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| Born | 23 February 1958 |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore - Master of Arts (Philosophy) |
| Honours | Cultural Medallion |
Thirunalan Sasitharan (born 23 February 1958; also known as T. Sasitharan) is a Singaporean theatre educator and the co-founder and director of Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), formerly known as the Theatre Training & Research Programme (TTRP).
For more than 30 years, Sasitharan, has been actively involved as an actor, director and producer in the Singapore theatre scene.
From 1983 to 1989, he taught philosophy at the National University of Singapore.
He was the theatre and visual art critic with The Straits Times from 1988 to 1996, where he also served as the arts editor for the ‘Life!’ Section. He had 14 articles ranging from commentaries on Singapore culture and the arts to reviews of performances, exhibitions, talks and catalogue entries published both in Singapore and overseas. [1]
He then became the second Artistic Director of The Substation from April 1996 to August 2000 before he founded ITI with the late Kuo Pao Kun in 2000. ITI is now a private school under the Committee for Private Education.
In 2015, Sasitharan starred in the segment "The Flame" of omnibus film 7 Letters .
Sasitharan is married to Kavita Kumari Ratty, an associate director at a university research institute. The couple have 2 daughters.
In 2012, he was awarded the Cultural Medallion, the highest award for the arts in Singapore. [2]
In 2022, he received the Harvard Club of Singapore Fellow Award for his contributions to the development of arts and culture in Singapore. [3]
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