ABOUT NO LICENSE YET...

8 years, 8 cities, 100 venues and over 300 shows later, No License Yet has produced 10 plays, written & directed by Shivani herself, all highly critically acclaimed.

THE COMPANY
No License Yet is a performing arts company based in Mumbai, India, founded in 2002 by writer-director Ms Shivani Tibrewala. The company believes in socially relevant theatre and performance, and art that also beautifies the world that it seeks to entertain. Its repertoire is rich and varied in both genre and scope, ranging from medical dramas on bio-ethical issues, to surreal romantic comedies, to dance dramas, to social satire, to murder mysteries for supper theatre, to mythology.

No License Yet's theatrical productions have since travelled to 8 cities and over 100 venues including the Writers’ House (Philadelphia, USA), Wheelhouse Theatre (Canada), Surrey Arts Centre (Canada), Dock 4 (Kassel, Germany), 100 Degrees Festival (Berlin, Germany), and in India at the National Centre for Performing Arts, Prithvi Theatre, The British Council, Alliance Francaise (Mumbai & Bangalore), Mysore Association, National Gallery of Modern Art, India International Centre (Delhi), Habitat Centre (Delhi), Rangashankara (Bangalore), Natarani (Ahmedabad), IAS Academy (Mussoorie), IIT Powai, FTII (Pune), Xaviers' Institute of Communication, Symbiosis (Pune), PSG Institute of Medical Sciences (Coimbatore), Mayo College (Ajmer), J.W. Marriott, Olive Bar & Kitchen, Athena, Willingdon Club, Corinthian Club (Pune), Bombay Gymkhana, PVM Gymkhana, The Press Club, Horniman Circle Gardens, Sidewok, Café Royal, Oxford Bookstore, etc.

No License Yet's international collaborators include The Italian Chamber of Commerce, The Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK), Flinntheater (Germany), and The Moving Image Factory (Canada).

No License Yet also organizes performing arts festivals. It hosted and organized its first week-long fringe theatre festival in 2007.

No License Yet also initiated and developed the poetry slam scene in Mumbai, and organizes poetry slams at nightclubs, colleges, cafes, etc to provide an impetus to poetry. It was selected to be the official host for the first Def Poetry Jam in Mumbai in December 2009. A poetry slam is a competition at which poets recite or read and perform their original work. These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience. These events are usually accompanied by live music to add to the flavour of the evening.

Childrens' Workshops, conducted by No License Yet, not only help mould sensitive and caring young minds into tomorrow’s conscientious citizens, but fire up children’s imaginations, encouraging their creativity and natural expression.They also help them channel their thoughts better into their schoolwork by providing them a relevant hands-on context to their in-class science education. They also help them in their composition, and help develop their analytical skills. Most importantly, they are a fun way to open up the minds of children and watch them find new ways of communicating and expressing their thoughts. We also design workshops especially suited to an organization’s particular needs.

If you would like to host a show of one of our plays for your next corporate event, organize a poetry slam at your venue, book a workshop, or acquire the performance rights for one of our scripts, or if you would like to explore a career with No License Yet, you may write to us at info@nolicenseyet.com

No License Yet's repertory includes :

The Laboratory – Commissioned by The Theatre Royal Plymouth, UK for the Theatrescience Festival, 2007. Premiering Feb 2010 at the Kala Ghoda Festival.

The India Simulator – Commissioned by Flinntheater Germany in 2009

Retellings – Premiered at the Leela South Asian Women's Theatre Festival in March 2010, Tata Theatre, NCPA

Avoid the Void – Premiered at the Leela South Asian Women's Theatre Festival in March 2010, Tata Theatre, NCPA

The Last Supper – Produced in Canada, 2006

Staying Alive – Co-produced by Darpana Academy, Ahmedabad & Radiowani Studio, Mumbai. 2004-2005.

Raccontini – Comissioned by the Italian Chamber of Commerce, 2003

Helpdesk – co-produced by Centerstage Entertainment. 2003

Whatever You Say – premiered at the Prithvi Festival, 2002

Waiting for Nothing – Premiered at the Writers’ House, Philadelphia, USA, 2000. 2002

What If – Scheduled to premiere in 2010. 2002

ABC with Dad – Scheduled to premiere in 2010.


No License Yet also initiated and developed the poetry slam scene in Mumbai, and organizes poetry slams at nightclubs, colleges, cafes, etc to provide an impetus to poetry. It was selected to be the official host for the first Def Poetry Jam in Mumbai in December 2009.

No License Yet also organizes performing arts festivals. It hosted and organized its first week-long fringe theatre festival in 2007.


THE DIRECTOR

Ms Shivani Tibrewala is a playwright and director from Mumbai whose theatre company, No License Yet, has produced over 200 shows of various plays written and directed by her which have been performed all over the country and abroad. She has worked in collaboration with numerous institutions, such as the Theatre Royal Plymouth (UK), the Italian Chamber of Commerce, Flinntheater (Germany), etc. She is on the Panel of Artists of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.

Besides writing, directing and producing plays, Shivani has also written mainstream and documentary films, television serials, and for publication. Besides pursuing a career in writing, she has also worked as a Content Consultant with Indian television channels such as STAR and NDTV, and taught communication courses for Bombay University. She also regularly conducts writing and theatre workshops for young children between the ages of 6 and 60.