T. Sasitharan

Who is T. Sasitharan?

Thirunalan Sasitharan, also known as T. Sasitharan, is a theatre educator and the co-founder and director of Intercultural Theatre Institute, formerly known as the Theatre Training & Research Programme.

For more than 30 years, Sasitharan, who is known affectionately as Sasi in the arts community, has been actively involved as an actor/performer and producer in the Singapore theatre scene.

Sasitharan obtained a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Philosophy from the National University of Singapore where he had also represented in hockey. He had acted in school plays since his school days in Victoria School which was very active in promoting drama in the 1970s.

From 1983 to 1989, he taught philosophy at the National University of Singapore.

He became a theatre and visual art critic with The Straits Times, where he also served as the arts editor for the ‘Life!’ Section, from 1988 to 1996. He had 14 articles ranging from commentaries on Singapore culture and the arts to reviews of performances, exhibitions, talks and catalogue entries published both in Singapore and overseas.

After which, he became the second Artistic Director of The Substation from April 1996 to August 2000, and now serves on their Board. He founded ITI with the late Kuo Pao Kun in 2000. ITI is now a private school under the Council for Private Education.