Dec 6, 1999

Zuleikha Allana, 26
Director

THE TEMPEST
When you hear the name, the introspective, brooding quote falls into place. "I'm constantly coming to terms with who I am, what I am doing and where I am going," says Zuleikha Allana, daughter to Nissar and Amal Allana, grand-daughter to Ebrahim Alkazi.

The graduate of Motely Theatre Design School, London and Bennington College, US, is arguably the best among her peers with stagecraft. This goes into the thought and feel for sets, costume, lighting, sound, use of space. "I'm more interested in form. I also believe in allowing actors to improvise." Her anthem productions are Harold Pinter's One for the Road and Steven Berkoff's Decadence, both very dark. "I was never meant to be an actress." she says. Good.

-S. Sahaya Ranjit

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