“Shakespeare Restaurant” live Malayalam theatre announced for Fort Kochi

ActLab Studios is staging “Shakespeare Restaurant”, a live Malayalam play. Its makers describe it as Shakespeare’s world reimagined inside a restaurant. It plays on one evening only.

The play is on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. It starts at 6:30 p.m. ActLab has not announced how long it runs.

The venue is Fort Kochi, according to the announcement. ActLab has not published the exact address. The map code on the poster points to ActLab’s own studio near Ernakulam South railway station instead. Confirm where to go when you book.

Tickets cost ₹300. Book by phone on +91 94467 60581. There are only a few seats.

The play is in Malayalam.

The poster names Akhilraj as Martin. It credits MU Praveen and Sajeev Raman Nambiyath. It does not say who wrote or directed the piece.

ActLab, the Actor’s Training Laboratory, is an acting school. It started in Thrissur in 2006 and moved to Ernakulam in 2013. ActLab Studios is its production side. ActLab set it up, in its own words, to exhibit and promote the talent of theatre and film artists through classical, contemporary and realistic productions.

Sajeev Nambiyath directs ActLab. He has trained actors for about thirty years. He has been visiting faculty at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune since 2006. In 2016 he headed the acting department at the Asha Sharath Cultural Centre in Dubai. Sajeev Nambiyath has staged his solo performance “Paaduka Paattukara” more than a hundred times in India and abroad.

Nobody has reviewed the play yet. Call +91 94467 60581 before you set out to confirm the venue.