On 12th May we did a Playback performance at Bosco Mane, a Non-Governmental Organization committed to helping street children stay off from the street. When I walked into the hall, I was frustrated with myself because I was late and thanks to Bangalore traffic I was tired too.
An hour later after the performance, it was completely different. The energy and enthusiasm of the boys, their stories that exuded strength and courage took me to a different high.
In Playback, one of audience members will come and narrate an incident from their life and we enact it on the spot. A boy narrated how and why he ran away from his home and worked at odd places, before he landed in this NGO. After the performance, the boy came to us and told "When you performed my story, I cried". I was moved by what he said. I did not know what to say. I patted on his back. He left and joined his friends to share a laugh.
We had connected with him.
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