Rahul Varma
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Rahul Varma is a Canadian playwright.
He attended college at the University of Lucknow
, and moved to Canada in 1976. He co-founded Teesri Duniya Theatre in 1981, and became its Artistic Director in 1986. He began Teesri Duniya's quarterly magazine, alt.theatre, in 1998. He lives in Montreal
with his wife, Dipti, and his daughter, Aliya, who was in the original chorus of his play Bhopal. His most famous plays are Counter Offence and Bhopal, both of which have been translated into French and other languages.
Nearly all of his plays are based on actual events, and all of them have racism, justice, and inequality at their core. He began his theatre, Teesri Duniya Theatre (which means Third World in Hindi), so that South Asians living in Canada would have a voice in theatre.
He attended college at the University of Lucknow
University of Lucknow
The University of Lucknow is a university in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is affiliated to University Grants Commission; Association of Commonwealth Universities ; Association of Indian Universities ; Distance Education Council...
, and moved to Canada in 1976. He co-founded Teesri Duniya Theatre in 1981, and became its Artistic Director in 1986. He began Teesri Duniya's quarterly magazine, alt.theatre, in 1998. He lives in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
with his wife, Dipti, and his daughter, Aliya, who was in the original chorus of his play Bhopal. His most famous plays are Counter Offence and Bhopal, both of which have been translated into French and other languages.
Nearly all of his plays are based on actual events, and all of them have racism, justice, and inequality at their core. He began his theatre, Teesri Duniya Theatre (which means Third World in Hindi), so that South Asians living in Canada would have a voice in theatre.
Plays
- Bhanumati ka Pitara (1983)
- Ghar Ghar ki Kahani (1984)
- Job Stealer (1987)
- Immigration Game (1988)
- Isolated Incident (1988)
- Equal Wages (1989)
- Land Where the Trees Talk (1989)
- No Man's Land (1992)
- Trading Injuries (????)
- For You Jafroon (1995)
- Counter Offence (1997)
- BhopalBhopal (play)Bhopal is a play by Canadian playwright Rahul Varma about the Bhopal disaster.-Production History:It premiered in 2001 produced by Teesri Duniya and directed by Jack Langedijk...
(2001) - Truth and Treason (2009)
- Unusual Battleground (2010)