International Children's Theatre Festival underway in Kathmandu

BHAKTAPUR: The four–day second Kathmandu Aksharaa International Children's Theatre Festival–2018' is underway at Kandaghari of Kathmandu.

The festival which started on Saturday is being participated by students from Aksharaa school including schools from Bangladesh, Denmark, Germany, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka and Switzerland.

During the festival dramas would be staged for students from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and for adults at 5:00 pm. According to Anju Bhattarai, Principal at the school, the festival is being held with an aim to develop leadership qualities and enhance the capabilities of the children.

Around a hundred government and community schools have been invited to see the dramas.