panaji the world is a stage with the people as the actors said sharon mazarello paraphrasing the great english playwright william shakespeare as she together with her tiatrist husband wilson set about teaching kids to play roles and learn the konkanitheatre tiatr when the couple concluded imparting knowledge on the various facets of tiatr to the 40odd eager kids who had converged for the workshop the kids were overjoyed with the fun way of learning that the duo employed for the threehour session at the times of india goa for kids tiatr workshop held in panaji on sunday setting the stage for the kids to learn something new and have fun mazarello began the workshop with some lighthearted conversation with them the actor director and playwright then asked the participants to introduce themselves through a short conversation in pairs of two that led to some lighter moments with some of the kids giving hilarious replies to the questions about themselves that were posed by their partner post some quick warmup exercises to get the kids into the groove the workshop proceeded to fun learning through games and other tiatr activities such as dumb charades the statue game and a dancing session among others the role play session brought out the best in participants as they were paired in twos and had to complete the phrase hanv zanna tum mhoji mun pun i know you are my but with the blank being filled with either brother mother girlfriend etc one over excited girl blurted out the entire phrase on her own without realising that her partner had to complete it she said i know you are my mother but you are never there for me leading to peals of laughter among those in the hall in between wilson mazarello narrated the history of the konkani tiatr the first tiatr was performed by lucasino ribeiro a native of assagao in bardezon april 17 1892 in bombay he said wilson explained that a tiatr contains seven acts saath podde and that cantaram konkani songs were an integral part of a tiatr cantaram either give a message a moral or make you laugh though the humorous lyrics something that english or hindi songs do not usually do he added wilson and sharon then sang a humorous konkani cantar for the kids who kept calling out for more at the end of each verse i found the workshop very interesting id never gone for any theatre workshop before but now i would like to go again said 12yearold m p shreesh bhat the workshop ended with chief guest prince jacob handing out certificates to the participants jacob told them and the parents present that acting can be a very successful career option he felt acting courses should be a part of the school curriculum flt lt maria shanti reverdo one of the parents who brought her two sons darren and darnell for the workshop said i am impressed with this initiative tiatr is