Abhishek Majumdar

Playwright, director (India)

Abhishek Majumdar is a playwright, theatre director, and scenographer. He is the ex artistic director and founder of two theatre companies, Indian Ensemble and Bhasha Centre for Performing Arts, both based out of Bangalore. He trained in Physics and Mathematics, Rural Management and a Management degree before attending a two-year advanced program at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA). He has created work for and been commissioned by several theatres around the world including Ranga Shankara Bangalore, Prithvi Theatre Mumbai, Royal Court Theatre London, National Theatre London, Deutsche Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Deutsch Schauspielhaus Freiburg, Yale Repertory Theatre, Theatre Du Soleil (ARTA), Dhaka University, International Dramaturgy Festival Buenos Aires, PlayCo New York, Jana Natya Manch New Delhi to name a few. His work has been performed / translated in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Spanish, French, Czech, Bengali, Urdu, Kashmiri, Tibetan and Kannada.