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[[File:India - Actors - 0258.jpg|thumb|Actors in the process of applying make-up for a performance at the Kootu Pattarai theatre.]]<br />
[[File:India - Actors - 0406.jpg|thumb|right|Koothu-P-Pattarai performance]]<br />
'''Koothu-P-Pattarai''' is a prominent [[Tamil language|Tamil]] theatre group that has organised plays for 31 years.{{Year needed|date=April 2021}} The group has its base in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[South India]]. It conducts speech training in a theatre speech laboratory and conducts workshops teaching "elements of traditional theatre art forms" as well as presenting lectures in educational institutions in order to raise awareness about folk theatre's significance to modern theatre.<ref name="india9">{{cite web| last = | first =| title =Koothu-P-Pattarai | publisher =India9.com| url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Koothu-P-Pattarai-57185.htm| accessdate = 2009-02-01| date=2005-09-21}}</ref><br />
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The style of theatre has been described in ''[[The Hindu]]'' newspaper as "an intense physicality coupled with powerful ideas", and was described by India9.com as being "native folk arts in a contemporary style".<ref name="india9"/><ref name="hindu">{{cite news| last =Santhanam | first =Kausalya| title =Master of avant-garde theatre | newspaper =[[The Hindu]]| url =http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/28/stories/2008112850610300.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081202034312/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/28/stories/2008112850610300.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =2008-12-02| accessdate = 2009-02-01| date=2005-09-21}}</ref><br />
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The director for this group, [[Na. Muthuswamy|Na Muthuswamy]], was the recipient of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] from the [[Government of India]].<br />
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*[http://www.koothu-p-pattarai.org Koothu-P-Pattarai official web site.]<br />
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