Finding Her Space in Malayalam Theatre

Abstract

Specializing in the distance of woman within the theatre and tracing the history of Malayalam women theatre. Women have been traditionally considered healthy to occupy the domestic space best than the public space. Of all the humanities, theatre has historically been the one least accessible to women artists in patriarchic society. Participation of women in Malayalam theatre had been silenced for decades until recently. This paper examines the evolution of women theatre in Malayalam and emerging gender sensitive attitude towards the theatre.