About The Event
STAGE LAB - A One-Day Acting Workshop for Banking Professionals
Turn Your Acting Dream Into Reality, Without Leaving Your Banking Career.
Do you spend your weekdays managing customers, targets, meetings, deadlines and responsibilities, but still have the desire to perform?
STAGE LAB is a practical, beginner-friendly acting workshop created especially for banking professionals who want to explore acting without disturbing their careers or financial stability.
In these three hours, you will not just sit and listen. You will participate, perform, get directed and receive personal feedback.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- Voice projection and clear diction
- Body language and stage presence
- Listening and reacting naturally in a scene
- Understanding character, situation and movement
- Performing a scene under professional direction
WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE:
- Practical acting exercises
- Scene performance
- Personal direction and feedback
- Clarity about your strengths and areas for improvement
- Guidance on balancing acting with a career in banking
BONUS TOOLKIT:
- 30-Day Acting Roadmap: A practical plan to continue practising after the workshop
- Audition and Industry Guidance: How to prepare for auditions and avoid common beginner mistakes
- Acting and Theatre Reading List: Recommended books and plays for aspiring actors
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
- Banking professionals who have always wanted to act
- Bankers looking for a creative life beyond targets, customers and everyday work
- Beginners looking for the right starting point in acting
- Banking professionals who want to pursue theatre alongside their careers
- Anyone from the banking industry curious about theatre, performance and live acting
No Previous Acting Experience Required. Come as you are.
REMEMBER:
Your banking career and your passion for acting do not have to compete. You can do both.
ABOUT THE TRAINER: DEBANSHU SHEKHAR
Theatre Director - Playwright - Acting Coach - Actor
Debanshu Shekhar is a theatre director, playwright, acting coach and actor with years of experience in theatre training and production. He is the Founder and Director of Naatakwaale Theatre Company and has worked extensively with actors from different backgrounds.
He trained at Bharatendu Natya Akademi (BNA), Lucknow, and has been actively involved in theatre for many years as a director, writer, performer and trainer.
His approach to acting training is strongly practical and performance-oriented. Instead of asking actors to simply follow instructions, his training focuses on helping them understand why a performance works, why it does not, and what they can practically change.
ABOUT NAATWAALE THEATRE COMPANY
Rated 4.9 stars on Google by 325+ reviewers, Naatakwaale Theatre Company is a Mumbai-based theatre company founded in 2013 by Debanshu Shekhar, working across theatre productions, acting training, workshops and performance-based projects. Over the years, the company has built an extensive body of work: 1300+ Theatre Shows, 60+ Plays, 400+ Theatre and Acting Workshops, 1200+ Actors Trained, 120+ Performance Venues. Naatakwaale believes that acting cannot be learnt only through theory. An actor needs to train, rehearse, perform, receive feedback, make mistakes, try again and eventually face an audience.
That philosophy is at the heart of STAGE LAB.
Note: Please arrive 15 minutes before the workshop for registration.
