Drama Methodology
We believe drama should be easy to understand and connected to people on the ground. The drama is recorded outside. This means the drama team can chat to local people before recording, during and after. Local events and customs are naturally absorbed by the drama as it’s made. The language used is Nepali, but Nepali as spoken in very wide variety of accents and dialects.
The drama is improvised. This means there is no dialogue written down. But storylines are prepared in great detail. The actual dialogue is then improvised following a detailed description from the director. There are important advantages to this approach. Performing radio drama with a drama script is very difficult. You have to be a very fluent reader and in addition be able to ‘lift the words off the page.’
fake richard milleScripts are a barrier to anyone taking part who has a low level of education or none at all. Improvisation opens up the drama to uneducated and illiterate people of different ethnic, social and caste backgrounds. In particular it has given a voice to uneducated women. Improvisation performances are lively, fast and witty. The risk of educated actors resorting to caricature is also avoided. Uneducated Nepali people have a great gift for communication. Katha Mitho Sarangiko is a testament to this.