AJITHLAL SIVALAL 

Theatre maker and performance artist 

Kallummoottil House 
SVM PO Karunagappally 
Kollam, Kerala 690572 
ajithsivalal@gmail.com 
Skype ID : live:ajithsivalal 
+919645408841  
 
 
PLAYS ACTED 
● Avathar b ​ y Nireksha women's theatre Trivandrum played as an internet troll  
● Nagamandala w ​ ritten by Girish Karnad, played Naga and Appanna Produced 
by Kathasiyah directed by Sunayana Premchand 
● Three Penny Opera​ of Brecht played Macheath directed by Manuel Loyola 
of ​Teatro del oràclo Chile​ in collaboration with School of Drama Thrissur  
● Data Print i​ ntercultural​ immersive multimedia interactive performance 
produced by Kaimera Productions California  
● Stand on the street​ produced by V ​ isual Respiration​ Bangalore is a devised 
immersive theatre p ​ erformance directed by Aruna Ganesh Ram played three 
different street food vendors, 31 shows at serendipity arts festival Goa 
● ​Marana Match / Deathmatch​ produced by C ​ ULT Thrissur​ played Hitler and 
Vivek directed by Sarath Revathy . 30 shows and running .. including one at 
International theatre festival of Kerala​ (ITFOK) 
● Malegalalli Madumagalu​ (9-hour play) produced by ​NSD Bangalore centre 
and Karnataka culture and public relation​ directed by C Basavalingaiah 
played Pathiri Jevarathnayya 
● Attempts on her life​ of Martin Crimp played Annie directed by Vinod v 
Narayanan  
● Theeyoor Reghakal ​played Sunil produced by N ​ adakappura Cherpu 
directed by Naripatta Raju showed in​ ITFOK  
● Transformation​ by School of drama Thrissur directed by Vinod v Narayanan. 
12 shows including​ ITFOK and National street theatre festival  
● Misty Mountains of Mahabharata​ directed by Sreejith Ramanan played 
Kaurava and Tribe 4shows including one at ITFOK 
● Act without words one​ of Samuel Beckett directed by S. Sunil played man in 
the desert 
● Sir​i directed by Padmasree B Jayashree played Paddana 
● Cabinet of doctor Caligari​ directed by Deepan Sivaraman for B ​ lue ocean 
Bangalore 
 ● Cafe firdose​ devised with Arko for Jyothirgamaya performance collective  
● Chakravyuha ​( Yakshagana) a classical Yakshagana style retelling of the 
famous mythical tail by guru Sanjiv Suvarna 
● ​Abhimanyu Sundari Kalyana​( Therukoothu ) directed by Sambantham  
● ​Mrichchakatika ​ a classical style play by  

DIRECTION, DRAMATURGY AND STAGE MANAGER 

● Jasmine walk d ​ irected and performed in ​Gender Bender 2018​ an 
interactive public space intervention examining social perceptions on 
gender 
● Threepenny opera​ of Brecht done ​dramaturgy, translation f​ rom 
English to Malayalam and major ​translation of the process​ directed 
by Manuel Loyola of ​Teatro del oràclo Chile​ in collaboration with the 
School of Drama Thrissur 
● Bhima c ​ ollaborated for the script and written songs for the play which 
was nominated for the best original script for​ META ​and managed 
production and played light for one show  
● Mula /Breast ​directed for Government VHSS Trivandrum the play was 
discussing body shaming. Developed from the real-life experiences of 
participated teenage girls.  
● Padi / Study a ​ children's theatre performance directed for SNUPS 
karunagappally 
● Transformation​ worked as stage manager 
● Death Match ​stage manager and team coordinator play has been 
travelled across Kerala doing more than 30 shows and continuing  
 

PERFORMANCE ART AND STREET THEATRE 

● Neutral body​ as part of the Bangalore International queer film festival 2016 
at Max Mueller Bhavan  
● Water bottle and the paper boat​ performed as part of ​Sambhrama 
Bangalore in Venkatappa art gallery 
● Dragging the speeding​ at MG road Bangalore in Open MG road day 
● I am Goury ​in Thrissur  
● Had done more than​ 30​ Street performances as part of National service 
scheme, Dynamic Action and s ​ elf-motivated performance on social 
inequalities  
FILM 
● Crossing​ directed by Aswin de Bos played the lead role, duration 8 
minutes 2018  
● Nishiddho​ directed by Thara, work in progress. 
 
 

EDUCATION AND WORKSHOP  

● One year Intensive course in Acting from National school of drama Bangalore 
centre in 2015 
● Master of theatre arts from Calicut University school of drama Thrissur 
● Exchange and flow writing workshop by Kochi Muziris Biennale in 
collaboration with Leonardo and University of Plymouth   
● Introduced to folk, ritualistic and classical theatre forms of India like 
koodiyattam, Kalari, Theyyam, Yakshagana, Therukoothu, Dodatta ect from 
eminent gurus  
● Got trained in Immersive, physical, mask, contact improvisation theatre 
practices from eminent theatre personalities  
● Bachelor of Science Zoology from MG University  

RECOGNITION  
● Diamond Jubilee young artist fellowship from Government of Kerala Ministry 
of culture 
● Grantee Gender Bender 2018 organised by Sandbox collective and Goethe 
Institute Bangalore Directed 'Jasmine Walk’ 
● Nominated for the best original script for M
​ ETA​ awards for the play Bhima  
● Assisted theatre workshop in I​ nternational theatre festival of Colombo Sri 
Lanka ​with Vivek Vijayakumar 
● Performed in the ​International theatre festival of Kerala​ 4 times 
● Performed in National street theatre festival conducted by Sangeetha 
Nadaka Academy, Mrinalini Sarabhai choreography festival, serendipity art 
festival etc  

 
 

REFERENCE  
● Kathasiyah 
k
​ athasiyah@gmail.com  
+919833049857 
● Our Theatre  
o
​ urtheatrecompany@gmai.com  
+919900133287