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Neel Banerjee

Nautanki Theatre Company, Australia

Neel Banerjee is an intercultural theatre practitioner based in Sydney, Australia. An emerging creative leader in Western Sydney, Neel was born and raised in India; currently lives on the Darug land as a 1st generation settler. His work involves cultural development, burgeoning theatregoers, community engagement, education and training through live performing theatre. Neel works extensively amongst culturally and linguistically diverse actors, creatives and audiences. His creative development combines personal and the political, ritualistic and physical theatre. As an artist, Neel is interested in a collaborative and interrelation approach to theatre development. Under his creative leadership in the last decade, Nautanki has presented a body of theatre work that validates the South Asian diasporic experience in Australia. Nominated for Parramatta Citizen of the Year 2023 for his contribution to arts & community, Neel has recently completed his international residency in Bangladesh (FEB’ 2023), International Producers Training offered by Powerhouse Museum and Factory International, UK (AUG’ 2023). Neel is selected for the prestigious Emerging Leadership Program offered by McKinsey & Company through Australian Scholarship Federation (OCT’ 2023).

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