The Theatre of Veenapani Chawla

Shanta Gokhale

Oxford University Press

352 pages, RS. 895

One of the pioneers of experimental theatre in contemporary India, Veenapani Chawla created a unique performance methodology. A self-taught artist, she evolved a new language of theatrical practice that fused traditional and modern aspects of life and theatre. This volume traces Chawla’s journey from her school days to the founding of the pioneering Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts and Research in Puducherry. It brings together a wide range of writings—essays, reviews, interviews and performance texts, as well as reflections by the artist herself.