Srutika Sabu

Bio

Srutika Sabu (she/they) is a doctor turned clown and multidisciplinary artist. A medical school existential crisis led her to Toronto, where she embraced her late-bloomer theatre kid era. Through clown training at Sweet Action Theatre, she discovered her drag king persona, Santosh Santosh (aka Tosh) and her first Toronto Fringe show 1 Santosh Santosh 2 Go, directed by Ken Hall. She has since performed at Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, Montreal Sketchfest, WTFestival and Vancouver’s rEvolver festival, crafting work that blends absurdity, vulnerability, and joy. In 2025, she was part of the Paprika Theatre Festival’s Creative Producer’s Unit where she wrote, performed and produced a musical comedy called Neptune’s with a Fish, the Buddies in Bad Times’ Emerging Creators Unit, and Nightwood Theatre’s Shadow Residency in Fundraising. Srutika sees storytelling as a form of knowledge creation, using performance to challenge dominant narratives and explore identity, connection, and cultural memory.