Theatre Institutions in India:

National School of Drama

National School of Drama (NSD)

Bahawalpur House, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi - 110001
Tel: 3389402, 3382821, 3387916, 3389054
Fax: 91-11-3384288

Sangeet Natak Akademy

Rabindra Bhavan, Feroze Shah Road, New Delhi - 110 001

The National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music - was founded in 1953 for the furtherance of the performing arts of India, a task in which it cooperates with counterparts in the States and voluntary organizations all over the country. Through sponsorship, research and dissemination it seeks to achieve an enhanced public appreciation of music, dance and drama, together with a quickened exchange of ideas and techniques for the common gain of Indian performing arts.
Telephone: 91-11-2338 5715

Indian Centre of the International Theatre Institute

Bharativa Natya Sangh, F-34 Shanker Market, New Delhi 110 001
Telephone: 91-11-371 432, 670 135

The Imago School of Acting

Sudhan Bhawan, Ist Floor, 37, Saidulajab Village. opp CISF Camp, Saket
Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, New Delhi-30
Telephones : (011) 26868039, (M) 0-98113-09008, 0-98119-09008

The School comprises on acting studio, a multipurpose classroom, a TIE studio, a staff room, a Director's study, a student's common room, seperate locker rooms.

Part of IMAGO's enviable reputation is justified by its own in-house Casting Agency. The School's confidence in the quality of its training, together with a strong commitment towards its students, have resulted in this initiative which assists actors in the task of securing assignments and launching their careers. This opportunity is reserved exclusively for IMAGO diploma and certificate holders.

Kerala Kalamandalam

Vallathol Nagar, Cheruthuruthy - 679 531, Kerala

Founded in 1930 by Vallathol Narayana Menon , Kerala Kalamandalm is a pioneering teaching institution for the classical performong arts of Kerala, including, Kootiyattam, Kathakali and Chakyar Kootu.

Ammannur Chachu Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam

Ammannur Chakyar Madhom, Irinjalakkuda, Trichur Dist. 680121, Kerala

Named after one of the leading theatre performer, this Kootiyattam institution functions on the lines of traditional Gurukulam It was established in 1982.

Margi - Kootiyattam Vidyalaya

TC A 23/603 , Valiyasala, Thiruvanathapuram - 695 036

A school for the classical performing arts. Margi was established in 1971 to set up a repertory to sustain the performance tradition of Kootiyattam and to revive important Sanskrit plays, the performances of which, had been seized.

School of Drama

Aranattukara, Trichur, Kerala
Imparts training in acting, direction, stage lighting etc. This is affiliated to the University of Calicut, Kerala.