A creative tribute to children

BANGALORE: ‘Creative For Play’, a workshop focusing on encouraging children to interpret and think laterally and also discover how a story can lend itself to diverse expressions across media - theatre, prose, art, craft and blogging,  was conducted in the city recently.       Conducted by a group of talented  professionals from the field of story-telling and theatre, the interactive five-day workshop called ‘The Many Faces of a Story — Theatre and beyond’, brought children the experience of ‘The Night the Sea came Home’ - a play written for children aged 7-12 years, come alive. In this workshop, the play’s core themes were examined and explored across various mediums — like blogging, art, craft, performances, character enactment, play readings, song writing and gaming storyboards. The purpose of the workshop was to give children a wider platform for expression using common themes. The stories employ themes such as the environment, oceans and climate change with funny, endearing characters human, aquatic and superhuman.The workshop concluded with a stage show — an enactment finale which was a true tribute to their creative work through a short performance by the children using props designed by them. Children also designed their own book cover for their folder that contained their entire work for the week: diary blog, set design, character study, music composed and art and craft.