Theatre of dreams

Reflections on a visit to the Bharat Rang Mahotsav, featuring a performance by a team of young Nepali student-actors.

It took a minute of warm applause for their nerves to finally settle and they were all smiles. Having travelled by bus and train for over 40 hours, this team of young student-actors and musicians from Kathmandu had worked hard for this moment, looking forward to it with nervous excitement. They had just performed their play ‘Katha Kasturi’ as part of the Bharat Rang Mahotsav, the world’s biggest theatre festival, in New Delhi.