Kathmandu, March 27 -- The technique, transformation, and magnetism of continuously externalising and physically expressing emotions on stage are an art in themselves.

Remaining cohesive to one's personality, or briefly setting it aside to overlap it with the character's, theatre actors navigate the demands of sensibility and vulnerability. 'Exaggeration' of everything-voice, diction, dialects, body language-yields relativity. The actors make this possible, fabricating the world as a stage.

Theatre actress Saraswati Chaudhary's gradual familiarisation with the characters happens in parallel with the rehearsals. "While practising, I separate professional life from the personal," she says. "Along with the rehearsals, I start trusting myse...