Koraput: Celebrating World Theatre Day, Nandanik, a theatre group based in Koraput organised a special theatre workshop and stage show at District Tribal Museum on Sunday.
Dr Sourav Gupta, Creative Director of Nandanik explained the significance of World Theatre Day and informed that in 1961 UNESCO had declared 27 March as World Theatre Day. Every year a noted theatrical gives the WTD message.
In 2022 the message was given by Peter Sellars, Theatre director from the USA which was translated to Odia by eminent Indian director ShriSubodhPatnaik. The message in Odia was read out by Saumendra Swain, Treasurer of Nandanik. It focused on returning to Theatre in the post-pandemic era.
Abhaya Kr Das, a member of Nandanik was felicitated for being selected for the CCRT Young Artist Scholarship by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He has received the scholarship for a proposed research project titled, Animal Characters in Folk Theatre of Odisha under the guidance of Dr Sourav Gupta. A T Sunny, another member was also felicitated for qualifying NET-JRF.
Legendary playwright Henrik Ibsen’s famous play, An Enemy of the People was staged by Nandanik in Odia. The script was adapted to Odia by Dr Sourav Gupta &Saumendra Swain and directed by Sourav Gupta. The set & lighting was done by Saumendra Swain and Clement Nayak was in charge of the music operation.
The makeup woman was Monideepa Gupta. The actors were Sourav Gupta, Monideepa Gupta, SitangshuRath, AjayaEdding, SamirPaikray and Sameer. The play revolves around a doctor’s belligerent efforts to save his town & its people from polluted water and how he gets cornered for saying the truth.
The vote of thanks was proposed by Monideepa Gupta, Secretary of Nandanik.
