Theater Is NOT the “Lesser Sibling”

A math teacher. Hair loss. Hair transplant or not? Sounds like a comedy. But Male Pattern is really about what men go through and rarely say out loud. Actor Yugesh Kannan, who plays Hoven in Male Pattern by Agam Theatre Lab, joins Thinesh Kurunathan on The Guru Project to talk about theatre, identity, and the pressure men carry. In this episode: Why he chose the stage over TV, and why theatre feels like "a drug" His journey from school stage to Agni 2018, V Supreme and playing John Keating in the UK How a 20-something actor prepared to play a man losing his hair The "scare" of imagining it happening to him Why Indian men struggle to say "I love you", and what changes with each generation Why this play is funny first, and then makes you think 🎭 MALE PATTERN by Agam Theatre Lab 📅 Dates: 16 - 18 & 23 - 25 October 2026 (Friday to Sunday) 📍 Venue: The Theatre Lab (Agam's Blackbox Theatre) 🎟 Tickets: https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/lite... 8 shows. If the first week sells out, there are more. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:38 Meet Yugesh Kannan 2:01 Childhood on stage 3:14 "It's a drug" 4:44 Agni 2018: first proper acting role 7:07 Lead role & V Supreme win 8:20 Playing John Keating in the UK 9:22 How Male Pattern came to him 11:06 Why theatre over TV 12:25 "The world is a stage" 12:55 Journalism & storytelling 15:16 Hoven: a math teacher facing hair loss 16:10 Is male pattern balding a Gen Z problem? 18:29 Wigs, going bald & Shafie 20:58 Working with the uncles 23:25 Indian men & "I love you" 27:02 Why you should watch Male Pattern Subscribe to The Guru Project for more Tamil conversations #MalePattern #AgamTheatreLab #TheGuruProject #TamilTheatre #SingaporeTheatre #MensMentalHealth #Masculinity #YugeshKannan