Gurgaon students leave audience in awe at their theatre fest

From serious plays on topics like untouchability to satires on modern day life, the two day inter-house

theatre

fest ‘

Stage O Rama

’ at

Blue Bells Model School

in Gurgaon saw brilliant theatrical performances by the students recently. Students from class ninth to 12 participated in the fest presenting plays

Hindi

and

English

.


The first day of the fest saw four plays, two each in Hindi and English. The plays were adjudged by eminent theatre personalities likeDebashish Mondal, Hema Bisht Sharma and Shashank Verma. Each performance was of 30 minutes duration.

A scene from the Hindi play 'Ashvatthama Hato Hatha'

Soumya Gulati, Deputy Director-Academics, said, “The aim of the fest is to unite students of all classes and foster friendship among them through theatre. For me each of the student participating in the fest are winners.”

A scene from the play 'The Doctor Himself'

The first group that performed at the fest presented a

French

play adapted to English as ‘The Imaginary Invalid’. The play revolves around Argan, a hypochondriac, who is always worried about some or the other disease. The play blends satire and farce in a fast moving plot that criticises doctors. Second group performed ‘Arthi’ that highlighted untouchability and caste based discrimination in our country. Another English play ‘The Doctor Himself’ was also adapted from a French play that left audience in splits. The play began as a humorous comedy and turned up into a satire on pretentious credulity of Sgnarelle, the protagonist of the play.

A scene from the play 'The Imaginary Invalid'

“This theater fest has definitely energized the atmosphere here. Students have performed exceptionally well and I feel all the performances were praiseworthy. I am highly impressed with the quality of plays selected and the perfect execution of these by students,” said Debashish Mondal.