Ritual, Community Preservation, and Environment in Theyyam Performance

SATHYABHAMA MADATHIL is the director of The Ananta Performing Arts and Research Center and has been working as a theatre practitioner, director, and educator in India for the past nineteen years. She graduated from Thrissur School of Drama, Kerala, in 2004 in theatre direction, specializing in children's theatre, and completed a three-year post-graduation diploma from National School of Drama, New Delhi, in 2008, with a specialization in theatre design and techniques. She also completed her research fellowship under the Ministry of Culture, India, on the topic of “Space, Body and Design in the Traditional Rituals of India.” She has worked as a subject expert on theatre design, direction, and children's theatre, and has developed fifteen theory papers as part of the documentation process at Calicut University, under University Grant Commission of India. She had an opportunity to present her research papers at international conferences in Athens and Cape Town.