Chorus Repertory Theatre has also performed in London and Paris, and toured countries including Greece, the former USSR, Holland, Cuba, Brazil, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand. Emphasis on vocal and breath techniques, and in physical stamina and control, provides the means to accomplish impressive aural and movement feats. I have always found human expression more convincing when it is physically portrayed, when there is a body rhythm. Language in Thiyam's plays goes beyond the simple conveyance of text. While the works are written in Manipuri, CRT has evolved its own thematically based language of theater.
Words are as important for their aural power as for their actual meaning.
I think the language has to be human. The playing space is magnified through complex and changing use of movement, sound, color, and light. Like a film score, sound is used to foreshadow, comment on, and accelerate action. It reinforces intent and clarifies meaning. Lighting, designed and operated by Thiyam in performance, is used very specifically to define performance spaces, dramatic action, and even rhythm.