Tamasha

Street play is one of the oldest theatre forms where the artists enact in public places with no specific target audience. It is a genre of drama performed with music and dance which is known for its simplicity and creative execution. It serves as a metaphor that captures an image of moral nature which every layman can relate to. It is also known as “Nukkad Natak.”

A street play is known for its catchy dialogues, attractive slogans and powerful dramatic elements like tragedy, humour, mimicry etc.

The primary goal of a street play is taking a social message to a large group of people, helping create a sense of awareness in the society we live in. Every street play has a specific public social theme and the actor who performs should possess the skill to exhibit and portrays the theme well. The dialogues are colloquial and should be rendered monotonously with a clear and loud voice. This kind of recitation in high pitch will leave a huge impact in the minds of people.

Number of participants: A group of 8 to 10 students.

Eligible grades: IX - XII

JUDGMENT CRITERIA:

Acting: 5 marks
Jingle/Song: 5 marks
Relevance to theme: 5 marks
Overall performance and audience interaction: 5 marks.

Rules and Regulations:

Theme: Mental Health Awareness
Time limit: 10 minutes,
Negative marking of 1 Mark will be done for not meeting the time frame.
Students have to perform a street play which can be self-written or an adaptation of already written play on the given Topic.
Negative marking will be done for crossing the minimum and maximum time frame of (9 to 10 minutes)
Use of properties is allowed but to be managed by the Performing school The street play should have a jingle/ opening song and use of music instruments as a prop is allowed.
Script should not be derogatory for any cast, religion, or gender or it will be disqualified.
Judges decision will be final.

Teacher In-Charge: Mr. Vikas Sharma (+91 88603 72155)

Student In-Charge: Aarav Gupta (+91 96677 32260)