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Actor - Writer - Director - Producer
Hospital Clown
Stage Lighting Designer
Action Choreographer

Krishnakumar Balasubramanian is the Artistic Director of The Little Theatre, Chennai, India.

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He recently played the role of Captain Che (Captain Chaitanya Rao) as a part of an ensemble cast in the Tamil feature film 'Soorarai Pottru' (Udaan - Hindi)

(The film was screened among the top 10 Indian films - Best foreign film category at the Golden Globes) (Screened at the 93rd Academy Awards)

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Since 2007 he has created, written, produced, directed and acted in over 150 critically acclaimed and commercially successful original theatre productions, at the International Theatre Festival for Young Audiences (The Little Festival) and The Christmas Pantomimes by The Little Theatre.

He is the creator of 'ArtsLab'; a series of workshops using teaching theatre, music and dance to explore scientific concepts for children. The workshop began in 2020 when schools were struggling to engage their students online.

Was voted as one of the 37 Young Indians of Tomorrow by 'India Today' in its 37th anniversary issue giving him the title 'Theatre Technocrat'
2012

Leads India's first hospital clown troupe by The Little Theatre. Over the past 6 years he has trained 10 professional hospital clowns and affected hundreds of patients and hospital staff in India.

He was awarded "The Creative Arts Therapy Award" by "Sancheti Health Care Academy" in April 2018.

He is an alumnus of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, (2012).

He was a panelist at the World Economic Forum on India 2012 (South Asia's Children-Are We Thinking about South Asia's Tomorrow)

He is a TEDx speaker (TEDx ChMCollege, TEDx Youth Chennai and TEDx Delhi Salon), a trained martial artist and a fitness enthusiast.