Theatre, a mean that makes radical deliberation and instrumentality steps towards gathering an adjacent society, unluckily is experiencing setbacks crossed the country, regretted Karnataka Nataka Academy Chairman K.V. Nagaraja Murthy.
He was speaking astatine a Ranga Samvada organised astatine St. Aloysius College successful collaboration with the city’s theatre groups, the College and Bahurupi Prakashana present connected Friday. Mr. Murthy said bringing authorities successful theatre was connected the emergence recently, and if the theatre did not efficaciously face it, the coming days would beryllium darker.
Responding to a question astir hiring theatre teachers successful schools and colleges, helium said that the Karnataka Nataka Academy has already discussed this with School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa. The process of hiring theatre teachers successful ample numbers would commencement soon.
Responding to concerns expressed by the assemblage astir today’s younker turning distant from speechmaking and theatre, Mr. Murthy said the Nataka Academy is organising theatre workshops for younker crossed the state.
The Academy has been organising an ambitious festival, Ranga Parishe, since past twelvemonth to support theatre alive. It is simply a confluence of theatre, lit and each different arts. This Parishe would beryllium held passim the archetypal week of February, helium said.
Journalist and writer G N Mohan said determination was an effort to instrumentality theatre nether firm control. This was a unsafe development, helium said, adding that theatre should ever stay the dependable of the communal people.
Theatre activists R. Narasimhamurthy, Shyamasunder, Mahesh Nayak, Sadashiva Master, Ramanji, Aloysius’ professors Dinesh Nayak, Christopher and others participated successful the discussion.

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