Bio
Varun Narain is a Delhi based puppeteer who believes in the freedom of expression free from trauma, and the blurring of boundaries. Born in 1969, Varun discovered puppetry at the age of nine, as a childhood passion. He professionalized puppetry and media skills in 1991 at the Mass Communication Research Center at Jamia University; He was then invited to teach puppetry by the Late Anwar Jamal Kidwai, at MCRC in 1993. He taught Puppetry for eight years, and explored puppetry with filmmaking and video production.
Varun was the first Indian Performance Artist in Residence in Switzerland facilitated by Prohelvetia, The Swiss Arts Council, New Delhi. Varun has worked at the Schlachthaus Theater in Bern under the mentorship of Sandro Lunin (Theater Spectakel, Zurich). He has created and performed under the supervision Master puppeteer Neville Tranter. He continues to train and work with Ms. Ranjana Pandey and Janmadhyam and The One World School of Music Gurgaon.
Varun is presently the Show running Director for the Kishore Kumar musical ‘Jhumroo’ at The Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon.