The second component to Arangam is a series of intensive theatre training workshops. All participants including members of the hosting institution were invited to participate in a two day intensive theatre workshop led by theatre practitioners and experts in the field of drama. These workshops were conducted on 16th and 17th February 2008. These collaborative workshops enabled the participants to network and share their problems and ideas through collective workshops, clinics and forums. The top three finalists who are performing today have also been given additional sessions through a series of process oriented forums in which their scripts and acting performed at the preliminary rounds were deconstructed to better understand their text and performance. This training is to aid participants to see beyond text and actions. This process will elevate theatre presentation from a school standard to that of a public performance standard, which will gear them to face the third component of Arangam, the finals performed for public viewing.

A four part training session was conducted namely by Sunny Hussein, Ann Chua and Michael, Ravi Velu and RDG Artistic Director G Selvananthan.