Vivek is the founder and the Artistic Director of New Delhi based theatre company Scene Stealers. He has directed several theatre productions such as Delhirious!, Let There Be Love, God of Carnage, No Room For Love, Funny Money, Duet for Three, Don’t Dress For Dinner, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), An Absolute Turkey, Rumours, Identities, Strictly Dandiya. Vivek co-directed the musical The Chorus Line and produced the musical Much Ado About Nautanki and Seven Steps Around The Fire.
His acting credits include productions of Delhirious!, Animals Out Of Paper, The Perfect Evening, Lend Me A Tenor, Art, Tara, Bravely Fought The Queen, William Shakespeare’s Othello : A Play in Black and White (which won the Edinburgh Fringe First in 1999), O Come Bulky Stomach, Habeas Corpus, Antigone, Six Degrees of Separation, It’s All About Sex Honey, A Perfect Evening, Plan in Peril.
For theatre with children he has adapted and co-directed musicals such as Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, The Wiz, Nutcracker, The Sound of Music. He wrote and co-directed the original plays Major Hype and the Magic Hoopla, Bhangra on the Moon, SNAP! The Musical and Theatre Express.
Vivek made his screen debut in the film In Othello and played cameos in the films Dil Dosti etc. and Axone. He has worked with The Action Players, India’s only deaf theatre company, as voicing actor. He has performed in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Edinburgh, London, Cairo, Bonn, Harare and Taipei.
Vivek has conducted workshops in theatre for schools, colleges and media institutions. He has done voiceovers for film, television, commercials and audio books. He has conceptualized and directed several launch events for corporates.
Vivek headed the British Council’s Scholarships division, then served as Director of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program. Following his role as Director Arts, India at the British Council, he is currently the India Head of the Institute of International Education.