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I, Josef

An immersive multimedia experience based on Franz Kafka's The Trial / Der Prozess.​​ 

 

Upcoming dates:

25-31 August, Hyderabad

Now available for touring across India and worldwide. Invite I, JOSEF to your arts venue, festival, school or university. Get in touch at contact@kaivalyaplays.org

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CALENDAR

What's Coming Up

Here's what is coming up at Kaivalya Plays. 

Current Performances and Initiatives
2025 Season

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PERFORMANCE
The Pillowman

Watch Martin McDonagh's dark comedy in a new revival by Kaivalya Plays. Premiering August 2024 in New Delhi.

Supported by Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi and presented in collaboration with Programmes Department, Indian Habitat Center.

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PERFORMANCE
Conspiracy Theory

An improvised comedy performance based on an authentically Indian conspiracy theory suggested by the audience.

Performed by Pop Kultur - Kaivalya Plays' newest improv ensemble!

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EXPERIENCE
I, Josef

Kafka's Der Prozess (The Trial) gets re-imagined as a first-person immersive multimedia experience. 

Presented in collaboration with the Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi.

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PERFORMANCE
Mining Hate

An interactive documentary theatre performance based on disinformation and press freedom in India.

Supported by MediaFutures and EU Horizon Programme.

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PERFORMANCE
Cold Tales

A collection of short stories by Cuban playwright Virgilio Pinera laid bare for scrutiny and intimacy.

Coming soon!

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PERFORMANCE
ABSURDO

A multilingual theatre performance exploring the absurdist works of Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Fernando Arrabal and Virgilio Piñera.

Presented in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi.

Upcoming performances, workshops and more

  • Komplett Kafka: Comic Poster Exhibition at Rangbhoomi
    Komplett Kafka: Comic Poster Exhibition at Rangbhoomi
    Aug 26, 2025, 11:00 AM – Aug 31, 2025, 9:00 PM
    Rangbhoomi Spaces, opp. Zonal Municipal Office, ALIND Employees Colony, Hyderabad, Serilingampalle (M), Telangana 500019, India
    Explore the world of Franz Kafka through the sharp wit and minimalist strokes of Austrian cartoonist Nicolas Mahler in Komplett Kafka. 
  • Komplett Kafka: Comic Poster Exhibition at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad
    Komplett Kafka: Comic Poster Exhibition at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad
    Aug 28, 2025, 11:00 AM – Sep 04, 2025, 9:00 PM
    Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, No. 20, Banjara Hills Rd Number 3, North H Block, Journalist Colony, VST Colony, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034, India
    Explore the world of Franz Kafka through the sharp wit and minimalist strokes of Austrian cartoonist Nicolas Mahler in Komplett Kafka. 
  • I, JOSEF at Rangbhoomi Spaces Hyderabad
    I, JOSEF at Rangbhoomi Spaces Hyderabad
    Aug 28, 2025, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Rangbhoomi Spaces, Hyderabad, opp. Zonal Municipal Office, ALIND Employees Colony, Hyderabad, Serilingampalle (M), Telangana 500133, India
    An immersive multimedia experience based on Franz Kafka's The Trial comes to Hydebera
  • The Golden Commode (SHOW I, 4 PM)
    The Golden Commode (SHOW I, 4 PM)
    Oct 11, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    New Delhi, Lok Kala Manch, 20, Lodhi Road, Behind Sai Baba Mandir, Gokalpuri, Institutional Area, Lodi Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110003, India
    Welcome to our Toilet Museum!!! Kaivalya Plays brings back "The Golden Commode" — returning to the stage, louder and bolder than before. Please register here for the 4 pm show.

RESEARCH PROJECT

The Practice of Safety in the Performing Arts

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An study into the aspects of physical, mental and legal safety and wellbeing for individual practitioners like actors, directors, facilitators and designers, among others, in their own practice or as part of a larger collective, in India.

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Collaborate with us


We work with India's leading corporates, schools, colleges, performers and institutions with tailor-made workshops to improve communication, foster team building, build safe spaces and create memorable experiences with theatre.

All our workshops are led by trained facilitators with clear takeaways. We can work with groups of all sizes, personalize the exercises as per the needs of your audience and conduct the session(s) online. We strive to create a positive experience for our partners.

We'd love to bring our practice to your institution.

Get in touch with us today


(M) +91 9818925599

(E) contact@kaivalyaplays.org

Our Past Collaborators

About Kaivalya Plays

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Kaivalya Plays is a performing arts and production company led by Varoon P. Anand as its Artistic Director and Gaurav Singh Nijjer as its General Manager. Since 2012, they have worked consistently, been very noisy, and built transcultural associations across India and the world. Their artistic work includes original, devised theatre performances which are multilingual, interactive and hybrid, use technology and media on stage as well as are built using techniques of improvisational, documentary and physical theatre. Their work includes live performances, education and training, community arts programs, producing guest performances, and more. Improvisational theatre is the cornerstone of Kaivalya’s artistic practice, which they apply to arts programs focused on artistic development, language learning, mental health and wellbeing, gender and representation, and multicultural performances, among other areas. They have received multiple artistic commissions and grants, such as EU MediaFutures Artist for Media grant, Goethe Institut’s Refunction and Gender Bender grants, amongst others. Their recent artistic work includes ABSURDO (2023), Mining Hate (2023), Ollantay (2022), Lifeline 99 99 (2021), Luz Negra (2020) How To Disappear Completely and Never be Found (2020), Unravel (2019), amongst others. Most recently, they received the Creativity Pioneers Fund 2023 from the Moleskine Foundation. 

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