Jammu, jun 3
Natrang’s Summer Theatre Camp- 2024, the most sought after event for children in the region inaugurated here today at Natrang Studio Theatre, Jammu with the lighting of traditional lamp by Director Natrang, Padmashri Balwant Thakur. Natrang’s Children Theatre Wing was started in the year 1990 and since then, annual Summer Theatre camps, Spring Theatre workshops, Winter Theatre Workshops have been a regular feature of Natrang’s children activities. 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 Natrang’s Theatre Camp-2024 which would be presented before larger audiences who get a chance to watch a wonderful children’s play every year as the outcome of the summer theatre camp. The training module is designed by Padmashree Balwant Thakur, who has taken the children theatre of Jammu to the entire length and breadth of the Country. His children theatre productions like ‘Mere Hisse Ki Dhoop Kahan Hai’, ‘Aap Hamare Hain Kaun’, ‘Hum Hain Na’, ‘Udaan’ etc. are considered to be the landmark children productions of India. His play ‘Aap Hamaare Hain Kaun has been translated and staged in French, English and Creole internationally. Special training focus of the workshop will be on developing communication skills, public speaking and imbibing of 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 the 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 dedicated team of artists/trainers which includes Mohd. Yaseen, Kananpreet Kaur, Palshin Dutta & Mihir Gujral will facilitate the smooth functioning of the workshop. Those who are attending this workshop include 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.
