Natrang’s Summer Theatre Camp-2023 inaugurated

06/06/2023

Jammu, Jun 6: Natrang's Summer Theatre Camp-2023, 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. He was accompanied by senior artists of Natrang Sumeet Sharma, Vikrant Sharma and Gauri Thakur (Workshop Coordinator).
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-2023 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 Suraj Singh, Anil Tickoo, Neeraj Kant, Sanjeev Gupta and Aarushi Thakur Rana, senior functionaries of Natrang. The children would get training under the supervision of experts in the field. The camp will also have the intervention of Digital arts, Cartooning, Yoga and visual arts in addition to dancing.
A dedicated team of artists/trainers which includes Mohd. Yaseen, Meenakshi Bhagat, Kananpreet Kaur, Palshin Dutta, Mihir Gujral and Sheryaar Salaria will facilitate the smooth functioning of the workshop.

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