Quasar Padamsee

Quasar Padamsee

Quasar Thakore Padamsee (born 20th August,1978) is an Indian stage actor turned theatre director. Both his parents Alyque Padamsee and Dolly Thakore were renowned stage actors and his mother was a casting director for the Academy Award winning film "Gandhi" in 1982. His father played the role of Jinnah in the same movie.

He studied English Literature at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai. [ [http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/18/stories/2005051800970400.htm The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore / Theatre : Behind the footlights ] ] Though he started his career following his father, as an adman, he soon started full time theatre by starting his own theatre company called QTP, which serves both Quasar Thakore Padamsee as well as Q theatre Productions.

Since 1999, he has directed and produced over 20 plays with his theatre company Q Theatre Productions which is based in Mumbai. He also works as a stage manager and lighting designer for the theatre productions. He is also the Assistant Director of Tim Supple's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Plays produced in Mumbai by Quasar Padamsee include "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail", "Minorities", "All My Sons", and "The Urban Burden". [http://www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/pdfs/dreamcwf06_castcreatives.pdf]

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the Q.T.P also launches the THESPO THEATRE FESTIVAL every year towards the end of the year which provides an opportunity to the young talents in the field of theatre to come up and make there mark!


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