Rahul Varma

Festival Participant

Rahul Varma is a playwright, activist, co-founder and artistic director of the Teesri Duniya Theatre, and member of the editorial board of alt.theatre Canada’s only theatre quarterly dedicated to cultural diversity and the stage. He writes both in Hindi and English, which is the language of his adulthood. Some of his recent plays are No Man’s Land, Trading Injuries (radio play), Counter Offence, Bhopal and its Hindi version Zahreeli Hawa. He is recipient of the Juror’s award for his plays from the Quebec Drama Federation, and Montreal English Critics Circle Award (MECCA) for promoting intercultural theatre. His works have been translated into French, Italian and Hindi. He is honoured to have the opportunity to work with India’s pre-eminent director Habib Tanvir and dedicates Truth and Treason to Habib Tanvir by naming the key character after him.