Welcome to DabaliTheatre
Where Nepal’s Stories Come Alive on Stage
About DABALI THEATRE
With an aim of preserving and promoting the theatre culture and other cultural heritages in Nepal, DABALI theatre was formed in 1995. It was a very critical moment in the Nepali theatre history. The proscenium theatre had failed to draw the attention of the people towards it.
So, the young and enthusiastic artists were experimenting with street theatre as well proscenium theatre. Right at this juncture of Nepali theatre history, DABALI Theatre emerged. As a forum of theatre artists, DABALI Theatre always promotes Nepali theatre workers and helps them to hone their skills. DABALI Theatre too, exploits both the street and the proscenium arch to fulfill its objectives.
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Watch our latest performances, festival highlights, rehearsals and creative moments from Dabali Theatre, celebrating Nepal’s rich theatrical heritage while connecting artists, audiences, traditions, innovation, dialogue, community, storytelling, inspiration and cultural expression.
Dabali Theatre
To promote Nepali culture and other cultural heritages within the country and abroad, To promote Nepali theatre workers and help them to develop their skills, To encourage artists and scholars to contribute to Nepali theatre by offering them honours and awards they deserve. To help the emerging artists through training and other opportunities, To exploit proscenium theatre and Community Theatre to disseminate awareness among the people about the burning sociopolitical issues.
We envision a society that takes pride in equity, diversity, creativity and freedom.
DABALI aspires to establish itself as a preserver and promoter of Nepali theatre culture. Since music, dance, literature, film and painting are essential domains of art for theatre, DABALI seeks to establish itself as a centre of these domains of art by encouraging the collaboration between the artists from the aforementioned domains. Furthermore DABALI, as a Community Theatre, aims to work for the peace, prosperity, reconstruction and development of Nepal. DABALI aims to be the voice of the common Nepali people by promoting social justice, political awareness and human rights in every endeavor it undertakes.
Nepal Centre of ITI (International Theatre Institute/UNESCO), Kathmandu Aarohan, Kathmandu (Central Development Region) Actors’ Studio M. Art theatre, Kathmandu (Central Development Region) Garima Production, Kathmandu (Central Development Region) Taranga Sanskritic Parishad, Hetauda (Central Development Region) Anam Natya Academy, Dharan (Eastern Development Region) SEED Nepal, Kushma, Parbat (Western Development Region) Kalika Swabalamban Samajak Kendra, Taulihawa (Western & Mid-Western Development Region) Baageenaa Surkhet (Far-Western Development Region)
International Workshop Festival (IWF), UK Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland Adilaide Fringe Festival, Australia Playback Centre, New York National School of Drama, New Delhi Human Cargo Theatre, Toronto The Academy of Experimental Dance Theatre, Seville, Spain Centre for Playback Theatre, New York.
Events at Dabali Theatre
Discover theatre events, festivals, workshops, and live performances celebrating Nepali culture, creativity, collaboration and powerful storytelling on stage and streets.
