| Children Theatre has immense possibilities, opines Gagan Mishra | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 1: Natrang’s National Theatre Talk Show, ‘Young Voices of Theatre’ featured Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Awardee, theatre director and light designer Gagan Mishra today who shared his inspirational thoughts with the global audience at the Facebook page of Natrang Jammu.
From Jaipur, Rajasthan, Gagan Mishra has been continuously active in theatre for the last 25 years. Gagan has also been awarded Junior Fellowship by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India in the year 2018. He is also active in Children’s Theatre since last 15 years and has the credit of conducting several theatre workshops under the aegis of Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, TIE Company, National School of Drama, New Delhi, NCZCC, Allahabad, British Council, New Delhi, NZCC, Patiala and NCERT, New Delhi and directed more than 25 plays. In an interesting conversation with Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee actor and Natrang’s senior artist Anil Tickoo, Gagan spoke about his journey of theatre which started through children theatre.
Gagan believes that Children theatre helped him to learn a lot, moreover, it makes you active and spontaneous. He also termed improvisation method a wonder tool to kindle creativity and imagination among children. Speaking about his choice of scripts for children’s plays, he asserted that his team prefers improvised acts rather than written scripts as it provides new dimensions and adds wings to the creativity. He also revealed his idea of designing lights for children plays, which elevates the overall impact of the play and also provides ease in performing to the children. Gagan believes that there is a lot of scope in the allied arts of theatre like lighting, music, make-up, set design, costume design etc. and more and more enthusiastic people should come forward in these areas to revolutionize the overall ambience of theatre. He also shared his wonderful experience of working as a light designer in prestigious festivals. Positive about the virtual medium during the Corona crisis as there was no other medium to keep the spark of creativity kindled, he opines that the online medium has reshaped many things and there should be no hesitation in getting adept to it. |
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