Building Invisible Bridges through Drama in the Classroom, By Kritika Dhiwahar

Setu (Ara) means bridge (in the Indian languages Tamil and Hindi)—and this webinar explores drama in education as an invisible bridge between learners, educators, curriculum, and wellbeing. 

Through stories from practice, brief experiential moments, and reflective dialogue, Kritika explores how drama builds bridges where language, confidence, or belonging may feel fragile or fragmented. Setu foregrounds joy, care, and presence as pedagogical forces, positioning drama not as performance for product, but as process for meaning-making.

Kritika Dhiwahar

Kritika Dhiwahar is an India-based teacher educator and applied theatre practitioner with over a decade of experience across schools, teacher education programmes, and community learning contexts. Her work sits at the intersection of drama in education, storytelling, reflective practice, and wellbeing, with a focus on creating relational and inclusive learning spaces. She is particularly interested in how drama-based pedagogy builds connection, voice, and agency in classrooms and teacher education spaces.