The aspiring theatre actors of the city learnt the art of mime act in a 15 day Mute Theatre Workshop that concluded on Sunday. Now the students are preparing for a Mime Act to be staged before the theatre buffs of the city.
As the aspiring youngsters learnt about the various forms of mime acts including the shadow mime activity which always captures the attention of the theatre lovers across the world.
Through the workshop the aspirants explored their skills and are getting acquainted with a different art form of the theatre industry. Being organised by Shadow Group the workshop being conducted at Sharda Bhavan, TT Nagar.
This time the students learnt the history of theatre in Mime and all the music used in Mime . Mime is a theatrical presentation that is performed through only expressions of the face and in this a touch of Sufism will be given which would make the presentation even more impressing, he added.
Manoj Nair said, “The mime performer should always endeavour to use fewer props on stage and explain the concept through expressions. This is what mime is all about. A mime performer has not justified his act if not expressed the emotions and message to the audience properly that lies behind his act.”
Notably, this is a different experience for the youngsters as mime is all about expressions and body language. The youngsters of the city have enthusiastically participated in the workshop and are enjoying rehearsing for the upcoming show.