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Theatre & Performance

Projects
A multilingual, immersive multimedia performance-installation based on Franz Kafka's Der Prozess / The Trial.

Sep 2024

I, Josef

Director, Designer

A multilingual, immersive multimedia performance-installation based on Franz Kafka's Der Prozess / The Trial.

A living room drama exploring mental health through the lives of five individuals.

Mar 2024

The Shunya Theory

Video / Projection Designer

A living room drama exploring mental health through the lives of five individuals.

An improvised, interactive theatre performance featuring human and AI performers talking about the climate crisis.

Mar 2023

Climateprov

Deviser, Performer, Stage Designer

An improvised, interactive theatre performance featuring human and AI performers talking about the climate crisis.

An interactive installation exploring video as a memory machine.

Jul 2023

What Would You Ask Yourself

Artist

An interactive installation exploring video as a memory machine.

An immersive theatre performance that uses audio, video and live performance to explore to explore how perception affects our realities.

May 2021

Ripples

Performer

An immersive theatre performance that uses audio, video and live performance to explore to explore how perception affects our realities.

A series of practical workshops on digital performing arts management for cultural professionals.

Aug 2020

Digital Tools For Performing Arts

Facilitator, Course Creator

A series of practical workshops on digital performing arts management for cultural professionals.

A multi-sensory performance piece that explores (dis)connection in the digital age, staged in two live locations and cyberspace.

Sep 2022

Mind The Lag

Deviser, Technical Director, Performer

A multi-sensory performance piece that explores (dis)connection in the digital age, staged in two live locations and cyberspace.

A madcap murder mystery in Spanish, fuelled by the eccentric characters of Jardiel Poncela

Jul 2018

El Cadáver del Señor García

Performer

A madcap murder mystery in Spanish, fuelled by the eccentric characters of Jardiel Poncela

A digital theatre production that explores the commodification of gender through data.

Jul 2019

Aguebao

Performer, Writer, Production Manager

A digital theatre production that explores the commodification of gender through data.

An adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony Award winning play that explores the connection between taste and friendship.

Nov 2015

Art

Performer

An adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony Award winning play that explores the connection between taste and friendship.

A physical theatre piece written by Badal Sircar that explores humanity's relationship with protests, processions and parades.

Nov 2014

Juloos

Director

A physical theatre piece written by Badal Sircar that explores humanity's relationship with protests, processions and parades.

A performance of Henrik Ibsen's classic play in Hindi by the Little Theatre Group Repertory.

Mar 2020

Ghosts

Publicity and Communications Manager

A performance of Henrik Ibsen's classic play in Hindi by the Little Theatre Group Repertory.

Martin McDonagh's chilling dark comedy in a new production by Kaivalya Plays.

Aug 2024

The Pillowman

Projection, Scenic and Publicity Designer

Martin McDonagh's chilling dark comedy in a new production by Kaivalya Plays.

An unfolding zine-based game that invites players to draw, edit, change, adopt, negotiate, accept and co-create a new name.

Feb 2024

New Name, New Game

Game Designer

An unfolding zine-based game that invites players to draw, edit, change, adopt, negotiate, accept and co-create a new name.

A table-top game and collective performance about trust in the mis/disinformation age.

May 2023

Trust Me! It's a Forward

Dramaturg

A table-top game and collective performance about trust in the mis/disinformation age.

A digital revival of the greatest literature piece in Incan origin, translated from the original Quechua language into Hindi.

Feb 2022

Ollantay

Technical Director

A digital revival of the greatest literature piece in Incan origin, translated from the original Quechua language into Hindi.

An interactive one-on-one performance over a phone call that combines live storytelling with IVRS

Feb 2021

Lifeline 99 99

Co-Director, Performer, Technical Director

An interactive one-on-one performance over a phone call that combines live storytelling with IVRS

A digital theatre production based on conversations between two severed heads in the aftermath of their executions.

Jun 2020

Luz Negra (Black Light)

Director

A digital theatre production based on conversations between two severed heads in the aftermath of their executions.

An adaptation of Tirso de Molina's play from the golden age of Spanish theatre, re-imagined for Indian sensibilities.

Jul 2019

Marta la Piadosa

Production Manager and Technical Crew

An adaptation of Tirso de Molina's play from the golden age of Spanish theatre, re-imagined for Indian sensibilities.

An original binaural audio / headphone theatre piece that explores the act of walking and the sounds that accompany it.

Dec 2020

A Walk, Interrupted

Creator

An original binaural audio / headphone theatre piece that explores the act of walking and the sounds that accompany it.

A unique digital theatre production based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez' story – The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World.

Dec 2017

Esteban's Village

Performer

A unique digital theatre production based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez' story – The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World.

A theatrical adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges' most famous short story about a boy with an unforgiving memory.

Feb 2020

Funes El Memorioso

Performer and Production Manager

A theatrical adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges' most famous short story about a boy with an unforgiving memory.

A production of Luigi Pirandello's most celebrated works in the Theatre of the Absurd genre.

Nov 2013

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Performer

A production of Luigi Pirandello's most celebrated works in the Theatre of the Absurd genre.

A devised performance by the Little Theatre Group (LTG) Repertory that explores the our relationship with plastic.

Aug 2019

Panniarchy

Publicity and Communications Manager

A devised performance by the Little Theatre Group (LTG) Repertory that explores the our relationship with plastic.

Tom Stoppard’s radio play based on the era-defining album by Pink Floyd.

