I travel and make theatre. This has included touring, directing productions at a summer arts festival, choreographing sword fights, studying trapeze and aerial silks, creating street performances in India, devising new works, teaching at a traditional theatre school in Tamil Nadu, and more. In September I’m starting my PhD studying the cognitive implications of psycho-physical actor training!

I'm brand new to Couchsurfing, but after years traveling and staying with friends and friends of friends of friends of friends I am excited to get to know this community.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because staying in a lonely hotel room is no way to experience a city.

Interests

Theatre, neurology, travel, Shakespeare, yoga, kayaks, and cats. Black tea and red wine are good too.

• cats
• arts
• performing arts
• acting
• festivals
• recipes
• wine
• red wine
• yoga
• traveling
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Frank Turner
Katzenjammer
The Mountain Goats
AgesandAges
The Civil Wars
Ibeyi
The Decemberists

Movies:
Before Sunrise/Before Sunset/Before Midnight
The Fall
Shakespeare in Love
Ram Leela

Authors
Karl Ove Knausgard
Jeanette Winterson
Salman Rushdie
Arundhati Roy
Charlotte Bronte (for Villette, not Jane Erye)
Neil Gaiman
Joseph Campbell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I fell in love with an Australian in Kathmandu. It might not be, objectively, the most unique or exciting story, but it was arguably the most amazing 12 days of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love sharing theatre work!
Tell me your stories and teach me about your city.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I teach and perform for a living, what do you want to learn?
-Certified yoga teacher
-Voice work (spoken)
-Introductory Kalaripayattu (Keralan martial art)
-Stage combat (small sword and unarmed)
-Viewpoints (a physical actor training system)
-Shakespeare!
I’ve also picked up some nifty new recipes in India I’m eager to try out, though my culinary skills are marginal at best.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Scotland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States