A (Rehearsal) Room of One’s Own: Vignettes of Sapan Saran’s World of Ideas
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A (Rehearsal) Room of One’s Own: Vignettes of Sapan Saran’s World of Ideas

Editor’s Note: India has a rich history in theatre, but our knowledge about the work our contemporaries and older groups have and are doing, is often limited to the geographies we live in. Driven by a curiosity to know about the work being created across the country, over the next couple of months, we will…

Theatre-maker Mumal Tanwar on foregrounding the women of Rajasthan in her plays
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Theatre-maker Mumal Tanwar on foregrounding the women of Rajasthan in her plays

“Directly toh ghar mein kabhi baat nahi hoti. Jo kehna hai art ke medium se keh do, phir logon ko pata chalta hai, log sunte hain. (No one ever speaks directly at home. No one listens. If one wants people to listen, say it through art.),” says Mumal, a 29-year-old theatre practitioner based out of…

Subodh Patnaik’s theatre for community empowerment in Odisha
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Subodh Patnaik’s theatre for community empowerment in Odisha

Editor’s Note: India has a rich history in theatre, but our knowledge about the work our contemporaries and older groups have and are doing, is often limited to the geographies we live in. Driven by a curiosity to know about the work being created across the country, over the next couple of months, we will…

The Serious Art of Puppetry: In Conversation with Anurupa Roy
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The Serious Art of Puppetry: In Conversation with Anurupa Roy

Editor’s Note: India has a rich history in theatre, but our knowledge about the work our contemporaries and older groups have and are doing, is often limited to the geographies we live in. Driven by a curiosity to know about the work being created across the country, over the next couple of months, we will…

Discovering Mythologies and Traditional Forms through Nimmy Raphel and V Balakrishnan
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Discovering Mythologies and Traditional Forms through Nimmy Raphel and V Balakrishnan

I waited anxiously, having just refreshed my distant memories of watching Mahabharata on TV on Sunday mornings as a child and being forced to listen to stories of myth and folklore by my grandmother. I rapidly read through an online abridged Britannica essay on the epics in a last-minute attempt to prevent myself from saying…

23 in 2023: A peek into what keeps the DSM alums ticking this New Year
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23 in 2023: A peek into what keeps the DSM alums ticking this New Year

While we are all trying to make sense of the past few years, yet another year is upon us! One-half of the internet is busy sharing memes about still processing 2020 while the other half has started with their year-end posts, holiday plans and all that’s to come next. With murmurs of another deadly variant…

My Impressions of Keval Arora: Theatre Pedagogue, Mentor and Man
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My Impressions of Keval Arora: Theatre Pedagogue, Mentor and Man

Editor’s Note: India has a rich history in theatre, but our knowledge about the work our contemporaries and older groups have and are doing, is often limited to the geographies we live in. Driven by a curiosity to know about the work being created across the country, over the next couple of months, we will…

Marrying Theatre & Tech: Ayesha Susan Thomas, Chanakya Vyas & Ben Samuels on Embracing Technology to Tell Stories
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Marrying Theatre & Tech: Ayesha Susan Thomas, Chanakya Vyas & Ben Samuels on Embracing Technology to Tell Stories

On an average, we humans spend 11 hours a day consuming technology. Technology includes – watching video, listening to audio, working on the computer, engaging with social media, video gaming, or online reading. For us, living in the 21st century, the digital space is one that we’ve come to naturally inhabit, so much so it…

Sandbox Collective co-founders Shiva Pathak, Nimi Ravindran on ‘Gender Bender’, building a community and more
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Sandbox Collective co-founders Shiva Pathak, Nimi Ravindran on ‘Gender Bender’, building a community and more

Editor’s Note: India has a rich history in theatre, but our knowledge about the work our contemporaries and older groups have and are doing, is often limited to urban centres or the geographies we live in. Driven by a curiosity to know about the work being created across the country, over the next couple of…

‘I am a Chhara, Not a Criminal’: Budhan Theatre member Atish Indrekar on using theatre for social justice
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‘I am a Chhara, Not a Criminal’: Budhan Theatre member Atish Indrekar on using theatre for social justice

Editor’s Note: India has a rich history in theatre, but our knowledge about the work our contemporaries and older groups have and are doing, is often limited to urban centres or the geographies we live in. Driven by a curiosity to know about the work being created across the country, over the next couple of…