The theatre buffs of the city will enjoy watching different plays of different genres in a five-day theatre festival that would be organised at Shaheed Bhavan here from Wednesday.
Organised by Maahi Socio Cultural Group, the plays would be staged by the artists of the same group starting from May 13. All the plays are directed by renowned directors of the theatre industry. Moreover, an award ceremony will be organised on the occasion. Yaduraj Singh will be conferred with Rangkarm Sadhna Samman and Devi Singh Rawat will be conffered with Rang Darshak Samman.
The theatre festival would be convened in the memory of a noted and distinguished theatre artist Ajay Tiwari. Notably, every year Maahi Socio Cultural Group organises a theatre fest in the memory of Ajay Tiwari to give him a tribute. He has contributed in the world of theatre immensely and has given new forms to theatre industry.
Moreover, on the inaugural day of the theatre fest an award ceremony will also be organized for the theatre artists and directors. Moreover, interestingly, this theatre fest this time is being organized on a national level and the theater artists from across the country will be called for the fest. As many as six plays will be staged during the fest.
The fest will get underway on May 13 with the Hindi play Waiting For Godo directed by Manoj Nair. Further on May 14, two plays Hindi plays will be staged. First the play ‘Apology’ directed by Rahul Sharma from Mumbai and another Hindi play ‘Coffee House mein Intezaar’ directed by Skand Mishra will be staged. On May 15 play ‘Patkatha’ directed by Manas Bharadwaj will be staged, on May 16, Camp directed by Anand Mishra will be performed.
The theatre fest will have a grand closure with Hindi play ‘Please Mat Jao’ directed by Anoop Joshi. Moreover, short plays and poets meet will also be a part of the five day theatre fest. Also Dastane-e-Goi will be performed by Shaiekh Usman from Bhopal.
Writers like Pradeep Awasthi, Punit Sharma and Manas Bharadwaj from Mumbai, Rashid ‘Raahi’ Jabalpur will recite their creations before the Bhopalites.