Anand has been part of the contemporary Tamil theatre group Koothu-p-pattrai for the last seven years, and began his foray into theatre with this group. He has acted in several plays and more recently, in Tamil and Malayalam films as well. He is currently working on his actor’s craft by training with established contemporary and traditional theatre groups.
 
 

Anupama is a social sciences researcher and trainer who works mainly on issues of public health and gender violence. In her spare time, she stalks dogs, thinks about food and dreams about sleep. She inevitably enjoys the process more than the product, whether it’s cooking, filmmaking or writing.
 
 

Aparna is addicted to performing. She loves to dance, lend her voice and be mad in all possible ways. She teaches Ballroom and Latin dance styles at her husband's dance school and can’t have enough of it all.
 
 
 
 

Balaji is an architect, passionate about short films and theatre. He’s always game for anything that is exciting, entertaining and experimental.
 
 
 
 
 

Iswar loves to sleep, watch films, and generally do as little as possible. He wishes he could play a music instrument, bake, and do more than three push-ups. He hates paneer and brown bread, either individually or together, and silently prays he stays clear from cynicism. He enjoys acting and playing with colours on stage. Oh and he wouldn’t mind some world peace too.
 

John finds various aspects of theatre fascinating and likes to dabble with set design, acting, lighting, sound and documentation. He sees theatre was an exploration of space through the human body.
 
 
 
 

Last year, Karuna realised that besides having a lot of fun on stage and having the joy of working with people with many different talents, theatre could also pay some of her bills! When she's not travelling in India, she's cooking up tall tales about something or the other to pay the rest of the bills.
 
 
 

Koushik, always known as UK, has a keen interest in anything creative and has dabbled in different forms of media and design over the years. He likes the idea of a collective, of having a group of diverse people with exciting ideas trying to find a creative niche.
 
 
 

Madhavi enjoys designing anything from a perfume bottle to a shoe but is currently obsessed with precious jewelry! She is also passionate about food, food and lots of food. She hopes to learn dance and continue baking for the longest time. Theatre as a medium has been quite fascinating for her, and she wishes to explore it more.
 
 

Nandini is a marketer by profession and an artist by interest. Detail defines her style of work. She believes that being part of a group of talented artists helps bring out the creative best in her.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Having trained in physical theatre, mask and clown at Ecole Jacques Lecoq and the Theatre du Soleil, Niranjani is currently giving workshops and learning music and dance. She lives, works and travels between three continents. She also hates having to write about herself.
 
 
 

Rajiv Krishnan stopped drinking milk at the age of 16, stopped breathing pure unadulterated air at the age of 20 and stopped racing with rats at the age of 30. He firmly believes its time he stopped talking about himself.
 
 
 
 

“Theatre is my passion and business is my action”, says Dayal. This artistic collective follows his philosophy of working in teams to achieve the best. “Follow your dreams, rest will follow you.”
 
 
 
 

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities”, says Vikas.
 
 
 
 

Anjana is a social science researcher and geek. She obsesses about social theory and has been in love with music and stories since she was a little girl. Chaos and drama are part of her life; Perch and music-ing with her band are her happy places..
 
 
 
 

Anushka started off studying mathematics, but eventually found her way into journalism and started a video production house, Filter Coffee Productions. Her work mostly involves documenting true stories, but she also loves to read, watch, and listen to stories of every kind.
 
 
 

Ashwin has been interested and involved in theatre since his college days. Now, as a practicing architect, he wants to engage in a meaningful dialogue with the arts.
 
 
 
 
 

Darshan is mad about films, tv and every other visual medium. Seeing everything as a story comes naturally to him. After trying his hand in various technical departments, he is now dabbling into film production. Obsessing over order, structure and screenplays are his everyday activities. Once again Darshan is mad.
 
 

Jagan started out in advertising but strayed into theatre. And he was hooked. He has since then made a mark for himself in television and films. And continues to do theatre. He likes putting kadalai, the effects of which will be felt in the next 50 years or so. If the world is still around then.
 
 
 

Kalpana loves theatre and spatial design and is especially excited by the heady mixture resulting from the combination! Whether a gigantic set or the smallest hand-held prop she feels it must emerge from a creative and collective design process.
 
 
 

Kaveri thrives on the challenge and the satisfaction of creating! She is an actor, and a clothing designer obsessed with textiles, ethnic embroideries, and beads. She is passionate about dance, the culinary arts, travel, meditation, old buildings and books.
 
 
 

Krithika is excited about being part of Perch. She would like to spend her time with people, having fun while also discovering things along with / about each other and the world.
 
 
 
 
 

Malavika loves stories. She is presently exploring comics and illustrations as a medium of storytelling. She has grown up under the influence of politically conscious Tamil theatre, and realises the importance of theatre not just as an art form, but as a medium to tell peoples’ stories beautifully.
 
 
 

Natesh is a painter who treats actors as objects that change with the mood of the text which triggers his/her gamesmanship. The moment of action decides his light design. His current obsession, "Paint is flesh" - Lucian Freud. He discovered today, “I need to paint everyday to reclaim silence”.
 
 

 

Paul fell in love with Theatre in school, continued doing theatre as an army officer, and left the army to go into theatre full time. Paul has since realised the potential of ‘theatre’ as a corporate training tool; he has conceived and developed the ‘Corporate Theatre’ methodology and works fulltime as a theatre-based facilitator for corporate groups.
 
 

Sridhar has varied interests in life including travel, adventure, nature, animals, sports, music, books, theatre, films and more! He is excited to participate in and enjoy all the artistic projects of this group of like-minded people.
 
 
 
 

Vedanth has been pursuing music as a fulltime career for the last eight years. He has formally learnt Carnatic classical music for over fifteen years from Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan and currently under the tutelege of Sri Ramamoorthy Rao for advanced Carnatic and Hindustani vocal training for the last six years. He is a qualified guitarist from the Trinity College of Music, London.