Parnab Mukherjee is one of the leading alternative theatre directors in the country. An independent media analyst by profession, amongst his five published works there are two volumes of poetry-as-a-theatre-performance, namely, Confessions of Ruttie Jinnah and other works and Un-communist Manifesto and other Despatches (both published by Sampark) and These Trafficked Texts (a long poetry-in-theatre performance on the issue of human trafficking as advocacy training material for workshops by Unifem and Unodc). One of the leading exponents of third theatre, Parnab has created a personal idiom of using spaces for theatre exploration. He has extensively worked on a range of Human Rights issues which include specific theatre projects on anti-uranium struggles in Jadugoda and Turamdihi, Save Tenzin campaign, rehabilitation after Bhopal Gas tragedy, shelter issue of the de-notified tribes, a widely acclaimed cycle of seven plays against Gujarat Genocide, and a range of issues on North-East with special reference to Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
Four of his most major workshop modules – Freedom Speak, The Otherness of the Body, City as a Text and The Conflicting Body has been conducted with theatre groups’ and campuses all over the country
He has written four books on theatre.
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