Deepan Sivaraman is an Indian

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and

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. He is the founder of Oxygen Theatre Company based in Delhi. He is from

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

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. Sivaraman received Charles Wallace India Trust Award in 2003, ''

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of Kerala, set up by the Department of Cultu ...

'' and
Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards
' in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Deepan served as the Artistic Director for th
International Theatre Festival of Kerala
ITFOK) for 2014 edition which had a curatorial focus on transition, gender and spectatorship. Deepan Sivaraman currently is an

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of performance studies at School of Culture and Creative Expressions at th
Ambedkar University in Delhi

''The Legend of Khasak''
Khasakkinte Itihasam ''Khasakkinte Itihasam'' (, generally referred to as ''Khasak'' in Malayalam literary circles) is the Malayalam debut novel by Indian writer O. V. Vijayan (1930–2005). It was first serialised in 1968 and published as a single edition in 1969. ...
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Deepan involved with KM Kunjambu Smaraka Kalasamaithi.(KMK) Trikaripur for the project of ''The Legends of Khasak''

Khasakkinte Itihasam ''Khasakkinte Itihasam'' (, generally referred to as ''Khasak'' in Malayalam literary circles) is the Malayalam debut novel by Indian writer O. V. Vijayan (1930–2005). It was first serialised in 1968 and published as a single edition in 1969. ...

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 Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan (2 July 1930 – 30 March 2005), commonly known as O. V. Vijayan, was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam language literature. Best known for his first novel '' Khasakk ...

, ''The Legends of Khasak''

is revived onto the stage, in the Land of dark native myths and tantalizing legends –

Kasaragod Kasaragod () is a municipal town and the administrative headquarters of the Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kera ...

. 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.

Directorial works along with its design

Scenography works

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

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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 –

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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'' *2012 – ''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sivaraman, Deepan Indian theatre directors Living people Theatre practitioners Indian drama teachers Year of birth missing (living people) Pondicherry University alumni Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award