Tuesday, September 06, 2005

27-day theatre festival inaugurated

27-day theatre festival inaugurated
The Hindu

DHARWAD: A 27-day national theatre festival, featuring dramas in multi languages got under way at the Srijana Auditorium on the Karnataka College Campus on Monday.

Inaugurating the festival, film director T.S. Nagahbharana said the State Government has the responsibility of identifying talent and fostering it.

The festival has been organised to mark the silver jubilee of Abhinaya Bharati, a drama troupe based in Dharwad, which has carved out a niche for itself in the theatre movement of Karnataka.

The theme of the festival is peace and friendship, the message which had been sent out on the occasion of World Theatre Day.

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