Rang Vidushak

Rang Vidushak was born in 1984 from the ideas of Bansi Kaul and his team of artists. They were dedicated to developing another form of art where laughter was the new celebrative language. The vidushak, the fool or jester, ruled. His wit flowed from folk and tribal expression, rituals, song, myth and folklore, games, jokes and riddles.

Rang Vidushak was established in 1985 in Bhopal to foster new theatrical practices by pooling the creative energies of writers and performing artists. Bansi Kaul, the group's designer-director, has documented the acrobatic, storytelling, and martial art forms of the Hindi belt in developing an actor-training methodology applicable to Vidushak theatre.

During the last five years, Rang Vidushak's actor-training processes have been complemented by work on developing new scripts, based on a wide range of literary sources - Indian, Turkish, Chinese, Russian, and Singaporean.