Assam’s mobile theatre face bleak future
The Hindu
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The majority of the 30 mobile theatre groups in Assam may find it difficult to stage a comeback after almost two years of closure due to two phases of COVID-19 lockdown preceded by unrest associated with the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests. The Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University on July 9 organised a virtual meeting of Bhramyoman (travelling theatre) producers, directors and cultural economy experts, to find a way forward for the mobile theatre groups crippled by months of inactivity. The meeting coincided with the birthday of Achyut Lahkar who started the mobile theatre revolution by forming the Nataraj Theatre group in 1963.
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