Pierrot's Troupe is a theatre group based in New Delhi

New Delhi

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, India

India

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, which was formed in 1989. The group performs original plays in Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 and English. It has performed more than 2000 shows, mostly in Delhi and other parts of India.

Pierrot's Troupe is led by playwright and director M. Sayeed Alam, who has written and directed all of their plays, and also acts in most of them. He has been described as "a pioneer of unconventional and fresh theatre in India". Alam has a PhD in International Politics from Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...

. He is the author of a book, and has published 17 research papers. He has also worked as a journalist with IRNA, the official news agency of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, from 1992 to 1999.

Their plays are critically acclaimed as well as popularly well received. Some of their most popular plays include Ghalib in New Delhi (Hindi comedy), Cut Cut Cut (Hindi comedy), Big B (English comedy) , Maulana Azad (Urdu monologue

Monologue

In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...

), K. L. Saigal (Hindi musical), Ghalib (Urdu musical), Massage (Hindi comedy) and 1947 (Urdu).

Their productions have included some prominent Indian theatre, cinema and television actors including Tom Alter

Tom Alter

Tom Alter is an Indian actor of American origin. As a thespian and television actor, he is best known for his work in Bollywood, but has also worked in the theatre...

, Rakesh Bedi

Rakesh Bedi

Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film actor and television personality. He started his career as a supporting actor in the 1979 film Hamare Tumhare starring Sanjeev Kumar, and then went on to act in over 150 films and a couple of TV serials. Some of his most memorable roles were in the 1981 film Chashme...

, Saleem Shah, Simple Kaul, Uday Chandra, Chander Khanna and Niti Phool.