“Vriksh the theatre” brings Thespis 3 – the third season of the National Micro Drama Festival for theatre lovers. It’s a day-long function beginning from its inauguration till prize distribution and conclusion. It’s scheduled to be held on 21st April at Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi. It’s going to be the first time in the history of world theatre that forty plays are scheduled on a single day with a maximum duration of ten minutes and awards are offered for 10 categories like Best Production, Script, Direction, Actor, Actress, Technician, etc.
Inaugural drama for this edition would be ” Kanpur- e- Kashmir” directed by Vijay Kapoor, the winner of last year followed by series of drama in different lauguages including English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Urdu.
This year, Vriksh the theatre’s motto is ‘Art for Humanity’, and it has been decided to be for ‘rehabilitation of flood affected population and uplift of street children’. The festival is organized in the name of Greek artist ‘Thespis’, who is believed to be the person first to appear on stage. This celebration of abundance has bagged Best of India Records for the last two consecutive years. Due to its unique nature, questions related to this festival have found a way into competitive examinations for bank recruitments and Civil Service prelims preliminary.
Details of the festival can be accessed at www.vrikshthetheatre.org
