Movies News | Posted on Oct 22, 2006 at 08:53pm IST

Theatre festival turns cultural cocktail

Himika Chaudhuri, CNN-IBN

Kolkata: What happens when 42 theatre persons from 14 different countries get together in a quaint village in Bengal?

They make a heady cultural cocktail for sure but that's not all.

A workshop being hosted by a theatre group called Jana Sanskriti is being held as part of a month-long celebration of the theatre of the oppressed, a movement which started in Brazil.

"I am enjoying my first trip to India. It’s the first time I’m doing something like this. It gives me the opportunity to discuss with a lot of people in a foreign language, not only in French,” says a French participant, Federick.

While they learn the tricks of taking theatre to the oppressed, they want to make the most of their trip to India.

So, while one participant hums a Bengali song, another, learns to eat fish and rice with his fingers.

Finally, it's time again for some serious practice and they rehearse for a week more before they meet their Indian counterparts.

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