Work we create, produce and tour. Each production has its own page and a press kit for programmers.
A rock opera by Dastaan LIVE on the songs of Bhisham Sahni's play on Kabir. 50+ stages in 15 cities.
Created and conceptualised by Baan G. Produced by W.I.P Labs.
India's first improvisers' orchestra. Synths, code, noise boxes, guitars and voices, composing together in real time.
Created and conceptualised by Baan G. Produced by W.I.P Labs.
Live beats. Live bars. Live visuals. Zero presets. Modular synth, freestyle rap, hip-hop dance and live-coded visuals, created once and never again.
Created, conceptualised and produced by W.I.P Labs.
Where modular meets Carnatic. Charu Hariharan and Vaibhav Batra in a live improvised performance.
Created, conceptualised and produced by W.I.P Labs.
A glove-puppet murder mystery for adults, about who decides guilt, and how fast, when everyone is watching.
Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust and W.I.P Labs. Produced by W.I.P Labs in association with Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust.
A game of chess on the screen, and two musicians improvising around it. A live chess and avant-garde music duo.
Created, conceptualised and produced by W.I.P Labs.
Live late-night radio with RJ Sarthak, broadcast from a room you can walk into.
Created by Baan G and RJ Sarthak. Produced by W.I.P Labs.
A lyric soprano and a guitarist bring opera and art song into small rooms, close enough to hear the breath.
Created, conceptualised and produced by W.I.P Labs.
Seven composers, seven films drawn at random from a bowl, and live scores made on the spot. A spontaneous sonic combustion.
Created, conceptualised and produced by W.I.P Labs.
Public sound sculpture · Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru · December 2024
Giant ears of woven bamboo, lit from within, set outside the gates of Vidhana Soudha: a listening sculpture for the city, made for W.I.P alt.FEST.
A W.I.P Labs installation for W.I.P alt.FEST 2024
Installation · Bangalore International Airport, Terminal 2 · December 2024
A gateway of twisting woven bamboo forms, glowing amber inside the airport terminal, made for W.I.P alt.FEST.
A W.I.P Labs installation for W.I.P alt.FEST 2024
These are shows by other artists and companies that W.I.P Labs presents, hosts or works alongside. They are not W.I.P productions, and all credit for the work belongs to the people named.
Surjit Nongmeikapam, Nachom Arts Foundation, Imphal
A solo by the Manipuri choreographer, performed suspended from a single hook inside a web of ropes. It asks where any of us belongs. Fountain was first made for W.I.P alt.FEST in Bengaluru.
Concept and performance: Surjit Nongmeikapam. With W.I.P Labs.
Aagaaz Theatre Trust
An adaptation of Andreas Flourakis' play I Want a Country. When a nameless country falls into crisis, a group of young rebels set out to find a new one, arguing, mocking and teaching each other on the way. In Hindustani, 75 minutes, for ages 15 and up.
Presented by W.I.P Labs at Little Stint II, New Delhi (March 2024) and W.I.P alt.FEST, Bengaluru.
Antariksh Records: Vaibhav Batra (Psychopanda) and Anandit Sachdev
An audio-visual improvisation series on the matter and spirit of sound, set between vinyl turntables and a modular synthesiser, with live visuals. Shown at the Sound/Image Festival in the UK in 2023.
Presented by W.I.P Labs at Theatre Kunzum, New Delhi, July 2023.
To book a production for a festival, venue or campus, write to info@wipcollective.in. Press kits and technical riders are on each production's page.