Hi, I’m Shiv.
I make theatre, movies and music in Mumbai, India.
I'm mostly a writer-director, but I also act, sing and write lyrics.
Here I am, looking into the origami distance.
Theatre &
Transmedia
Writing/Directing
Writing
Music
Acting
Projects
I worry a lot, I write about my worries, and I take making people laugh very seriously.
For example, most recently, I wrote and directed a hilarious and heartbreaking little audio series called And Now Live. We did some pathbreaking things with the format, rolling live music, confessional monologue and hyper-realistic storytelling all into one beautiful experience.
All my new creative work is rolled into my new production studio - Stone Paper Stories.
I also write a blog (very) occasionally - usually funny stuff with a dark heart.
From Clicking Together - a photography camp I
co-designed for Davis Projects for Peace.
My biggest obsession over the last decade has been education. I did Systems Engineering at the National University of Singapore, and my thesis project was on education system design. I’ve taught everything from GMAT to creative writing. I’ve written a web series that re-imagines mainstream education from the ground up. I ran my own online music school, Castiko, for a couple of years during Covid. And most recently, as head of creative content at Embibe, an ed-tech startup, I created a brand new learning IP for toddlers.
I'm now developing my next big education idea, currently in stealth mode.
Get in Touch
I’d love to hear from you. Just drop me a message on any of these platforms and let’s talk art, business, education - or whatever else makes you wake up in the morning.
shivtandan at gmail dot com