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 Thursday at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium. Being organised by Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan, Madhya Pradesh the festival would continue till Saturday.
The Director of Swaraj Sansthan, Renu Tiwari said, “This is the fifth year of Azad Bansuri and this time we are organizing the fest based on freedom fight. To prepare the students, the Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan organized 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.”
As many as 150 children from schools like Modal High Secondary School, Ankur High Secondary School, Billabong High International School, Bhopal, TM Convent School, and Mansarovar Public School participated in the workshop. Elaborating further, Tiwari said, “Out of these 150 children, many participants never faced the world of theatre and it was an enthralling experience for them to be a part of the workshop.” Noticeably, two plays would be staged each day of the Azad Bansuri Children Theatre Festival 2015.
The fest will have a kick start on Thursday with the plays ‘Nimad Ka Yodha’ directed by Praveen Choubey and on the same day play ‘Khilafat’ directed by Prem Gupta will be staged.On Friday, plays ‘Azad or Prahlad Ki Nirbhikta’ directed by Shobha Chhatterjee and ‘Amjhera Ka Rana’ directed by Sadat Bharati will be staged. Further, the fest will have a closure on Saturday with the plays ‘Gadamandala Ka Sapoot’ directed by Irfan Sourabh and Alurri Sita Ram Raju directed by Gopal Dubey.