Kerala Arts and Nataka Academy (KANA), Kuwait will organize a theatre festival for the Malayali theatre lovers in Kuwait. The theatre festival will consist of an amateur drama competition and a theatre workshop which will be conducted during Onam celebration in September this year. The Academy is inviting amateur Malayalam theatre groups to submit scripts and register their participation in the competition with the Academy office-bearers. In a press release, KANA Kuwait said that the duration of the play must not fall short of 30 minutes while it must not exceed 45 minutes. Participating troupes are required to adhere to the rules and regulations set by the Academy for the fair and just conduct of the competition. The type-written scripts must be submitted on or before May 31, 2017 to the following office-bearers of the Academy.

Babu Chakola (Mangaf) Tel. 66074501.Kumar Thrithala tel. 699267111 and Reji Mathew tel. 66659855 (Abbassiya).

KANA Kuwait is a non-profit socio-cultural organization formed on World Theatre Day ( March 27, 2017) in Kuwait by a group of theatre activists with a view to promoting theatre and generate a positive theatre culture among the Indian expatriate community in the country. On the sidelines of the theatre festival, the Academy is planning to hold a theatre workshop which will led by reputed theatre personalities from India.