Deepan Sivaraman

Deepan Sivaraman is an Indian theatre director, scenographer and academic.[1] He is the founder of Oxygen Theatre Company based in Delhi. He is from Thrissur, Kerala. Sivaraman received Charles Wallace India Trust Award in 2003,[2] Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award and Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards in 2011 and 2010, respectively.[1] Deepan served as the Artistic Director for the International Theatre Festival of Kerala(ITFOK) for 2014 edition which had a curatorial focus on transition, gender and spectatorship.[3] Deepan Sivaraman currently is an Associate Professor of Performance Studies at School of Culture and Creative Expressions at the Ambedkar University in Delhi.

Deepan Sivaraman
ദീപൻ ശിവരാമൻ
Deepan Sivaraman in 2012
Born
Deepan Sivaraman

Thrissur, Kerala
Alma materCentral Saint Martins, Wimbledon College of Arts
OccupationTheatre director, scenographer and academic
WebsiteOxygen Theatre Company

The Legend of Khasak Khasakkinte Itihasam – The Play a Milestone

Deepan involved with KM Kunjambu Smaraka Kalasamaithi.(KMK) Trikaripur for the project of The Legends of Khasak Khasakkinte Itihasam with the local village actors, it was a unique theatre project that has no similarities in the recent Indian theatre history in the terms of its production of working with village actors and the way in which the entire village got part of it. The trans – chronic post-modern novel of O. V. Vijayan, The Legends of Khasak Khasakkinte Itihasam is revived onto the stage, in the Land of dark native myths and tantalizing legends – Kasaragod. The geographical memory of Khasak is transplanted to the landscape of Kasaragod. The tree of life, Revered Time, Slits of spreading self and sins and mythicized nature of Khasak takes a re-birth to burn down into the body ofspectator. The performance fuses native religious rituals and native art forms in separately. The three months of theatre camp for the regional artists were a refreshing wind to the cultural present of Kerala, which proved that the rural art gatherings were not extinct in the cultural space. From the last remaining sapling spread a green hope which rushed the village into a spring of artistic thought. There were muted tunes, silenced slogans and an unbroken harmony which united the whole village onto the theatre. Portraying, or interpreting Khasak into its multidimensional plurality was a challenge to any medium, to which this theatrical interpretation stands as an exemption. The characters of Khasak Allapicha Mollakka, Maimuna, Appukili, Naizam Ali, Kuttandan Pushari and Ravi meet the spectators in the aesthetically subverted, politically deconstructed, surreal space.[4][5][6]

Directorial works along with its design
YearTitleCredit
2018Dark ThingsScenographer and co-director with Dr. Anuradha Kapur
2018Nationalism ProjectDirector, Scenographer
2015The Legends of KhasakDirector, Scenographer[7]
2015The Cabinet of Dr CaligariDirector, Scenographer[8]
2014It’s Cold in HereDirector, Scenographer[9]
2014Project NostalgiaDirector, Scenographer[10]
2013 The Little PrinceDirector, Scenographer
2011 Ubu RoiDirector, Scenographer & Dramaturge[11]
2010 Peer Gynt DirectorScenographer, Dramaturge[12]
2009 Spinal CordDirector, Scenographer & Dramaturge[13]
2004 The circle of the seasonsDirector, Scenographer
2004 Dream of DeathDirector, Scenographer
2002 KamalaDirector, Scenographer[14]
1998 Lord of the FliesDirector, Dramaturge
Ubu Roi-National School of Drama Delhi(2012)
Peer Gynt-Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala(2010)
Spinal Cord-Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company(2009)

