Balwant Thakur inaugurates Summer Theatre Workshop for children

Natrang Director, Balwant Thakur along with children and others at the start of a theatre workshop in Jammu on Monday.
Natrang Director, Balwant Thakur along with children and others at the start of a theatre workshop in Jammu on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, June 3: Summer Theatre Workshop 2024 for children by Natrang was inaugurated here today by Director Natrang, Padmashri Balwant Thakur by lighting the traditional lamp.
The period of summer vacations is exclusively dedicated for Children Theatre every year by Natrang as this is the only time when children have many days in continuity to learn, explore and groom their personalities and improve their immense inner abilities in a fun-filled creative space and occasion.
Till now, Natrang has groomed the personalities of thousands of children with an effective and efficient transforming tool called theatre.
A new full-length play would also be prepared by the participants during the Theatre Camp which would be presented before larger audiences who get a chance to watch a wonderful children’s play every year as the outcome of Summer Theatre Camp.
The training module is designed by Padmashri Balwant Thakur and his children theatre productions like ‘Mere Hisse Ki Dhoop Kahan Hai’, ‘Aap Hamare Hain Kaun’, ‘Hum Hain Na’, ‘Udaan’ etc are considered to be landmark children productions of India.
Special training focus of the workshop will be on developing communication skills, public speaking and imbibing confidence through latest developed techniques of theatre.
The skill developing techniques, devised by Sumeet Sharma (Recipient of SNA’s National Award for Theatre Direction) during his consistent work with children for over 20 years, prove very successful in imparting the benefits of theatre to the children.
The workshop module is consistently developed and upgraded by the innovative inputs by top professionals and children would get training under the supervision of expert trainers. The camp will also have the intervention of allied arts, cartooning, yoga and visual arts in addition to dancing.
A team of artists/trainers including Mohd. Yaseen, Kananpreet Kaur, Palshin Dutta & Mihir Gujral will facilitate smooth functioning of the workshop.
Children attending this workshop are Advik Sharma, Saisha Malhotra, Adira Gupta, Priyal Gupta, Viraaj Singh, Aadhiraj Dharmat, Viraaj Gupta, Kyra Luthra, Kamakhya Bali, Aariya Shan, Raaga Sharma, Shravya Sharma, Rubaab Kour, Mehak Chib, Dhanak Chandan, Ruhaan Chandan, Amira Mahajan, Shivaay Illa Mittal, Vidhanshi Jamwal, Nirvana Sah, Jazz Sah, Reet Gupta, Aryan Gupta, Daivik Gupta, Ayaan Dutt and Aaradhya Sharma.