Deepan Sivaraman

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Deepan Sivaraman
ദീപൻ ശിവരാമൻ
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Deepan Sivaraman in 2012
Born
Deepan Sivaraman

Thrissur, Kerala
Alma mater Central Saint Martins, Wimbledon College of Arts
Occupation(s) Theatre director, scenographer and academic
Website Oxygen Theatre Company

Deepan Sivaraman is an Indian theatre director, scenographer and academic. [1] He is the founder of Oxygen Theatre Company Archived 18 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine 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.

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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 mythologized nature of Khasak takes a re-birth to burn down into the body of the spectator. 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) Ubu Roi-2012 Scenography& Direction Deepan Sivaraman. Produced by National School of Drama Delhi.JPG
Ubu Roi-National School of Drama Delhi(2012)
Peer Gynt-Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala(2010) Peer Gynt-2010 Scenography& Direction Deepan Sivaraman. Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala.jpg
Peer Gynt-Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala(2010)
Spinal Cord-Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company(2009) Spinal Cord - 2009 Scenography& Direction Deepan Sivaraman. Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala.jpg
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
2016Talatum Abhilash Pillai Serendipity 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 Tales Abhilash Pillai School of Drama Thrissur
2003SiddarthaJyothish MGAbhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
2002BhagvadujjukeeyamJyothish MGAbhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
2001Verdigris Abhilash Pillai Abhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
2000Thatri Realizing SelfJ ShailajaKriya Collective Thiruvananthapuram

Major Theatre Festivals participated

Awards

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