Majumdar, Abhishek

Abhishek Majumdar is a Delhi-born playwright, theatre director, teacher and actor based out of Bangalore. His plays have won the Hindu Metro Plus Playwright's award and the Toto Funds the Arts award and have been produced internationally. He was part of the International Playwright's residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, 2011 with his play The Djinns of Eidgah . Rizwaan , his play in English and Urdu was part of the selection for the first festival of contemporary Indian theatre in...See more

Abhishek Majumdar is a Delhi-born playwright, theatre director, teacher and actor based out of Bangalore. His plays have won the Hindu Metro Plus Playwright's award and the Toto Funds the Arts award and have been produced internationally. He was part of the International Playwright's residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, 2011 with his play The Djinns of Eidgah . Rizwaan , his play in English and Urdu was part of the selection for the first festival of contemporary Indian theatre in Paris. His plays have notoriously caused controversy - The Djinns of Eidgah being halted by authorities in Jaipur and his play Pah-La temporarily halted by the Royal Court Theatre in London. Currently, he is the artistic director of the IndianEnsemble Bangalore and also works with the HeadStart Children's Repertory. He is a member of the Young Vic Directors' Network, London, and the Lincoln Center Director's Lab, New York, 2012. One of his works a director, Gasha (Hindi/Urdu/ Kashmiri), won the Best Play award at the META awards in New Delhi 2013. He teaches on the Playwriting course at NYU Abu Dhabi. See less