Rahul Varma
Group:
Community Partner
Biography:
Teesri Duniya Theatre
Born in India, Rahul is a playwright essayist, activist and artistic director of Teesri Duniya Theatre which he co-founded in 1981. In 1998, with Kapil Bawa, he co-founded the theatre quarterly alt.theatre: cultural diversity and the stage.
Under his directorship, Teesri Duniya Theatre has radically changed the theatrical landscape of Canada by giving voice to peoples, cultures, communities, languages, and audiences eclipsed by the dominant national theatres.
