Hope for hill theatre

Under the direction of Kiran Thakuri, the Gorkha Dukhya Niwarak Samity has organized a play named 'Amar Athma'. As the spectators were concentrated in the play and keenly waited for curtains to roll up, a few policemen entered the hall and arrested members of the audience. As the panic stricken audience was about to leave the hall. An announcement was made from the stage declaring that this is part of the play. The arrested audiences were taken to the stage and the play continued.

In the late eighties, as the Gorkhaland agitation began to calm down, it was the first time that 'Amar Athma' was staged. Later as theater audience in the hills started to dwindle the drama scene went through a lull. The Himalayan Theatre Workshop (HTW) established in '94 has now come back to revive drama in the hills by giving a chance to local actors and playwrights to stage drama again.

The president of HTW Mr. Jiwan Gurung, said that though there were lack of quality scriptwriters, they were determined to do something in this regard. Thus they decided to start a drama competition in the area in order to find out the talents of the hill.

The next step going to be organisation of plays between Dushera and Diwali where the best performer will be given cash award. The entries will be accepted till 15th September and the venue will be selected soon.

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