A month-long theatre workshop is being organised at Mayaram Srijan Bhavan. Students aspiring to learn acting and other forms of the theatre art have participated in the workshop.
It is being organised by a noted theatre group of the city People’s Theatre Group. The workshop began from October 10.
Pradeep Verma an expert from Mumbai is giving tips on script writing.
Besides, senior artists of the city including Sindhu Dholpure, Sunil Sonhiya, Sharad Baghela and others will give tips on acting.
Notably, the workshop is divided into two sessions.
The workshop will have basics of theatres to the production of the play. It includes theory, practical and application in acting skills.
There are different elements which play a vital role in theatre world on of which is stage craft, he added.
Stage craft is very important as half of the act becomes understood through the kind of set is being put up.
Interestingly, all kinds of theatre forms are being taught to the students to get acquainted with theatre art. Moreover, theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performances of may be real or imagined events on stage before the audiences. Here the performers have to communicate these events through combination of gestures, speech, song, music and dance.
The students are being trained to improvise the sense of acting, gestures, expressions and emotions. Further, the students are also taught basic acting exercises to strengthen their acting foundation. This training programme further aims to free students from self consciousness and strengthen their concentration through sensory exercises. Students are given assignments to apply in their theatrical personality and performance.