Dharamshala Residential & International Festival for Theatre presents d.r.i.f.t. Reads: Session IX After a long silence, d.r.i.f.t reads is back for a short while before the christmas break! Our next reading is a Travelogues Special ! What better place than traveller-filled Dharamshala to read about various travels across the world. We shall be reading from […]

Dharamshala Residential & International Festival for Theatre presents d.r.i.f.t. Reads: Session X: लोक कथाएं / Folk Tales A grandmama tells a tale of the past; of villages and folks who lived together, of men who farmed and toiled; of women who made houses with mud and bricks. Our ancient land has been built on layers […]

The BIG ONE is here !!! Our Annual Theatre Festival in the Mountains is here again. Its bigger and better and we've got an amazing line-up of workshops and Shows from all over the world. Along with running an annual program with various schools across Dharamshala, we have also been pro-actively involved with several theatre […]

We're back with our first reading post the festival! Come listen to a collection of short writings from local dharamshala residents! These pieces came out of a d.r.i.f.t playwriting workshop held by award winning playwright and director Purva Naresh last year. Coming up! Aadhar card written by Tenzin Tsering Crackling Future written by Pratham Jain […]

Dharamshala Residential & International Festival for Theatre presents - d.r.i.f.t. Reads: Session XII "I sometimes think that people's hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what's at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while. Its only confusing if you believe it has […]

e Dharamshala Residential & International Festival for Theatre presents d.r.i.f.t. Reads: Session XIII "First we eat, then we do everything else", thus said the wise woman M.F.K. Fisher, founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. In the simplest of words, what else to do if not eat with pleasure and wine and a sweet treat. […]

Dharamshala Residential & International Festival for Theatre presents d.r.i.f.t. Reads: Session XIV As wars and conflicts rage across the planet, millions of people are displaced from their homes. In texts from around the world and right here in Dharamshala, we encounter resilience, nostalgia, guilt and anguish, the many faces of Exile. We're reading "Writings on […]

Dharamshala Residential & International Festival for Theatre presents "Stories of the World by Anant Dayal" - An Oral Storytelling Workshop Stories heal. Stories make us dream of better worlds. Stories set us free. Come learn how to tell stories at our introductory workshop to Storytelling by the multi talented Performer/ Musician Anant Dayal. Develop the […]

  Dharamshala Residential & International Festival for Theatre presents d.r.i.f.t. Reads: Session XV . Dharamshala/Dhasa/D-town- A place that isn't just the epitome of enchanting beauty and vastness but also a place that has its arms wide open to a variety of people from all walks of life, from all over the world; all kinds of […]