July 2021

After a short hibernation, Sangit Kala Mandir’s return to bringing quality theatre, in association with Aditya Birla Group, raises audience hopes of seeing more such fare from outside. Aadyam Theatre’s […]

Historical drama in Bengali stages a comeback with two plays set in medieval times, ranging from the turn of the 13th century to the late 18th century. In both, invaders

Suddenly existentialism appears back in fashion among young troupes, with two adaptations from Camus and Sartre, as well as a third by a more established group, from the early absurdism

Who says that Bengali political theatre has lost its edge? It has become the fashion among some widely-read columnists – who, ironically, do not see Bengali drama – to mourn

Little Thespian and Padatik keep local Hindi theatre alive with their new works, derived from American originals. Reminiscent of Euripides’ antiwar The Trojan Women, Jules Tasca’s The Balkan Women, translated

Three Mumbai productions in English came to Kolkata pre-Puja, exemplifying the good, the bad and the ugly, all funded by Aadyam Theatre, the Aditya Birla initiative. Aadyam needs to apply

When theatre presents mythological lore about popular deities, it inevitably risks the injustice of compressing reams of important episodes into a two-hour span, as well as attempting to reconcile contradictory

Not every day does an awardwinning play from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival come to Kolkata, or an international act inaugurate its India tour in Kolkata. Embarrassingly under-advertised, Krishnan’s Dairy by

Little Thespian’s annual festival has become by default the only one in Kolkata to showcase Hindi theatre at the national level on a regular basis. This year’s Jashn-e Rang brought

Canonical drama receives rewritten treatment from two Bengali groups based outside Kolkata. Marking the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s passing, Kalyani Kalamandalam presents Macbeth Mirror, in which director Santanu Das whittles Dattatreya

The Sabhagar Theatre Festival laudably turned annual this year, and hosted three international shows. Monologuist Daniel Bye, brought by British Council, called his The Price of Everything a “performance lecture”,

Mahadevi Birla World Academy joins the elite batch of enlightened schools who understand the educational value of a full-scale production. Their Lion King not only charmed packed halls but attained