About The Event
About the workshop
This is an intensive long-format storytelling workshop designed for people who genuinely want to explore storytelling as a craft - not just as writing, but as performance, presence, and emotional communication.
Blending theatre techniques, performance exercises, storytelling frameworks, and creative writing tools, the workshop helps participants understand how compelling stage stories are crafted, structured, and delivered.
Whether you are a writer, performer, poet, actor, director, speaker, or simply someone with stories to tell, the workshop offers practical tools to transform personal experiences and ideas into engaging live performances.
About the mentor
The session is curated and conducted by a storyteller, Hitesh Anandani, who has been actively performing for years and has presented three solo storytelling shows, each running for over an hour.
Having performed in 5 cities for over 3,000 audience members, he has been featured by organisations and platforms such as UNESCO, the U.S. Embassy, Abhivyakti, Kommune, SVNIT, Nirma University, and Tape A Tale.
Workshop Flow
The workshop is designed as a highly interactive 3 - 4 hour experience and includes:
1. Theatre & Movement Exercises
Participants begin with guided theatre exercises involving movement, rhythm, speed, and spatial awareness to help them become physically present and comfortable on stage.
2. Awareness & Observation Training
Exercises focused on attention, listening, observation, and emotional awareness - essential tools for authentic storytelling.
3. Body Language & Facial Expression
Understanding how posture, movement, pauses, and expressions influence storytelling impact and audience connection.
4. Writing for Stage
This section focuses on the fundamentals that most people overlook while writing stories for performance.
Participants will explore:
Emotional beats
Story structure
Character perspective
Memory mining
Scene building
Conflict and tension
Audience engagement
Vulnerability and authenticity
The workshop simplifies and condenses many storytelling principles that creators usually take months to understand while developing films, theatre pieces, or long-format stage performances
