To spread mass awareness about the Freedom Struggle and the freedom fighters, a theatre festival ‘Azad Bansuri Children’s Theatre Festival 2015 (Bal Natya Samaroh)’ would begin from Monday at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium. Being organized by Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan, Madhya Pradesh the festival would continue till Thursday.
The Director of Swaraj Sansthan, Renu Tiwari said, “This is the fifth year of Azad Bansuri and this time we are organising the fest based on freedom fight. To prepare the students, the Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan organised a month long workshop for the children of the city to spread awareness about the freedom fighters and martyrs of the country. The workshop commenced in the last month where children from various schools participated.”
Noticeably, as many as 200 children from various schools of the city have participated in the theatre festival. Interestingly, out of these 200 children, many participants never faced the world of theatre and it will be an enthralling experience for them to be a part of the theatre fest. Noticeably, two plays would be staged each day of the Azad Bansuri Children Theatre Festival 2015.
The fest will have a kick start on Monday with the plays ‘Azaad Raag’ directed by Archana Shailendra and on the same day play ‘Tota Kahani’ directed by Prashant Chhatterjee will be staged. On Tuesday, plays ‘Neel Vidroh’ directed by Sushrut Gupt and ‘Anmol Ratan by directed by Richa Tiwari will be staged. Further, on Wednesday Shivba Aur Swaraj Ki Saadh directed by Shobha Chhatterjee and Inquilab Zindabad directed by Sanghratna Bankar. The fest will have a closure on Thursday with the plays ‘Baapu’ directed by Bishna Chauhan and Ek Kahani Bastar Ki directed by Saurabh Anant.
Interestingly, till now more than 50 plays have been stage at fest.