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{{Use Indian English|date= February 2019}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Deepan Sivaraman <br> ദീപൻ ശിവരാമൻ
| image = Deepan Sivaraman.jpg
| caption = Deepan Sivaraman in 2012
| birth_name = Deepan Sivaraman
| native_name_lang = ml
| birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]]
| alma_mater = [[Central Saint Martins]], [[Wimbledon College of Arts]]
| occupation = [[Theatre director]], [[scenographer]] and [[academic]]
| website = [http://www.oxygentheatre.in/ Oxygen Theatre Company]
}}

'''Deepan Sivaraman''' is an Indian [[theatre director]], [[scenographer]] and [[academic]].<ref name="Interview with Deepan Sivaraman"/> He is the founder of [http://www.oxygentheatre.in/ Oxygen Theatre Company] based in Delhi. He is from [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]].
Sivaraman received Charles Wallace India Trust Award in 2003,<ref name="Charles Wallace India Trust Awards">{{cite news|last1=Menon|first1=Anasuya|title=Wallace Route to Education|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/wallace-route-to-education/article2994764.ece|accessdate=7 September 2014|publisher=Hindu Group|date=14 March 2012}}</ref> ''[[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] Award'' and ''[http://www.metawards.com/ Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards]'' in 2011 and 2010, respectively.<ref name="Interview with Deepan Sivaraman">{{cite journal|last=Punjani|first=Deepa|title=Mrs|journal=Critical Stages|issue=June 2013: Issue 8|url=http://archive.criticalstages.org/criticalstages8/entry/ldquoThe-Future-of-Indian-Theatre-Will-Be-Based-on-Our-Ability-to-Intermingle-With-Other-Art-Disciplinesrdquo-mdash-Interview-with-Deepan-Sivaraman-Indian-Theatre-Director-and-Scenographer?category=3#sthash.nT9AB4lQ.dpbs}}</ref> Deepan served as the Artistic Director for the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072026/http://theatrefestivalkerala.com/itfok.php International Theatre Festival of Kerala](ITFOK) for 2014 edition which had a curatorial focus on transition, gender and spectatorship.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ganesh|first1=Deepa|title=For Visual Language|journal=Frontline|date=18 April 2014|url=http://www.frontline.in/arts-and-culture/for-visual-language/article5848123.ece#|accessdate=16 August 2014}}</ref> Deepan Sivaraman currently is an [[Associate Professor]] of [[Performance Studies]] at School of Culture and Creative Expressions at the [http://aud.ac.in/ Ambedkar University in Delhi].

==''The Legend of Khasak'' [[Khasakkinte Itihasam]] – The Play a Milestone==
Deepan involved with KM Kunjambu Smaraka Kalasamaithi.(KMK) Trikaripur for the project of ''The Legends of Khasak'' [[Khasakkinte Itihasam]] with the local village actors, it was a unique theatre project that has no similarities in the recent Indian theatre history in the terms of its production of working with village actors and the way in which the entire village got part of it. The trans – chronic post-modern novel of [[O. V. Vijayan]], ''The Legends of Khasak'' [[Khasakkinte Itihasam]] is revived onto the stage, in the Land of dark native myths and tantalizing legends – [[Kasaragod]]. The geographical memory of Khasak is transplanted to the landscape of Kasaragod. The tree of life, Revered Time, Slits of spreading self and sins and mythicized nature of Khasak takes a re-birth to burn down into the body ofspectator. The performance fuses native religious rituals and native art forms in separately. The three months of theatre camp for the regional artists were a refreshing wind to the cultural present of Kerala, which proved that the rural art gatherings were not extinct in the cultural space. From the last remaining sapling spread a green hope which rushed the village into a spring of artistic thought. There were muted tunes, silenced slogans and an unbroken harmony which united the whole village onto the theatre. Portraying, or interpreting Khasak into its multidimensional plurality was a challenge to any medium, to which this theatrical interpretation stands as an exemption. The characters of Khasak Allapicha Mollakka, Maimuna, Appukili, Naizam Ali, Kuttandan Pushari and Ravi meet the spectators in the aesthetically subverted, politically deconstructed, surreal space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/it-takes-a-village-2756713|title = It Takes a Village|date = 17 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/lifestyle/travel/khasakkinte-ithihasam-staged-at-kochi/articleshow/58329244.cms|title = ഖസാക്കിലെ ആത്മാക്കളുടെ സമാന്തര ജീവിതങ്ങള്‍}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/interviews/2017/05/08/interview-with-deepan-sivaraman.html|title = ദീപൻ കണ്ട ഖസാക്ക്}}</ref>

