Norah Richards was an Irish theatre activist and playwright , she came to Andretta sometime in the mid-1930s.
Once in Andretta, Norah Richards built a traditional Kangra-style mud house, set up a makeshift proscenium, and invited Punjabi theatre amateurs and professionals to perform plays.
Andretta was also home to Freda Bedi, mother of actor Kabir Bedi, and a friend of Richards. During her years at Andretta, the idea of turning the small Kangra Valley hamlet into an artists' village came to obsess Richards, and to realise her dream she extended invitations to several artistes to come to Andretta.
