| Rahul Varma | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 Lucknow, India |
| Nationality | Indian/Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Lucknow |
| Spouse | Dipti Varma |
| Child(ren) | Aliya Varma |
Rahul Varma (born 1952 in Lucknow, India) is a Canadian playwright.
He attended college at the University of Lucknow, and moved to Canada in 1976. He co-founded Teesri Duniya Theatre in 1981, and became its Artistic Director in 1986. He began Teesri Duniya's quarterly magazine, alt.theatre, in 1998. He lives in Montreal with his wife, Dipti, and his daughter, Aliya, who was in the original chorus of his play Bhopal. His most famous plays are Counter Offence and Bhopal, both of which have been translated into French and other languages.[1]
Nearly all of his plays are based on actual events, and all of them have racism, justice, and inequality at their core.[2] He began his theatre, Teesri Duniya Theatre (which means Third World in Hindi), so that South Asians living in Canada would have a voice in theatre.