Artistes apprised of theatre techniques at NSD workshop in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, September 22

Theatre thespian Kewal Dhaliwal conducted masterclass on set design and direction at the 40-day theatre training workshop being held in collaboration with National School of Drama and Virsa Vihar here on Wednesday. The workshop is being attended by 25 theatre artistes from different cities of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

The workshop has been conceived by Dastak Theatre’s Rajinder Singh and Amita, both alumni of NSD.

Dhaliwal is among the first of the five mentors invited to teach at the workshop. With his expertise in larger-than-life sets that he has conceived and created for many of his productions, Kewal Dhaliwal talked about the important details of set design, lighting and sound techniques. “Light and sound is as much part of the live performance as the actor themselves. The help to build up the emotion, the impact around a particular act or sometime, in solo acts, become the main narrator of the story on stage,” said Dhaliwal.

The students also undertook some theatre exercises with him. Rajinder Singh, who is also a director himself, said that the workshop will also host Bismillah Khan Awardee Rajesh Singh, former director of NSD, Devinder Raj Ankur, renowned dancer and choreographer Manju Sharma and Ravinder Sheen. The workshop will also host actor Mahabir Bhullar, Pritpal Rupana and other prominent theatre personalities from region.