Who gets to stand under the spotlight makes a difference. 

In this episode of The Brown Box, we sit with Grace Kalaiselvi — theatre actor, director and educator. We talk about family, absence and survival, and how theatre became a way to make sense of it all — and how Grace, when she couldn’t see herself in the stories on stage, began creating them herself.

🎧 Listen to hear about:

• Grace’s early family struggles and how theatre became her escape

• Her journey from Tamil theatre to English theatre, and the challenges she faced

• Her realisation that there was little space for brown faces in English theatre

• The founding of Brown Voices to tell more Indian stories

• Her creative process — from idea to opening night

• Her most recent play, ‘Invisible’

• Advice to other aspiring actors who want to join her under the spotlight

Listen now — link in bio.

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