The Art Of Telling Stories - Workshop by Hitesh Anandani

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 Exercise:

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.