Jul 2024

Darkside

Projection, Multimedia and Video Designer

Tom Stoppard’s radio play based on the era-defining album by Pink Floyd.

The award-winning live comedy show came to Delhi for one night only through a collaboration between the Make Em Ups and Kaivalya Plays.

Apr 2024

Bumper Blyton: Hysteria in India

Creative Producer

The award-winning live comedy show came to Delhi for one night only through a collaboration between the Make Em Ups and Kaivalya Plays.

An evening of absurdist storytelling based on texts from Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Fernando Arrabal and Virgilio Piñera.

Nov 2023

ABSURDO

Director, Designer

An evening of absurdist storytelling based on texts from Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Fernando Arrabal and Virgilio Piñera.

 A playful, irreverent digital performance exploring how women's bodies are talked about in Indian medical education.

Feb 2022

The Amazing Flabby-Breasted Virgin & Other Sordid Tales

Technical Director

A playful, irreverent digital performance exploring how women's bodies are talked about in Indian medical education.

A devised show created using a hybrid development process that explores the question of how can we share a space together.

Apr 2021

Yet To Meet

Deviser, Technical Director

A devised show created using a hybrid development process that explores the question of how can we share a space together.

A community-based radio show that brings improv and playback theatre in an audio-only format

Aug 2020

Us Here Now (Hum Yahan Abhi)

Editor (Tech, Sound)

A community-based radio show that brings improv and playback theatre in an audio-only format

An interactive play by Kaivalya Plays that explores the therapeutic connects of improv theatre on mental health.

Dec 2018

Unravel

Performer and Production Manager

An interactive play by Kaivalya Plays that explores the therapeutic connects of improv theatre on mental health.

A psychological thriller involving three classmates accused of a horrible crime, based on the script by Kristo Sagor.

Dec 2017

Threesome Without Simone

Performer

A psychological thriller involving three classmates accused of a horrible crime, based on the script by Kristo Sagor.

A play on the complexities of the creative process explored through the lens of three friends caught on the wrong side of opinions and aesthetics.

Sep 2019

Footnotes

Director

A play on the complexities of the creative process explored through the lens of three friends caught on the wrong side of opinions and aesthetics.

A theatrical adaptation of Pablo Palacio's short story, one of the first Latin American texts to reference alternate sexualities.

Nov 2019

Un Hombre Muerto a Puntapies

Lights and Projection Designer

A theatrical adaptation of Pablo Palacio's short story, one of the first Latin American texts to reference alternate sexualities.

An exploration of a writer's inner mind by Fourth Wall Productions based on the original script by Manav Kaul.

Nov 2013

Peele Scooter Waala Aadmi

Performer

An exploration of a writer's inner mind by Fourth Wall Productions based on the original script by Manav Kaul.

Experience
Training

Dec'20 to Present

Communications Manager

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Nov'18 to Present

General Manager,
Artist, Facilitator

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July'18 to Present

Founding Member, Performer

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Nov'17 to Present

Founding Member, Director, Performer

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Mar'19 to Mar'20

Marketing and Programming Consultant

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Training

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MA Advanced Theatre Practice (Distinction) at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London with the support of the Chevening Scholarship. 

Bachelors of Management Studies (Hons - First Division) at the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi. 

Additionally I've attended and trained in short courses, programs and workshops with diverse facilitators and institutions across India and internationally. 

  • Video as Agent, Chris Kondek, Universität der Künste / University of the Arts (2023)

  • AI 2 Amplify: Fellowship in AI Ethics and Aesthetics, Goethe Institut (Online) (2023)

  • The Time Is Now, a course on Live Art Amitesh Grover, Serendipity Arts Foundation (SAF) (2022)

  • BeFantastic Within: Fellowship in AI in Performance, BeFantastic India, Future Everything (2022)

  • Sketch Theatre Lab, Soho Theatre London (2021)

  • Writer’s Lab Mumbai, Soho Theatre, G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture (2021)

  • Theatre Appreciation Course 2020 National School of Drama India

  • Ecole Nomade 2020 by Ariane Mnouchkine (Théâtre du Soleil)

  • Workshop: Theatre Of The Oppressed by Akhila Khanna

  • Workshop: Advanced Improvisation (Short-Form) by Varoon P. Anand (Kaivalya Plays)

  • Workshop: Basic Improvisation (Long-Form) by Varoon P. Anand (Kaivalya Plays)

  • Workshop: Facilitation 101 (Based on React UK’s Model) by Varoon P. Anand (Kaivalya Plays)

  • Workshop: Body Language for Adults by Bikram Ghosh & Kriti Pant (Tadpole Repertory)

  • Workshop: Physical Theatre Masterclass by John Britton (Duende School)

  • Workshop: Basics of Immersive Theatre by Nayantara Kotian (Crow)

  • Workshop: Introduction to Acting by Saleem Shah

  • Workshop: Deciphering Texts by Quasore Thakore Padamsee (QTP)

 
Recognition

Recognition

2021

2020

2019

  • Premiere: Aguebao (Gender Bender Grant), Sandbox Collective & Goethe-Institut India
     

  • Premiere: Mukta la Piadosa at Almagro Internacional Festival de Teatro Classico
     

  • Premiere: Footnotes, Akshara Theatre

 

2018

  • Premiere: Unravel (Refunction Grant), Goethe Institut India 

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Writing

 
Writing & Articles

 
Gallery

Gallery
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