Sreejith Ramanan

  • Theatre director
  • Actor
  • Theatre maker
  • Theatre actor trainer
  • Theatre researcher
  • Stage, sound & Light designer
Years active1997–presentTitleMaster of Philosophy in TheatreSpouseAnitha SreejithAwardsKerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademy Award for Best Actor, Government of India scholarship for young artist, G. Sankara Pillai award for 1st rank in school of drama

Sreejith Ramanan is an Indian contemporary theatre director, actor,[1] theatre maker, researcher[2] and theatre-trainer[3] who has been described by the media as "a versatile Indian contemporary theatre actor".[1] Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has also worked as a choreographer, stage designer, theatre technical director,[4][5] Sound and Lighting designer. He is best known for his collaborations with cross-cultural theatrical adventures with notable numerous artists, theatre directors, including Hiroshi Koike,[6] Dr Phillip B Zarrilli,[7] Uichiro Fueda,[8] Ram Gopal Bajaj, S.Ramanujam,[9] Abhilash Pillai, Leela Alaniz, Kok Heng Leun[10] and Terence Crawford

Education

Bachelor of Theatre Arts with 1st RANK (Acting) from School of Drama(2001), University of Calicut Kerala,[11] Master of Performing Arts (Theatre Arts) with 1st Class from the University of Hyderabad in 2003,[12] Master of Philosophy in Theatre from Mahatma Gandhi University-School of Letters, Kerala and he has successfully completed higher education at Intercultural theatre institute formerly known as TTRP, Theatre Training & Research Programme in Singapore.[13]

Theatre Productions

More than 80 productions in India, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia

Year Production Role Language Notes
2015 Mahabharata Pan-Asian[14] Actor/Collaborator Multi-lingual Performances in various cities in India and South-east Asia
2016 Misty Mountains of Mahabharatha Director/Conception Malayalam For the Calicut University School of Drama and Fine Arts, performed at the open air stage of School of Drama campus, Thrissur, Kerala, South India

Awards and honours

  • 2003: Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy award for Best Actor for Chayamukhi directed by Prasant Narayanan[15]
  • 2002-2004: Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Culture's Scholarship For Young Artist
  • 2001: G. Sankara Pillai Endowment Award for securing 1st Rank in School of Drama, Kerala[16]

Films

Yakusha Co. Ltd is a movie spanning cultural boundaries of Asia both in the range of collaborators and depiction of thematic. A Zero budget production, ‘Yakusha Co. Ltd’ uses tradition of South East Asia in its cultural narrative. In this production, actors from Japanese instrumental acting background and the modern camera eyes from the Singapore blended with the director Sreejith Ramanan and narrative from younger generation of Indian dramatic and literary heritage. The narrative forms a cultural landscape through the layers of performing arts and the ethos of artistic mindset. The film was premiered at the inaugural Asian Intercultural Conference[17] (2008) organized by Theatre training and research programme in collaboration with the National University of Singapore, Theatre studies programme in Singapore. It was selected to Swaralaya International film festival and Sreejith Ramanan has won the Award for Best Director, citation presented by the fifth Swaralaya International Film Festival, Kerala in 2008

See also

  • Dramaturgy

References

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  2. ^ "Cpracsis - Center for performance research and cultural studies in South Asia". www.cpracsis.org.
  3. ^ "Call for shift to actor-centric theatre". The Hindu. 28 December 2010 – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "International Theatre Festival of Kerala". theatrefestivalkerala.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015.
  5. ^ ""Kerala International Theatre Festival"". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Laurie Anderson, Hiroshi Koike & Hiroshi Sugimoto: Remembrance of Things Real & Imagined". www.japansociety.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Phillip Zarrilli". Phillip Zarrilli.
  8. ^ Carruthers, Ian; Takahashi, Yasunari (29 July 2004). The Theatre of Suzuki Tadashi. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-59024-2 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "S. Ramanujam". sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Kok Heng Leun | Parliament Of Singapore". www.parliament.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Dr.John Matthai Centre". www.jmctsr.org. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication". www.uohyd.ac.in. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
  13. ^ ""People at Emily Hill"". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  14. ^ "小池博史ブリッジプロジェクト「マハーバーラタ」公式サイト ｜ TOP". kikh.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016.
  15. ^ "Prasanth Narayanan - Home". www.prasanthnarayanan.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
  16. ^ "G. Sankara Pillai - Biography". www.keralasahityaakademi.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
  17. ^ "Asian Intercultural Conference 2008". iti.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015.
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  • "All the world is a stage for 'Natakam'". The Hindu. 30 July 2009 – via www.thehindu.com.
  • "15 plays vie for top honours". The Hindu. 26 June 2012 – via www.thehindu.com.
  • "Tribute to doyen of theatre". The Hindu. 17 July 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
  • "BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV, NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA THEATRE FESTIVAL". www.nasadiya.com.
  • "Sreejith Ramanan | Actor". IMDb.
  • "Zarrilli's Intercultural approach after Stanislavskian acting systems"
  • "Alumni of Intercultural Theatre Institute 2008"
  • "Estaphanos 1800 BC One act play"[permanent dead link]
  • "First Impression by Kenneth Kwok" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Divine Wind and Tears Lost in the Rain-o – Pas de Dieux".
  • "Take on Indian Epic". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015.
  • "2030世界漂流". Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project – Hiroshi Koike, who is a native of Japan,founded the 'Hiroshi KOIKE Bridge Project(HKBP)' in June 2012.We aim to create the 'Bridge' between the boundary of Culture,Time, and Countries as an Art project, which takes place in Japan and Asia. (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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