Let the kids play

Updated On: 15 March, 2022 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Tanishka D’Lyma

Join in the celebrations for World Children’s Theatre Day with an event that promotes interest in drama among young audiences

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Mister Jeejeebhoy and the Birds at the NCPA in 2014

Costumes, colourful backdrops, and props that are either stand-ins or fashioned right out of thin air — the stage is the grander production of a make-believe game. And who understands the ropes of a playful pretence better than a child? The theatre is indeed meant for children. If you thought otherwise, here are two cases for it — Mister Jeejeebhoy and the Birds, and Warp and Weft — that celebrate World Children’s Theatre Day on March 20.

Sananda Mukhopadhyaya and Shaili Sathyu