The event is directed by Dadi Pudumjee, one of India’s most influential puppeteers, who has spent more than five decades working across traditional Indian forms, object theatre, masks, projection and music.
He founded the Ishara Puppet Theatre in 1986 and the Ishara International Puppet Festival in 2001, and has presented work across Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australia.
Pudumjee has been recognised with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1992 and the Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian honours, in 2011. He has also been president of UNIMA International, the global puppetry organisation.
Serendipity Arts is a not-for-profit organisation supporting artists across visual art, music, theatre, dance and design in South Asia and beyond.
Its annual festival in Goa, which marked its 10th anniversary in December, has grown into South Asia’s largest multidisciplinary arts event.
The Great Exhibition Road Festival runs from 12:00 to 18:00 BST on 6 and 7 June. The procession is at 12:45 and 15:15 each day. All events are free.
