Welcome to d.r.i.f.t
The seeds of d.r.i.f.t were sown in early 2011 when Niranjani Iyer, the artistic director of The Pocket Company gave her first theatre workshop to the children of the Tibetan Childrens Village school. The project took off properly after our first annual theatre festival in 2017. The desire to work towards facilitating access to communities who haven’t had access to theatre and creating a sustainable community theatre project outside urban areas is what drives this project.
Thanks to the many individuals who “drifted” in to join us, we are now a motely community of wildly diverse people, ranging from experienced theatre practitioners to enthusiastic amateurs. We work together through the year, to create and organise performances, free school workshops, workshops for adults and children, a theatre festival as well as regularly performing thematic public readings and play readings in Mcleodganj and Dharamshala.
Our initiative is built around the ideas of resistance, resilience and community. It is our firm belief that, through the act of working together towards a collective vision, theatre is intrinsically conducive to building solidarity between different people.
our community
Abhay Uttam
performer
Abhishek Madhukar
The Ballu Homestay, Dari | journalist
Aditi Mishra
actor I
Aditya Mishra
designer I entrepreneur
Aditya Sondhi
lawyer
Aishwaryashree
designer
Ajay Krishnan
playwright I editor
Alia Sinha
Anand Satheendran
Anant Dayal
performer I musician I educator
Eastwind
Ananyaa Menon
designer
Angad Singh
Ankit Vaishnav
Ankita Anand
writer I journalist I poet
Annora Saraf
educator I student
Anuja Ghosalkar
performer I director
Apoorva Arthur
performer
Arnav
student I actor
Arvind Rane
actor I musician
Adishakti
Ashika
student I actor
Ashiqa Salvan
performer
Ashish Paliwal
actor I light designer
Ashish Sohal
entrepreneur
Ashwini Bhatia
Moonpeak Cafe, Mcleodganj I breadmaker | entrepreneur
Atisha Mathur
buddhist scholar I teacher
Babina Chabungbam
dancer I choreographer
Bhubon Adhikarimayum
performer
Boycha Yengkham
performer
Cafe illiterati
Jogiwara Road, Dharamshala
Cafe Indique
Sidhpur, Dharamshala
Chander Kumar
student I actor
Chaoba Thiyam
performer I musician
Chonyi Gyatso
performer
Dawa Sangmo
dancer I teacher
Dhruv Yadav
musician
Dolls4Tibet Studio
Dharamshala
Dorji Dolma
student I actor
Eekesh Thapa
actor I gymnast I student
Felizitas Fischer
writer I traveler I homemaker
Gita Jayaraj
research scholar
Gonpo Dhondhup
Gunjan Gupta
performer I patissier-in-training
Gurleen Arora
designer I performer I writer
Harjinder Singh
actor I teacher
Ishani Dasgupta
research scholar
Jakob Urban
traveler I storyteller
Joyahlindanie Motum
performer
Julian Urban
entreprenuer I gallerist
Cafe illiterati
Jyotsna Sara George
Karma Lhamo
Karma Lodoe
Karma Sichoe
Artist
Dolls4Tibet Studio
Kriti Pant
actor I pedagogue
Kumbho Devi
gaddi mahila panchayat
Kunsang
Lakshay Gumber
Lakshmi Swaminathan
architect I set designer
Laurent Bieche
educator I curriculum designer
Lhakpa Tsering
founder I manager, tibet theatre
Luv Sankhiyan
entreprenuer
Manuele Acconcia
entrepreneur | mudi bars I performer
Marilyn Miller
filmmaker
Mary Kurkalang
art and culture manager
Matthew Singh Toor
actor I editor
Meedu Miriyam
performer
Meenakshi Sharma
school director
Gamru Village School
Milind Brahme
professor
Mohit Tiwari
performer
Mudita Mathur
graphic designer I illustrator
Nabiha Tasnim
Naireet Basak
performer I light and sound designer
Nalin Chandra
entrepreneur
Blossoms Village Resort
Nandini Shukla
designer
Ngawang Kelsang
student I actor
Nicole Bieche
engineer
Nikando Huidram
performer
Nimmy Raphel
performer I director
Niranjani Iyer
director I performer
Nishna Mehta
actor I director
Nitika Thakur
creative writer
Padmini Menon
teacher I alexander technique
Pallavi
filmmaker I photographer I flaneuse
Parvathi Ramanathan
dancer I arts manager
Peter Beyes
consultant
Phuntsok Dolkar
school teacher
Lower TCV
Pooja Ravi
Poorva Gupta
designer
NIFT Kangra
Prabhu Shiv Singh
Prakram Gurung
marine engineer I production
Pramananda Nandthambam
light designer
Prasuk Jain
student
Pratham Jain
data specialist I theatre enthusiast
Pratibha Rai
actor I homemaker
Prerna Sridhar
singer I student
Priyesh Srivastava
Purnima Yengkokpam
performer I costume designer
Rajni Rajesh
singer I homeworker
Rijul Ray
performer
Rinzin Dolma
student I actor
Ritvik Takkar
graphic designer
Rohit Mehta
student
Rumani Takkar
performer I entrepreneur
Sangpo
student I actor
Sangye Choijor
student I actor
Sanjeev Kumar
actor I wanderer I farmer
Sanya Jain
school facilitator I entrepreneur I graphic designer
Shena Gamat
performer I director I writer
Sonia
student I actor
Stanzin Chostar
student I actor
Stenzin Choeying
student I actor
Subhadra Kamath
singer I actor I musician
Surjit Nongmeikapam
dancer I choreographer
Sushma Shetty
architect I space designer
Tapesh Sharma
performer I production manager
Tara Brahme
kalari practitioner I Student
Tara Sapru
filmmaker I writer
Toztli Abril de Dios
Tenzin Yonten
mixologist
Thangjam Jatishor
performer
Tenzin Chokey
activist I homemaker
Tenzin Dolkar
student I actor
Tenzin Gaphel
journalist I writer I musician
Tenzin Kalden
film maker
Tenzin Lekmon
photographer I journalist
Tenzin Lekyong
student I actor
Tenzin Ngawang
student I actor
Tenzin Nyima
student I actor
Tenzin Phentok
student I actor
Tenzin Rikten
entrepreneur
Cafe illiterati
Tenzin Tsundue
poet I activist
Tenzin Woeser
actor I casting manager I entrepreneur
Tenzin Woeser
student I actor
Tenzin Yonten
mixologist
Thangjam Jatishor
performer
Tunna's Book Cafe
Mohli Sidhpur
Unnikrishnan Edatthatta
entrepreneur I best breakfast maker
Urvi Vora
dancer I actor
Vaibhav
student I actor
Vandana Jain
entrepreneur I homemaker I excellent chef
Vandana Kapoor
actor
Vasundhra Mukundan
dancer I activist
Veppukaaran Prasad
editor I excellent chef
Victor Thoudam
performer I director
Vignesh Iyer
actor I musician
Vinaya
designer
Yashas Chandra
photographer I filmmaker
Lobsang Tashi
actor I dancer
