HAMLETS Live | Episode 4
HAMLETS LIVE is a series of six short online performances spread over six days, where different actors interpret Hamlet’s soliloquies. Each soliloquy responds to the times we live in, revealing a new side of the human psyche.
In Episode 4, Hamlet is frustrated and eager to take revenge. He has a plan in mind but needs validation to carry it out. Will you support him?
Devised and Performed by Satvik Mahajan
Language: Hindi
About the Actor
Actor, theatre-maker and dancer, Satvik Mahajan is a graduate of the prestigious Drama School Mumbai, where he trained in acting and theatre-making, in addition to holding a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Vellore Institute of Technology. As an actor, he has worked with prominent theatre companies, such as Bangalore Little Theatre and Still Space Theatre Company, and acted in various digital ads for brands like Toyota, Nescafe, Reliance Trends, Bounce Bikes, Verisign, Manipal University and Popeyes India. He was seen as a lead in the short film Truth or Trash directed by Praveen Whitefield, and two music videos - Tum Mere Ho and Zindagi Ke Safar Mein.
About the Director-Playwright
Chanakya Vyas is a playwright, director and teacher. His play Algorithms was selected as one of the plays to be translated in Czech, as part of the NAYA/NOVÉ festival. He has studied Devised Theatre and Performance from LISPA, UK on a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship (2014). He is also a recipient of the Project 560 grant by India Foundation for the Arts (2020), Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship (2018) and was recently commissioned to direct a play for the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival (2021). He currently teaches at Head Start Educational Academy and is also a visiting faculty at the Drama School, Mumbai.
About the Production Manager
A graduate from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Samyuktha Manogaran also holds an MBA in Financial Management from Christ University. More enamoured with backstage work than being on stage, Manogaran worked as a programme associate for Ranga Shankara, as a production manager for Sandbox Collective's Smarter Digital Realities, and Gender Bender 2021. She is currently freelancing as a content creator for the Bhoomija Trust.
Her brief accidental stint as a teacher led to her pursuing and completing her B.Ed degree, specialising in English and Business/Management Studies.
