Ananda Lal

Shouvanik’s new play, Ekrāt Banalatā (Mukta Angan, January 23), is just that: a new play authored by Indrasish Laharry, who must at least be congratulated for persevering in composing original […]

Anamika Kala Sangam’s unique month-long Four Square Critics Choice Festival at Gyan Manch brings together for the first time in Calcutta a substantial number of current plays vetted by a

Charbak’s newest presentation, Banjārā, continues their exemplary commitment to staging original drama created from within the group, instead of relying on the normal soft option of Bengali theatre—adapting foreign plays.

The art of mime has come a long, elastic way from Marcel Marceau, whose cute Chaplinesque manner became so ubiquitously influential that it could safely be called “classic” mime. But,

For some time now, this reviewer has wondered why most local troupes cannot make theatre out of the living drama that stares at us daily on the streets of this

Two old warhorses of the Calcutta stage appeared among Anamika Kala Sangam’s Four Square Critics Choice at Gyan Manch last month. Anil De’s dramatization of Upendra Kishor Raychaudhuri’s Gupi Gāin

Some of Brecht’s short plays are perfect little gems of world drama. Two are currently running in Bengali versions: The Measures Taken as Samādhān by Open Theatre (Academy of Fine

A wave of children’s theatre swept through the city recently, soaking young audiences normally parched of such fare. Max Mueller Bhavan’s ongoing Grips Project (which originated in Berlin) involved one

There is no question about it, Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle is one of the most beautiful plays written in this century—said at the risk of offending Bertolt’s ghost, for

There’s hope for Bharat Dabholkar and Burjor Patel’s Theatre Arts Production yet. Compared to the repetitive tripe that they keep regurgitating in their Bottoms Up and Bumbay revues, It’s All

The short compendium of scenes from Moliere, titled Jeu de Roles, compiled by the Association Chatillonnaise de Theatre Estival from Paris and presented by Alliance Francaise (Gorky Sadan, March 26),

Manoj Mitra seems to reserve his sober writing for his own group Sundaram, while his lighter works are available for other groups. Bohurupee in particular has put on successful stagings