very special events happening on August 10th - and it's on us!

If you are a regular- you know the vibe! and if you are new- come be a part of the Koota Community!

Entry free!

Naavu Idhivi / We Exist

Workshop: 10:30 AM to 12 PM

About the event:

Join us for a self portraiture workshop with artists from the Aravani Art Project. Come for a day of sketching and introspection. We only have 40 slots for the event, please register soon. 

Suitable for ages 10 and above.  

Click here to register for this workshop

Conversation with Aravani: 12 PM to 1 PM

Come, meet and engage with the artists from Aravani Art Project and get to know and have conversations with people from the Transgender Community who are the artists at the Aravani Art Project. No registration required.

About the Aravani Art Project:

Led by a collective of cis and transgender women, the Aravani Art Society provides a creative platform for transgender and other marginalized communities to connect, collaborate, and engage in artistic expression. The society approaches projects through collaborative art, creative thinking, and innovative methods. Their work is carried out in partnership with trained transgender artists, who execute commissioned art projects with skill and expertise. We advocate for reclaiming spaces in society through art, using creative projects to raise awareness and amplify the voices of the Transgender community.

Check out Aravani Art Project

10 AM - 12 PM 

Fly with Us - Origami with the Makkala Masti Team

About the event:

If you’ve been to Koota during the day, chances are that you have bumped into our Makkala Masti teachers, Priyanka, Taskeen or Ashwini heading to school to facilitate classes, brainstorming class plans with Arthi, the program head, or facilitating classes for children at Koota itself. Come, join us as they now collectively create an origami installation that shall find its home in Koota.

This event needs no registration, walk-ins. Just come, fly with us!

About the Makkala Masti Program and team

Makkala Masti, Outreach Program of the Koota Arts Foundation, is dedicated to nurturing creative expression and collaboration amongst children from varied communities by being an inclusive platform to learn, educate, share, and exchange ideas. 

Check out Makkala Masti

11 AM - 12 PM : 

Storytelling for children:

Stories that Once Sang 

Of a Cat, an Elephant,  Old Myths and the Songs We Carry Home

About the event:

Stories That Once Sang  is a playful musical performance for children  where myths, rhythm, and memories come together to tell stories that remember their friends who were once wandering songs.

The performance will be followed by an interactive workshop to explore their own tales of belonging and what is home.

About Sachin Ravindran 

Sachin Ravindran is an actor, singer, and Kalaripayattu practitioner, and the recipient of the Inlaks Theatre Award 2024. An architect-turned artist, after graduating from Drama School Mumbai, he worked with Our Theatre Collective (Bangalore) and Indianostrum Theatre (Pondicherry). Over the past two years, Sachin has led numerous workshops for children and has devised and performed solo performances for young audiences as part of “Once Upon a Time,” an initiative by Our Theatre Collective. He performs in two plays for children—Just Hiss, by Our Theatre Collective, and Chamak, a Ranga Shankara production—both of which premiered at the AHA! Theatre Festival for Children in 2023 and 2025 respectively. Just Hiss has completed 23 shows, including a run at the Shadipur Natak Festival.Sachin continues to explore and expand his storytelling across diverse forms. He is currently working on a new project, for which he is training in Thullal under the guidance of Kalamandalam Suresh Kaliyath.

Age limit: 5 to 10 years

Click Here to register for the session

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm : Chaats with India Sweet house 

Join us for Chaats and conversation. 

6 pm - 8 pm : The Stage is yours! - the community performs

We’re throwing the spotlight back on you! Over the years, this stage has witnessed magical performances, unforgettable laughter, and moments that stayed with us. Now, it’s your turn to light it up!

Bring your tribe, your band, your dance crew, or your theatre gang—because in true Koota spirit of community first, this open stage is for 2 or more performers only (no solo acts this time!).

Sing. Dance. Act. Perform stand-up. Juggle. Do something unexpected. Whatever your art, this is your chance to shine together under the Koota spotlight.

Ready to take the stage?

Act duration: 4 to 7 minutes. 

Send in your entries via videos of intended performances.

Given the limited number of slots, register soon! This event will be curated by Kishore Acharya. 

Register here if you would like to perform

Register here if you’d like to be an audience member

*Open to all.