The city denizens will witness a four-day extravaganza during the National Theatre Festival 2014 in November where quality plays will be presented and renowned artists from across the country would display their theatrical skills during the festival.
The festival is likely to witness a line up of renowned Bollywood celebrities performing during the four days theatre extravaganza. Previously, the city had witnessed a seven days extravaganza “Winter National Theatre Festival 2009” where seven plays were presented and renowned artists like Satish Kaushik and Seema Biswas had performed.
later, during the third edition of Chandigarh Theatre Festival also, well known- Bollywood actors Seema Biswas, Yashpal Sharma and Arun datti Naag gave majestic performances at Chandigarh Tagore Theatre. An official of the UT Administration said, “The National Theatre Festival 2014 will be organized in November, though the dates are yet to be finalized. Renowned artists will stage theatre plays at Tagore Theatre here.”
Since past few years, the UT Administration has been organizing Chandigarh Arts and heritage Festival, Children Theatre Festival, Tagore Festival, Dance Festival, Sufi Festival and Isben Festival to promote theatre culture in the City Beautiful.
The National Theatre Festival will be organised by UT Department of Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with Tagore theatre society. “It aims to present the best contemporary productions in theatre from across the country to the theatre loving people of the city and establish Chandigarh as a Cultural hub in this region,” added the UT official.