(25/11/2016) 
Jashne Bachpan bids adieu with the promise to come back again in 2018
New Delhi, November 25, 2016: The 13th edition of Jashne Bachpan ends today after two weeks of houseful shows from various national and international groups with a lot of fanfare in the presence of over 2500 children from various NGOs and schools of Delhi NCR. The International Children Theatre Festival will come back again in 2018.


Present on the occasion were Chief Guest Shri Irrfan Khan, Eminent Theatre and Film Actor, Guest of Honour

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Shri Kumar Sanjay Krishna, Addl. Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, Special Guest 
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Shri Pranav Khullar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India Prof Waman Kendre, Director, NSD, and Prof Abdul Latif Khatana, Chief, Theatre-in-Education, NSD.

 

Ceremony was followed by “Dinosaur”- a performance by Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, New Delhi, directed by Shri Shravana Heggodu & Ms. Anurupa Roy.

 

Shri Kumar Sanjay Krishna, Addl. Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and Shri Pranav Khullar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India promised all possible help towards National School of Drama for the development of theatre.

 

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Shri Irrfan Khan, Eminent Theatre and Film Actor said, “Bachpan becomes Jashn, when kids do things that are of their interest. Once you do that, you will figure out the right path on your own. So I request you all to look for your interest area where you find happiness.”

 

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Prof Waman Kendre, Director, National School of Drama said, “I am surprised and happy that in spite of cash crunch, people were highly interested in being a part of Jashne Bachpan and therefore almost all the plays went houseful. Like Jashne Bachpan, Bal Sangam will also become international from next year.”

 

Prof Abdul Latif Khatana, Chief, Theatre-in-Education, NSD said, “The children of TIE has learned a lot from Jashne Bachpan. They grow every year by learning step by step how to hold such a major event. We would like to recruit more teachers and organizers so that we start expanding our work in different regions as well.”

 

The 13th edition of the prestigious Jashne Bachpan theatre festival showcased work of some of most eminent as well as emerging theatre directors and established theatre groups enacting plays (with and for children) with full-fledged productions from November 14 to November 25, 2016. Rechristened as Jashne Bachpan-International Children Theatre Festival, as for the first time the festival had international participation with 26 productions, including six productions from foreign countries.

 

The festival was started in 1998 by T.I.E Co., NSD in order to contribute to the growth and development of children’s theatre across the country, and has now come to be regarded as one of the largest and most important theatre festivals in India for Children.

 

About National School of Drama

 

The National School of Drama is one of the foremost theatre training institutions in the world and the only one of its kind in India. It was set up by the Sangeet Natak Akademi as one of its constituent units in 1959. In 1975, it became an independent entity and was registered as an autonomous organization under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Training in the School is highly intensive and is based on a thorough, comprehensive, carefully planned syllabus which covers every aspect of theatre and in which theory is related to practice. As a part of their training, students are required to produce plays which are then performed before the public.

 

About T.I.E. Co.

 

Sanskar Rang Toli (T.I.E. Co.) of NSD was established on October 16, 1989, and completed 27 years of its existence. Sanskaar Rang Toli is the only theatre education resource centers in the country and has worked with more than 15 thousand children till date in various workshops. It consists of a group of actor-teachers working with and performing for children. The major focus of the TIE Company is to perform creative, curriculum-based and participatory plays in schools, specially designed and prepared for children of different age groups. The major thrust of the plays is to create an atmosphere that encourages children to raise questions, take decisions and make choices with an awareness of themselves within the larger social context.

 

The TIE Company has done more than 2000 performances in various parts of the country. More than 10 lakh children, apart from college students, teachers, parents and theatre lovers, have witnessed these plays in approximately all the states in the country and Poland, China, Philippines and Japan.

 

The Toli began with an objective of bridging the gap between passive education and an active method of learning by doing through its performances of varied plays, Summer Workshops on self development and social integration, Sunday Club for devising original performances with children, workshops with teachers on effective teaching-learning process. All these activities are practiced round the year as per the children annual school calendar in Delhi and other parts of the country.


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