The 14th edition of the theatre extravaganza will start from November 17 and conclude on November 25.
To celebrate childhood through theatrical experiences, and expressions, the National School of Drama will be organising Jashnebachpan, international theatre festival for children. The 14th edition of the theatre extravaganza will start from November 17 and conclude on November 25. The event will see participation from around 511 artists from across the globe including Switzerland, Sri Lanka and Indonesia along with their Indian counterparts, all of whom will perform at the Sammukh, Abhimanch, Abhikalp and Little Theatre Group (LTG) auditorium at NSD campus here.
At a press conference held here on Monday, the organisers informed that as many as 21 productions from India and three foreign groups including Sri Lanka (non-verbal), Switzerland (English) and Indonesia (Javanese) will showcase their talent this year. From India, a total of 24 groups have been selected out of 221 entries from various states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Tripura. The plays will be performed in vernacular languages like Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, and Malayalam besides non-verbal, English, Hindi and other foreign languages.
As Jashnebachpan, an internal theatre festival for children, is all set to begin its 14th edition this week, National School of Drama today announced in a press conference that they are working hard to spread the children’s theatre from the four walls of their campus to the various regions of the country.
In the press conference, Chief of NSD’s Theatre-in-Education Company, Abdul Latif said this time the selection committee of the festival has given opportunity to 11 new directors and a two-day seminar, which will talk about the history and future of drama and children. “It is sad that today only a handful of children playwrights are left as compared to the writers for adult’s plays. Through Jashnebachpan, we are trying to make children theatre popular and inviting all the new directors to share and understand viewpoints of ourselves and them,”he said. “In our seminars too, we will discuss various topics for children theatre including dramatic representation of theatre and children and missing children. We will try to find out whether we understand the psyche of the children before writing a play for them, he added.
Suresh Sharma, Director, National School of Drama, also felt children theatre should reach out to every nook and corner of the country as it’s one of the easiest modes of expression.
“The main aim of conducting Jashnebachpan is to bring theatre into prominence. It has lost its sheen in the modern era because of the digital medium. Children aren’t aware of theatre these days as none of the schools has theatre as a subject. Like music and art, theatre should also be taught in schools as it not only one of the easiest ways to bring out one's emotions but also it enables us to develop our personality.”
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