CENTRESTAGE: Essays on Theatre, Indian and Intercultural
My new book has appeared from Seagull, Kolkata. Here are the Contents and a review in The Statesman:
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RAHUL ARUNODAY BANERJEE, R.I.P.
With deep sorrow KolkataTheatre records the sudden, tragic passing of Rahul Arunodoy Banerjee on Sunday, March 29, a most untimely, premature exit at the age of 42. One of the
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Rangakarmee’s Golden Jubilee
Rangakarmee completes 50 years this month. To mark this milestone, they have organized a five-day festival from 16th to 20th January, celebrating the legacy of Rangakarmee, the enduring vision of
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THOUGHTS OF A THEATRE CRITIC
My interview published in Little Thespian’s journal, Rang Rasa, vol. 3 issue 4 (October 2025-March 2026): How would you define theatre criticism in today’s context? What distresses me the most
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Open call for new Bangla scripts in Third-Bell Season 2
Third-Bell announces Season 2 of its initiative in collaboration with Bhasha Centre and TheDramaLibrary.com to commission two new Bangla plays this year. In Season 1, they discovered two wonderful works,
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Anya Theatre turns 40
To mark their fortieth anniversary, Anya Theatre organizes an event on 1 September at Academy of Fine Arts, 6 p.m., comprising: 1. Asit Basu’s documentary on Tapas Sen 2. A
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MANOJ MITRA (1938-2024)
Another pillar of Bangla theatre has departed. Usually named in dramatic history alongside Mohit Chattopadhyaya, Manoj Mitra actually had little in common with his senior by four years, besides their
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Condolence meeting for Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay
Bengali theatre pays tribute to Sangeet Natak Akademi Award-winning director and actor Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay of Balurghat, who passed away last month at the age of 84. Memorial meeting on
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META HONOURS KOLKATA
On World Theatre Day, we congratulate the two Kolkata groups who won 9 out of the 13 awards at META last week, an unprecedented haul. Bengal Repertory’s Nihsanga Ishwar bagged
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ZARIN CHAUDHURI (1942-2024)
We lose our pillars according to the ways of time, but the passing of Zarin Chaudhuri leaves a huge void in Kolkata theatre that no one person can fill alone,
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The Complete Performer
Theatre House (Santiniketan) presents a three-month residential training programme from 1 December to 28 February. This annual event mentored by Alessandro Anil deals with the body, voice and mind of
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Little Thespian’s 25th Rang Adda
The 25th Rang Adda on 28 July 2024 will discuss Jagdish Chandra Mathur, Badal Sircar, Narendra Mohan, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Tripurari Sharma, M.K. Raina, Asghar Wajahat and Rajesh Joshi, with
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