You are considering enrolling your child in a theatre workshop but are not quite sure what it involves. Will they just be memorising lines? Is it like a school play? What if they are too young or too shy? This guide walks you through exactly what happens at a children’s theatre workshop at Pratham Path Theatre — session by session, skill by skill. First Things First: This is Not a School Assembly School annual day performances are typically rehearsed over a few sessions, focu

In twenty years of teaching theatre to children, I have seen one transformation happen more than any other: a shy, quiet child walks into the first session barely making eye contact — and twelve weeks later, that same child stands on stage, delivering dialogue to a live audience with clarity and conviction. It never gets old. And it is never an accident. There is a reason theatre works where other approaches sometimes struggle. Why Are Some Children Shy? Shyness in children i