Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 26: Natrang today inaugurated its much awaited post-exams Spring Theatre Workshop for children at its studio.
The workshop was inaugurated by Ekta Kaul who is presently doing lead role in ‘Mere Angne Main’ on Star Plus Channel. She has also done lead roles in Rabb Se Sohna Ishq on Zee TV, Jhalak Dikhlaja Season-6 for Colours, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain for Sony Channel and many more. Ekta Kaul started her acting career from theatre workshops from Natrang. Senior artists of Natrang Anil Tickoo, Neeraj Kant and Sumeet Sharma were also present at the occasion.
The workshop is being conducted by Aarushi Thakur who is a post graduate in International Politics from the University of Leicester and has also undertaken training from Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London.
The ten-day spring camp will focus on acting training, speech training, imagination exercises and stagecraft. Although, to comprehend the essence of theatre it requires a long process of understanding; nevertheless, this short camp focuses on giving the basic knowledge of theatre to children to help them develop their personality and mind.
The workshop is being coordinated by Mahikshit Singh Sambyal and Abhee Bargotara. The children who are participating in this workshop are Sumedha Manhas, Vedhant Suri, Shruti Sharma, Devisha Gaur, Aviral Kapoor, Gun Sethi, Radha Malhotra, Jas Mann Singh, Satish Kumar, Reet Sethi, Rishikartik Sangral, Devam Anthal, Harsh Dogra, Saffron Mahajan, Akardhan Bhandari, Devina Tickoo, Saiba Gupta, Navya Jain, Saisha Gupta, Shruti Bhasin, Vedhant Suri, Priyal Tickoo, Porshia Bisht, Ashima Gupta, Riya Jandyal, Shivesh Gupta, Anirudh Vikram Singh, Pranavashulendraditya Kapoor, Anandita Sethi, Amay Kawatra, Janvika Narchal, Urvi Sharma, Kushan Baliya and Deivik Sharma.
Earlier, Natrang presented a Hindi comedy play ‘Prem Visheshagya’ at its Studio Theatre in Sunday Theatre series. The play was written by Hari Shanker Parsai and directed by Balwant Thakur.