When the house lights dim in an auditorium, something sacred transpires: several hundred strangers breathe together in unison in the dark. No algorithm can simulate the crackle of vocal tension across the footlights when an actor commits their whole soul to a line.
In our training academy, we teach young actors that the proscenium is not an exhibit—it is a confessional, a battleground, and a mirror held up to society.
Debabrata Roy is Artistic Director of Charushila Drama & Theatre and a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi honours.
