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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar February 26Returning back to stage and live performances the artistes performing on the inaugural day of the three-day National Theatre Festival by Dastak theatre gasped for relief on Friday. His group performed at Virsa Vihar to kickstart the theatre festival that also saw a moving performance of play 'Manto Ke Rang'. The morning session hosted theatre workshop and seminar by eminent theatre personalities Gursharan Singh Channi his son and theatre actor Gyan Dev and Harleen Kohli. He talked about his community theatre initiative CEVA engaging the common people through street theatre. Harleen Kohli his wife and theatre actor herself agreed that the social stigma attached to theatre being an alternate career needs to be overcome..