Scenography works
YearTitleDirectorProducer
2018The Girl in the DrainDr. Anuradha KapurNational School of Drama Delhi
2017Naked VoicesNeelam Mansingh ChowdhryNational School of Drama Delhi
2016TalatumAbhilash PillaiSerendipity Art Trust Delhi
2016Bitter FruitNeelam Mansingh ChowdhryNational School of Drama Delhi[15]
2012VirasatDr. Anuradha KapurNational School of Drama Delhi.[16]
2008The Little IndiaEmily GreyTrestle Theatre, UK
2006Palm Grove TalesAbhilash PillaiSchool of Drama Thrissur
2003SiddarthaJyothish MGAbhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
2002BhagvadujjukeeyamJyothish MGAbhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
2001VerdigrisAbhilash PillaiAbhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
2000Thatri Realizing SelfJ ShailajaKriya Collective Thiruvananthapuram

Major Theatre Festivals participated
  • 2019 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala Kerala, Dark Things
  • 2018 – Wuzhen International Theatre Festival Shanghai, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
  • 2018 – YULICA International theatre festival Krakow, Nationalism Project.
  • 2017 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 9th Edition, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
  • 2016 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 8th Edition, The Legends of Khasak
  • 2016 – Bharat Rang Mahotsav Delhi, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
  • 2013 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 7th Edition, Virasat
  • 2012 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama Delhi, Peer Gynt
  • 2011 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 5th Edition, Peer Gynt
  • 2011 – National theatre Festival of Kerala, Peer Gynt
  • 2010 – Ibsen Festival New Delhi, Peer Gynt
  • 2010 – Mahindra Excellence in theatre Awards New Delhi, Spinal Cord
  • 2010 – Rangayana National Theatre Festival Bangalore, Spinal Cord
  • 2009 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama Delhi, Spinal Cord
  • 2009 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala, Spinal Cord
  • 2009 – National Theatre Festival Thiruvananthapuram Kerala, Spinal Cord
  • 2007 – Avignon Theatre Festival France, Siddhartha
  • 2006 – Prithvi Theatre Festival Mumbai, Bagavdajjukam
  • 2006 – South Asian Theatre Festival New Delhi, Siddhartha
  • 2004 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama New Delhi, Siddhartha
  • 2003 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama Delhi, Bagavadajjukam
  • 2001 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama New Delhi, Verdigris
  • 2000 – Festival De Alameda Lisbon Portugal, Verdigris
  • 2000 – Asian Woman Theatre Festival New Delhi, Thathri Realising Self

Awards
  • 2010 – Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards[17]
  • 2012 – Kerala Sangeet Nataka Akademi Award[18]

References
  1. Punjani, Deepa. "Mrs". Critical Stages (June 2013: Issue 8).
  2. Menon, Anasuya (14 March 2012). "Wallace Route to Education". Hindu Group. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. Ganesh, Deepa (18 April 2014). "For Visual Language". Frontline. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/it-takes-a-village-2756713
  5. https://malayalam.samayam.com/lifestyle/travel/khasakkinte-ithihasam-staged-at-kochi/articleshow/58329244.cms
  6. https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/interviews/2017/05/08/interview-with-deepan-sivaraman.html
  7. Lal, Amrith (17 April 2016). "It Takes a Village". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. Nath, Dipanitha (8 February 2015). "Mrs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  9. Nath, Dipanita (7 August 2014). "A play on sexual violence will take you into a discomfort zone". The Indian Express. The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  10. "Project Nostalgia - a theatre performance". youtube.com. AUD Institutional Memory Project. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  11. Nath, Dipanitha (8 May 2012). "National Award,Inshallah Football,Ashvin Kumar,Film on Social CauseSkeletons in the King's Cupboard". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  12. Nair, Shilpa (27 November 2010). "Deep into Theatre". Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  13. "A study in scenography". Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  14. Sadanandan, Smitha (17 June 2002). "Woman redifined". Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  15. Utpal K, Banarjee (18 May 2015). "Method to Madness". The Pioneer. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  16. Utpal K, Banarjee (28 May 2013). "Epic of the ordinary". The Pioneer. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  17. Ramunath, Renu (20 June 2010). "A study in scenography". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  18. "Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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