“The Roots” : Short Play Theatre Festival in Delhi Gives Young Artists Chance to Showcase Experimental Work

New Delhi, August 03, 2017: A short play theatre festival at Studio Safdar in Delhi – 'The Roots', a performing arts society' was recently organized for giving young artists an opportunity to experiment with their creativity.

The event observed appearances from Delhi University theatre circuit, freshman theatre groups and mono-act performers, followed by a conversation with ' Pink' actor Sudhanva Deshpande.

The artists shared the stage with Jana Natya Manch, Delhi's oldest street play theatre group, whose was the concluding performance of the evening.

The 'short play festival' observed a huge amount of audience present at the event to enjoy experimental insights and crisp depictions of performances and hence, the studio space was fully packed.

Jana Natya Manch' actor and director, Sudhanva Deshpande in an exclusive interview with ANI stated, "I am delighted that the short play festival is happening here at Studio Safdar because there is a lot of theatre activity in the city and not enough opportunities for young people to showcase some of their work in progress- experimental work, work that is not entirely finished yet but they would like to show it, share it, showcase it, get responses and so on."

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She further adds, "And this festival becomes one of the few platforms that are available for this kind of showcasing and sharing and learning from each other that young theatre people always need."

The event was scheduled for two days, July 28 and 29, hosting seven teams each day.

Prabhjot Singh, an art keeper, shares with ANI about the aim behind The Roots, "I feel that from rehearsals to performance there is no room for the artists to experiment with their creation and therefore, an event like short play festival is important to create a space for the theatre artists to experiment and explore the dimensions of a theatrical production."

Studio Safdar, an independent and non-funded space for arts was instituted in 2012. May Day Bookstore and cafe equipped with Leftword Books are also a part of this space.

– prepared by Naina Mishra of Newsgram. Twitter @Nainamishr94