An amazing and beautiful backdrop or the stage setting surely enhances the theatre performance which is being learned by the students of the Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD). A Backstage- Oriented Workshop is being conducted MPSD for the batch 2018-19.
Rajesh Singh the alumni of National School of Drama (NSD) New Delhi and is the director of Dreams of Kingdoms is conducting the workshop.
One of the most important tasks that a backstage team has to learn is to make proper and beautiful stage properties, informed expert Rajesh Singh. It is to be noted that the workshop is based on the opportunities a backstage team of theatre world receives. The workshop also highlights about the challenges the team has to face and overcome.
The students were given tasks to complete and to make different stage craft items. The stage craft is used in almost all theatre forms and so the students must know how to prepare them and use them.
Here on Monday, he talked about how to make stage craft and also how to handle it. The light weight properties should be handled really carefully while the heavy weight properties have to be taken a special care.
Later, the participants were told about different materials with which the stage craft is prepared. The students were given the material and they are preparing different stage craft items. First a rough sketch of the stage craft is prepared and then accordingly with different materials the props are made.
Talking about the stage craft, expert highlighted about adding colour and mood to the scene. While interacting with the students the experts said that stage craft is very important as half of the things are understood with the help of proper stage craft. It adds charm in the scenes and adds a realistic feel to the act, added Singh.