Performance Arts, Exhibition Award, Speech & Drama, A.T.C.L.- Musical Theatre, Professional Certificate –Comm. Skills, GESE (GRADE 12-Distinction)
Vishaal Asrani heads VAIPA (Vishaal Asrani’s Institute of Performing Arts) which is in affiliation with the Trinity College London and has been training students for the past 20 years now. He is also on the panel of International ESOL examiners for The Trinity College London since 2008. Under his guidance his team has taught the PYP programme for the IBO (Switzerland) and the Diploma level theater course at the Fazlani L’Academie globale for three years. A professional singer, he has sung for many professional stage shows in India and abroad. Vishaal has directed a number of plays The Lion king, Wicked, The Sound Of Music,The Little Mermaid, Kaikeyi-A story of Love, The Merchant Of Venice, Evita among others . He has also starred in television serials, commercials and ad films. He has also acted in many stage plays like Witness, SOS, Art, Wait Until Dark and “Almost perfect” – a series of monologues, Duo-logues and songs, starring Sharon prabhakar - the queen of Indian pop. Wrote monologues and acted in “Unspoken dialogue” with Alyque Padamsee. Acted as Al Lewis in “The Sunshine Boys” a Neil Simon Play Produced by Hosi Vasunia Productions. He has lent his voice for many ad films and radio serials. He has directed and performed in “Love is in the Air” a Broadway musical show which completed a one year run. He has also written and directed shows for various schools in Mumbai as well as other states in India. The last production “THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS” that Vishaal Asrani and Jiji Subi produced ran for 16 shows at the comedy store in December 2012 and had full houses for every single show! Their last production SNOW WHITE and the 7 DWARFS! a Broadway style Musical has been running to packed houses and they have just opened a new Musical MARINA THE LITTLE MERMAID
JIJI SIMON SUBI
Examiner (GESE), A.P.C. Performance Arts, Exhibition Award(2010), Speech & Drama, P.C. Communication Skills and G.E.S.E (GRADE 12-Distinction)
Jiji Simon Subi, also holds a Master’s degree in Life Sciences and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. He is a qualified trainer for the Trinity College London and teaches Speech & Drama, Communication Skills, G.E.S.E and Performance Arts. He has been teaching for the past 9 years in various states of India and is the co-director of VAIPA (Vishaal Asrani’s Institute of Performing Arts) team along with Vishaal Asrani. He has introduced GESE to the institute and is responsible for the unique methods of teaching that have been developed at VAIPA. Jiji has choreographed many shows for children in cities such as Delhi, Jaipur, Guwahati and Bidar. Some of the plays that he has choreographed for are- The Little Mermaid, The Warning, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, The Strange Happening, Nursery Land on Strike, Oliver, Hollywood Bollywood, The Princess of Kuch Nahin!, The Land of Topsy Turvy, The Sound of Music, The Jungle Book and My Fair Lady to name a few. He has acted in shows such as Almost Perfect, Hollywood Bollywood, The Good Doctor- a Neil Simon comedy, Chakravyuh, and sung, choreographed and performed in many shows all over India. a Broadway style Musical has been running to packed houses and they have just opened a new Musical MARINA THE LITTLE MERMAID
