Shubhra Tandon
Performing Arts Practitioner
Noida
Summary
A theatre, dance and music practitioner with a total of six years of experience in performing arts. Currently, associated with theatre groups in Delhi and also receiving training in Kathak. An ex-journalist and have worked with several print media publications for close to two decades. Volunteer as a mentor with ClayLab, a Delhi-NCR-based NGO providing career guidance and soft skills education to children from underprivileged backgrounds.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Performer
The Trialogue Company
4 2023 - Current
- Associated with Trialogue (a registered performing arts company) as an actor, dancer and singer. Currently working in two running productions - Abhigyaan Shakuntalam-Astitva ki ek Khoj and Jaan-e-Ghazal - a musical drama exploring the journey of Ghazal since its inception to its relevance in current times.
Actor
Kaivalya Plays
10.2023 - Current
- Part of the primary cast of 'ABSURDO' - a multilingual theatre performance exploring the absurdist works of Enrique Jardel Poncela, Fernando Arrabal and Virgilio Pinera in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi.
Lead Actor
Abhivyakti-Dramatics Society of Indraprastha College for Women
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Actor, 'Mahashweta Devi Se Darta Hain Kaun' - The play was a collage based on the writings of Mahashweta Devi on tribal. The play used street theatre, elements of stylised acting, puppetry and Saraikella Chhau, to make a unique theatre collage.
- Chanakya in 'Katha Mudrarakshasa', it was an amalgamation of texts with the basic plot of the play hinging on the premise of Vishakhdutt's Sanskrit text.
- Primary cast member, 'Main Socha Hoon…Main Hoon', a play that highlights that the ground realities of riots are not about death, methods of killing and not even religion, it is that invisible divide - the suspecting eyes, the quivering hands and the twitch of the nerves. The play premiered in BV Karanth Inter College Competition held by the National School of Drama in 2002.
- Director and lead actor, 'Maintenance of Balance' - a one-act play about a woman trying to strike a balance between her own needs and identity versus the demands that society places on her.
- Actor, 'Fundamentally Foul Finicky Fisherwoman's Fishy Folktale or F6' - a solo act play on the plight of Kerala's fisherwomen based on M Sajitha's work 'Matsyagandhi'. The play was part of my journalism research project on the representation of marginal and fringe voices in alternative media. It premiered in Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan.
Education
Masters in Financial Management -
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
Mumbai, India 07.2015 - 06.2018
PG Diploma in Journalism -
Asian College of Journalism
Chennai, India 07.2003 - 06.2004
B.A. (Hons) English -
Indraprastha College For Women
Delhi, India 07.2000 - 06.2003
10+2 Secondary Education -
St Patrick's Junior College
Agra, India 04.1999 - 03.2000
Skills
- Acting
- Dance
- Singing
- Writing
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
I worked as a print journalist for almost two decades in leading newspapers and foreign agencies in India.
Assistant Editor/Special Correspondent/Principal Correspondent, Financial Express, May 2011-March 2023, Mumbai/Delhi-NCR, INDIA
I have written on strategies of companies, and corporate events and interacted with C-suite executives regularly.
Senior Reporter, Hindu Business Line, April 2007-March 2011, Mumbai, INDIA
Responsible for short and long-form articles, analytical pieces, interviews of CXOs and feature articles on aviation, hospitality and shipping sectors.
Correspondent, The Hindu, July 2006 - March 2007, Hyderabad, INDIA
City reporter covering civic and local news. Wrote extensively on child labour issues with on-ground reporting from child labour dens. Covered several rescue missions by the state government and police to free child labourers and their rehabilitation and lives at shelter homes.
India Correspondent, Kyodo News, August 2005 - June 2006, New Delhi, INDIA
Coordinated and delivered special projects of varied complexities, like the impact of POSCO plant on the economy and people of Odisha and the significance of river Ganga juxtaposed to its depleting situation in Varanasi and Kanpur.
Trainee Journalist, Asian Age, May 2005 - July 2005, New Delhi, INDIA
Editing, proofreading and making pages.
COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE
Resource Person, Action Aid International, July 2004 - December 2004, New Delhi, INDIA
Media relations (development communications unit) and research for a documentary called Surviving Floods-2004.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 08/30/82
AWARDS
- Best One-Act Play, Maintenance of Balance, Sarang-2002, Mata Sundari College for Women, 2002
- Best Actor, Maintenance of Balance, Sarang-2002, Mata Sundari College for Women, 2002
- Best Play, Maintenance of Balance, Inter College One-Act Play Competition, Indraprastha College for Women, 2002-2003
- Best Director, Maintenance of Balance, Inter College One-Act Play Competition, Indraprastha College for Women, 2002-2003
- Geeta Ganju Prize for the Best Dramatic Talent, Indraprastha College for Women, 2002
Timeline
Actor
Kaivalya Plays
10.2023 - Current
Masters in Financial Management -
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
07.2015 - 06.2018
PG Diploma in Journalism -
Asian College of Journalism
07.2003 - 06.2004
Lead Actor
Abhivyakti-Dramatics Society of Indraprastha College for Women
01.2001 - 01.2004
B.A. (Hons) English -
Indraprastha College For Women
07.2000 - 06.2003
10+2 Secondary Education -
St Patrick's Junior College
04.1999 - 03.2000
Performer
The Trialogue Company
4 2023 - Current
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