As the COVID-19 threat looms large in the Valley, a group of theatre artists braved the virus by coming forward and resuming rehearsals for plays. "The reason why we have restarted theatre and cultural activities so that the creativity of the artists remain intact. The initiative to restart theatre has been taken by artists and with a view of doing something, they opted to set up an online theatre," Mushtaq Ali Ahmad, a theatre director told ANI. It is a good initiative that has been taken to restart theatre," said Sheikh Mushtaq, a theatre artist. The artists gather for rehearsals at 4 pm on a daily basis so that all the work at home is done.

Source: dna August 17, 2020 10:41 UTC