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14th International Children’s Theatre Festival 'Jashne Bachpan' Held In New Delhi
14th International Children’s Theatre Festival 'Jashne Bachpan' Held In New Delhi: Details, Schedule, Aim, Highlights
The 14th edition of International Children’s Theatre Festival 'JashneBachpan', a theatre festival for children was held at the Sammukh, Abhimanch, Abhikalp, and Little Theatre Group (LTG) auditorium in New Delhi.
The nine-day theatrical event 'JashneBachpan' is scheduled to be held from 17th November and will conclude on 25th November 2018.
The theatrical event 'JashneBachpan'was organized by the National School of Drama’s (NSD) Theatre in Education (TIE) Company.
The theatrical event 'JashneBachpan' saw performances of 21 productions from India and three foreign groups including Sri Lanka (non-verbal), Switzerland (English) and Indonesia (Javanese).
The theatrical event 'JashneBachpan' main aim was to bring theatre into prominence as it has lost its sheen in the modern era because of a digital medium. It also seeks to make children aware of theatre as schools do not have a theatre as a subject.
The plays during the JashneBachpan event were divided into four categories viz By children, By children and adults, By adults for children and puppetry performances.
This concept will encourage children to incorporate art and culture along with entertainment.
From India, a total of 24 groups were selected out of 221 entries from various states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, and West Bengal among others.
The plays will be performed in vernacular languages like Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, and Malayalam besides non-verbal, English, Hindi and other foreign languages. Folk dances from Assam (Bihu), Sikkim (Lion Dance), Nagaland (Kabul Naga Dance) and Manipur (Stick Balance) were the main attractions of the event.
National School of Drama’s (NSD)
Headquarters: New Delhi
Director In-charge: Suresh Sharma
