Ishwak Singh likes to stay connected to his theatre roots; calls the stage training ‘fodder’ for an artiste

Recently, Ishwak Singh took a brief break to reconnect along with his theatre roots, and admits that his journey on the stage has taught him easy methods to be a disciplined actor, and ensures he takes a while out to remain linked to it in a roundabout way.

Last month, the actor took a break from his work schedule to go to Delhi and meet individuals from his Asmita Group, the place his first set {of professional} coaching in appearing began.

“Theatre is very important. The discipline that I have learnt and developed is from working on stage which was quite some time ago. Back in the day, when I was actively doing plays, I understood a lot of things about acting, which I continue to implement and practice. It has helped me tackle different situations, schedules and enabled me to collaborate with different directors,” Singh says.

Opening up about assembly his theatre group, he says, “Working on stage is a huge privilege and I did that for over 8 years. It’s where I found my voice. The group does meaningful plays, socio political theatre that gave me an insight into various aspects of performance, process and helped me get the discipline and mindset that an actor needs”.

In truth, he’s all the time on a lookout for an opportunity to be again on stage performing in entrance of the stay viewers.

“Had the pandemic not happened, I would have definitely done a bunch of plays all this while, but I have been very busy with my shoots in the last two years. I like to reconnect with theatre. It is not just performance theatre but a discipline,” says the actor, who was final seen within the second season of Rocket Boys.

He feels being on stage is liberating, as he says, “There is something magical about performing in front of a live audience. There are opportunities to break the fourth wall and interact with the audience. Sometimes we forget about all those, sometimes we interact.. It teaches you to being completely solitary while you are surrounded by people, at the same time, captivating and engaging with all of them”.

Here, the actor asserts that the standard theatre continues to battle in India as “there are not too many auditoriums”. “Hats off to the groups who swim against the tide, find opportunities and way to perform and bring stories to audiences,” he indicators off.