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Artist

Sankar Venkateswaran | Studio Residency 2011

Switzerland | Theatre

7 January - 31 March 2011 — Theatre

Residency Location: Zürich
Partner Organisation: Rote Fabrik Zürich

Born 1979. Theatre and festival director. He studied at the Calicut University School of Drama & Fine Arts and graduated as theatre director from the Intercultural Theatre Institute ITI in Singapore. In 2007, he founded the theatre collective Roots & Wings in Kerala, with which he has realised several productions, lately «When We Dead Awaken» based on Henrik Ibsen’s work.

He has worked for various intercultural projects in Europe and Asia and regularly holds workshops. He was the winner of the 2013 International Ibsen Scholarship. Since last year, he has been the artistic director of the International Theatre Festival of Kerala and is currently establishing a theatre center in Kerala.

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