AVITOKO Room Theatre- beginning a new dawn

How Room Theatre came into existence?

Theatre always attracts me. It energises me. Working through theatre, I got an opportunity to learn and develop a lot. Doing theatre in school college days and in the late 90s in Delhi, I had taken myself in back foot from active theatre from 1987-2006 to fulfill my domestic, family and office responsibilities. In the meantime, I kept continuing writing plays along with short stories, poems and doing translations. Books were published. Got many awards. But active theatre was kept honking me. And finally, from 2007, I jumped into active theatre. My 1st play was Mr. Jinnah, directed by theatre veteran Mr. RS Vikal.  

I thought, after 20 years, why I am returning to theatre, if I have no visions for it. Solo performance is a great challenge for theatre actor and I accepted it. From 2007 onward, I prepared 7 solo plays in Hindi, English and Maithili, which are being staged in and around the world. 

In the month of October,2014, I was caught with Brest Cancer. 1st November, surgery was done. Chemo was started from the last week of November. My movement got restricted. Doctor clearly said that you are a free bird but you will have to fly within the sky of your house. 

I obeyed him and made my home ceiling as an open sky. I thought, what can I do for theatre? Some like minded people, such as Sudarshana Dwivedi, Sachin Shrivatva, Sarang Upadhyay, Ajay Brahmatmaj, Vidha Saumya, Koshy Brahmatmaj, Aditya Prasad, Parany Narain sat together and thus Room Theatre came into existence with the objectives 

 

1. To provide a platform to hidden talents of all age group of people,

2. To get expert advice and interaction with the veterans of their respective fields, and

3. To provide good and meaningful theatre in a nominal cost. 

First Sunday of March 2, 2014, the 1st Room Theatre program was organised with the performance of short stories of two young Hindi writers Gaurav Solanki and Sarang Upadhyay. Young film maker Shriram Dalton has performed Gaurav's story while Fil, TV actor Pranay Narain has performed Sarang's story followed by discussion. 

And journey of AVITOKO Room Theatre began.......! ####