About Metamorphosis
The theatre is so endlessly fascinating because it is so accidental. It is so much like life.
– Arthur Miller
Metamorphosis is a passionate project in motion, which seeks to express art meaningfully across varied forms and perspectives. Established in 2013, our works largely focus on poetry in motion, existentialist themes and visual vocabulary. With over twenty plays to our credit, including collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay and the Consulate General of Sweden in Mumbai, we seek to deconstruct stereotypes, question conventions and create unparalleled theatrical experiences. Metamorphosis is a coalescence of ideas, a confabulation of philosophies and a conduit of universality.
The Founder
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar
Dr. Omkar Bhatkar is a Sociologist with a doctoral thesis dealing in Proxemics and Social Ecology. He is a visiting professor at St. Andrew’s College and Somaiya Vidyavihar University. He has also served as a faculty for the London School of Economics International Programmes in Sociology.
His academic interest comprises of Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Film Theory, Aesthetics along with Visual Communication, Gender studies, Existentialism and Inter-religious studies. He has contributed research papers/chapters for several national and international journals and book publications.
He is the Co-Founder and Head of ‘St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts’ which aims bridging art and academics.
Dr Omkar Bhatkar also runs his own theatre group known as Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. His works largely focus on Poetry in Motion, Existentialist Themes and Contemporary French Plays in Translation. He has written and directed more than twenty plays, several of which have been performed at Art and Theatre Festivals. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay he has directed several Contemporary French Plays in English. He is also a Stage Critic and reviews plays. His play ‘Blue Storm’ was selected at the Asia Playwright’s Festival 2021 held at South Korea.
He is a thalassophile and spends time reading, writing poetry, painting, letter writing and conversations over chāi (but blackDr. Omkar Bhatkar has given talks on subjects of diverse interest at K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, Khaki Hertiage India Lab and Sacred India Foundation ranging from topics such as Culture Space dynamics, Ethics in Research, Pre- modern Goan deities, Scenography and so forth……. He is a thalassophile and spends time reading, writing poetry, painting, letter writing and conversations over tea but black.)