== Directorial works along with its design ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Year !! Title !! Credit
|-
| 2018||''Dark Things'' || Scenographer and co-director with Dr. Anuradha Kapur
|-
| 2018|| ''Nationalism Project'' || Director, Scenographer
|-
| 2015|| ''The Legends of Khasak'' || Director, Scenographer<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lal|first1=Amrith|title=It Takes a Village|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/it-takes-a-village-2756713/|accessdate=22 July 2016|work=The Indian Express|date=17 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2015|| ''The Cabinet of Dr Caligari'' || Director, Scenographer<ref name="Master of Dark Arts">{{cite news|last1=Nath|first1=Dipanitha|title=Mrs|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/master-of-the-dark-arts/|accessdate=30 June 2015|work=The Indian Express|date=8 February 2015|ref=Master of Dark Arts}}</ref>
|-
| 2014|| ''It’s Cold in Here'' || Director, Scenographer<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nath|first1=Dipanita|title=A play on sexual violence will take you into a discomfort zone|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/i-want-you-to-feel-the-pain-of-the-performance/|accessdate=10 August 2014|agency=The Indian Express|work=The Indian Express|date=7 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2014|| ''Project Nostalgia'' || Director, Scenographer<ref>{{cite web|title=Project Nostalgia - a theatre performance|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfncRlwPYVE|date=22 April 2014|website=[[youtube.com]]|publisher=AUD Institutional Memory Project|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2013|| '' The Little Prince'' || Director, Scenographer
|-
| 2011|| '' Ubu Roi'' || Director, Scenographer & Dramaturge<ref name="Skeletons in The Kings Cupboard">{{cite news|last1=Nath|first1=Dipanitha|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/national-award-inshallah-football-ashvin-kumar-film-on-social-causeskeletons-in-the-kings-cupboard/|title=National Award,Inshallah Football,Ashvin Kumar,Film on Social CauseSkeletons in the King's Cupboard|accessdate=30 June 2015|work=The Indian Express|date=8 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2010|| '' Peer Gynt Director'' || Scenographer, Dramaturge<ref name="Deep into theatre">{{cite news|last1=Nair|first1=Shilpa|title=Deep into Theatre|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/deep-into-theatre/article916164.ece|accessdate=8 June 2014|date=2010-11-27}}</ref>
|-
| 2009|| '' Spinal Cord'' || Director, Scenographer & Dramaturge<ref>{{cite web|title=A study in scenography|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article441053.ece?service=print|accessdate=15 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2004|| '' The circle of the seasons'' || Director, Scenographer
|-
| 2004|| '' Dream of Death'' || Director, Scenographer
|-
| 2002|| '' Kamala'' || Director, Scenographer<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sadanandan|first1=Smitha|title=Woman redifined|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/17/stories/2002061701420200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031107000014/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/17/stories/2002061701420200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-11-07|accessdate=8 June 2014|date=2002-06-17|work=[[The Hindu]]|ref=Kamala}}</ref>
|-
| 1998|| '' Lord of the Flies'' || Director, Dramaturge
|-
|}
[[File:Ubu Roi-2012 Scenography& Direction Deepan Sivaraman. Produced by National School of Drama Delhi.JPG|thumb|right|Ubu Roi-National School of Drama Delhi(2012)]] [[File:Peer Gynt-2010 Scenography& Direction Deepan Sivaraman. Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala.jpg|thumb|right|Peer Gynt-Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala(2010)]] [[File:Spinal Cord - 2009 Scenography& Direction Deepan Sivaraman. Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company Kerala.jpg|thumb|right|Spinal Cord-Produced by Oxygen Theatre Company(2009)]]

