Kirti Kumar
Creative Experience Designer · Theatre Maker
Brighton, United Kingdom · kumkirt@gmail.com
Theatre maker and creative experience designer working at the intersection of live performance and digital systems. Trained in repertoire at Shriram Centre for Performing Arts, New Delhi, with a parallel background in computer science and user experience design. Currently developing Digital Bodies, a verbatim-and-motion-capture methodology supported by Arts Council England.
Experience
Creative Director & Experience Designer
The Tribe Team, London
- Immersive studio — creative direction across audience-facing experiences.
Youth Ambassador
Alexander Whitley Dance Company, London
Theatre Maker
Brighton People's Theatre, United Kingdom
- Lead actor and maker within the company's participatory practice.
Performer, Repertoire Company
Shri Ram Centre Repertoire Company, New Delhi
- 50+ productions across classical and folk forms.
- Worked under directors trained at RADA and the National School of Drama, including Feisal Alkazi and Girish Karnad.
- Led voice workshops for incoming students.
Development
Digital Bodies — verbatim & virtual production methodology
Supported by Arts Council England (Developing Your Creative Practice)
- Verbatim training, motion capture and virtual production, immersive spatial audio, and an integrating performance lab.
- Partners include The Paper Birds, Target3D Studios, Darkfield, Alexander Whitley Dance Company and UCL East.
Education
MSc User Experience Design
University of Brighton
BE Computer Science Engineering
Institution to confirm
Festivals & platforms
Panna Bharat Ram Theatre Festival
New Delhi, India
National School of Drama
New Delhi, India
Colombo Theatre Festival
Sri Lanka
Mumbai Theatre Festival
India
Brighton Festival
Brighton, United Kingdom
Skills
Performance
- Verbatim theatre
- Classical & folk forms
- Devising
- Voice
- Motion capture
- Immersive performance
Production
- Creative direction
- Workshop facilitation
- Spatial audio
- Virtual production
- Projection
Territories
- India
- Sri Lanka
- UAE
- United Kingdom