"Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging to fantasize about a world we aspire to." -Willem Dafde
The amount of work that goes behind the stage to bring together a play can never be measured. All the artists work hand in hand to bring a scene on a paper to life. This is what the team of RKK, which consisted of
Nikita Vijayn, Amishi Shukla and Hemangini Bhati tried to emulate behind the scenes of preparing for the theatre exhibition, 'Rasyatra 2.0' hosted by Pathways School, Aravalli. The theme of the exhibition was ‘
Nine Narvasas’. Every participating team had to choose a ‘
Rasa’ for their performance. The host school held informative workshops to get the participants acquainted to the themes and working of the exhibitions. It was a delight to hear that all the teams were given the liberty to choose any play of their liking. RKK team chose the play, 'The King of the Dark Chamber' by the incredible playwright, ‘Rabindranath Tagore’. The play, originally known as 'Raja' in Bengali is symbolic of life's struggles. The play revolves around the king who remains in his dark chamber and his grief-stricken queen, who yearns to set her eyes on him. The Rasa taken by RKK’s team was ‘Karuna’, which symbolizes sorrow. The teacher in-charges, Dr. Neetu Parihar, Mr Vimal Verma, Mr Yatheesh Kasargod helped at every step of the journey in bringing the play on the stage. To bring the E- presentation up a notch, the lighting, costumes, music and the aura that surrounded the participants on the performing day, 17th of September, felt no less than the grand annual day that RKKians have missed dearly since the pandemic has started. It was scintillating show, bring a play to life again.