== Scenography works==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Year !! Title !! Director!! Producer
|-
| 2018|| ''The Girl in the Drain'' || Dr. Anuradha Kapur || National School of Drama Delhi
|-
| 2017|| ''Naked Voices''|| Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry || National School of Drama Delhi
|-
| 2016|| ''Talatum'' || [[Abhilash Pillai]] || Serendipity Art Trust Delhi
|-
| 2016|| ''Bitter Fruit'' || Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry || National School of Drama Delhi<ref>{{cite news|last1=Utpal K|first1=Banarjee|title=Method to Madness|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/vivacity/method-to-madness.html|accessdate=22 July 2015|publisher=The Pioneer|date=2015-05-18|ref=Bitter Fruit}}</ref>
|-
| 2012|| ''Virasat'' || Dr. Anuradha Kapur || National School of Drama Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Utpal K|first1=Banarjee|title=Epic of the ordinary|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/vivacity/epic-of-the-ordinary.html|accessdate=8 June 2014|publisher=The Pioneer|date=2013-05-28|ref=Virasat}}</ref>
|-
| 2008|| ''The Little India'' || Emily Grey || Trestle Theatre, UK
|-
| 2006|| ''Palm Grove Tales'' || [[Abhilash Pillai]] || School of Drama Thrissur
|-
| 2003|| ''Siddartha'' || Jyothish MG|| Abhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
|-
| 2002|| ''Bhagvadujjukeeyam'' || Jyothish MG|| Abhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
|-
| 2001|| ''Verdigris'' ||[[Abhilash Pillai]] || Abhinaya Theatre Centre Thiruvananthapuram
|-
| 2000|| ''Thatri Realizing Self'' || J Shailaja || Kriya Collective Thiruvananthapuram
|-
|}

== Major Theatre Festivals participated==

* 2019 – [[International Theatre Festival of Kerala]] Kerala, Dark Things
* 2018 – Wuzhen International Theatre Festival Shanghai, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
* 2018 – YULICA International theatre festival Krakow, Nationalism Project.
* 2017 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 9th Edition, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
* 2016 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 8th Edition, The Legends of Khasak
* 2016 – Bharat Rang Mahotsav Delhi, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
* 2013 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 7th Edition, Virasat
* 2012 – International Theatre Festival [[National School of Drama]] Delhi, Peer Gynt
* 2011 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala 5th Edition, Peer Gynt
* 2011 – National theatre Festival of Kerala, Peer Gynt
* 2010 – Ibsen Festival New Delhi, Peer Gynt
* 2010 – Mahindra Excellence in theatre Awards New Delhi, Spinal Cord
* 2010 – Rangayana National Theatre Festival Bangalore, Spinal Cord
* 2009 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama Delhi, Spinal Cord
* 2009 – International Theatre Festival of Kerala, Spinal Cord
* 2009 – National Theatre Festival Thiruvananthapuram Kerala, Spinal Cord
* 2007 – Avignon Theatre Festival France, Siddhartha
* 2006 – [[Prithvi Theatre]] Festival Mumbai, Bagavdajjukam
* 2006 – South Asian Theatre Festival New Delhi, Siddhartha
* 2004 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama New Delhi, Siddhartha
* 2003 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama Delhi, Bagavadajjukam
* 2001 – International Theatre Festival National School of Drama New Delhi, Verdigris
* 2000 – Festival De Alameda Lisbon Portugal, Verdigris
* 2000 – Asian Woman Theatre Festival New Delhi, Thathri Realising Self

== Awards ==
*2010 – ''Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards''<ref name="A study in scenography">{{cite news|last1=Ramunath|first1=Renu|title=A study in scenography|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article441053.ece?service=print|accessdate=8 June 2014|work=The Indian Express|date=2010-06-20}}</ref>
*2012 – ''Kerala Sangeet Nataka Akademi Award''<ref>{{cite news| title=Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards announced|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sangeetha-nataka-akademi-awards-announced/article2791885.ece|accessdate=8 June 2014|work=The Hindu|date=11 January 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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