A two-day theatre festival "Rang Ashoka 2020" will be organised from Thursday. The art festival is organized by Rangdoot Theatre Troupe in the memory of known playwright Ashok Tiwari.

 On Thursday, play Prem Politics will be staged. It is written and directed by Prasanna Joshi. On Friday, play Laagi Chhute Na will be staged. It is directed by Bharti Sharma Soni and is written by Sangeeta Bhatnagar.    The theatre festival will be held at Sidhi.

 Ashok Tiwari was originally from Madhya Pradesh. He started his theatrical life directly. Later he also acted in the theatrical troupe of noted actors Alok Chatterjee and Balendu Singh in Bhopal.

After independent work in Bhopal, he formed Ekta Natya Samiti in Sidhi along with his friends. And made successful plays in the 90s like Matigadi, Saiya Bhai Kotwal, twelve hundred twenty-six bata seven, Battle of Harishchandra, Raja ka Baja. Ashok Tiwari won the Best Director award at the National Theatrical Contest Bareilly and Banaras at a very young age. But, this talented theatre worker, full of potential, had to leave the world at a very young age due to a disease. Sidhi district has emerged as a theater hub in Madhya Pradesh today. At its core is the theater of Ashok Tiwari.

In his memory, Rangadoot Natya Dal started the ceremony named Rang Ashoka from last year. This year, due to Covid 19, it was decided to perform the event in virtual space. It will be held live on the Facebook page of Rangdoot from August 6 to 10 daily at 8 pm.

 In this, around 25 artists from different genres are participating from all over the country. There will be presentations of color talk, story recitation, poetry recitation, drama recitation, theatre music, smooth music, folk music.