A theatre festival would begin from Thursday at Ravindra Bhavan. Organised by Madhya Pradesh School of Drama, the four-day theatre festival would be presented by the students of batch 2012-13.
While talking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, Director of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD) Sanjay Upadhyay said, “This theatre festival is being organised as the conclusion of the session 2012-13 and the students of the batch would present the plays.” This is the best way to give farewell to the students, he added further.
Notably, most of the plays are repeated. The students of MPSD have performed many plays throughout their training at drama school and have come across many genres of the theatrical dramas. Elaborating further he said that these students have also worked with many noted theatre directors like Arun Pandey, Hema Singh, Alok Chhatterjee, Devendra Raj Ankur and others as well.
The theatrical fest would begin with a Bundelkhandi play Hansa Ud Chal Des Birana which is directed by Arun Pandey. This play is the new productions out of all the four plays which would be performed by the students of MPSD on Thursday at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium. On July 12, the students would present Maati Gaadi directed by Sanjay Upadhyay, followed by Khubsurat Bala, directed by Hema Singh would be performed on July13 and the fest would conclude on July14 with Shakespearean treat, ‘A Mid Summer’s Night Dream’ directed by Alok Chhatterjee.
Notably, out of these plays Khubsurat Bala was staged on July 4 and 5. It was staged by the students of MPSD in Parsi theatrical style. The play received a huge response by the theatre-goers of the city. Moreover, A Mid Summer’s Night Dream by Alok Chhatterjee was also staged before to mark the birth anniversary of William Shakespeare. This would be its third theatrical presentation, he added further.