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CENTRESTAGE: Essays on Theatre, Indian and Intercultural
My new book has appeared from Seagull, Kolkata: Centrestage Here are the Contents:
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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 founder Usha Ganguli, and the continuing journey of the group today.
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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, Mon Paboner Nao by Titas and Janak Rajar Pala by Ritadip. You can read both plays on www.thedramalibrary.com Last date
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 documentary on Badal Sircar 3. Lectures on Badal Sircar and Tripti Mitra
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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 prolific writing careers. Mohit-da belonged to the line of esteemed playwrights who did not pursue stage activities themselves. Manoj-da, on
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 April 27, 6 p.m., at Nehru Children’s Museum.
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 Best Production, Best Script (Suman Saha and Soham Gupta), Best Design (Suman), Best Female Supporting Actor (Chandrani Sarkar) and Best
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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, for she was sui generis. In her lithe frame she held the mind of an organizer, teacher and scripter, the
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 the actor using meditative techniques, physical training and vocal training, culminating in a public production. This unique pedagogy blends Eastern
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 workshops led by personalities from Hindi, Urdu and Bengali theatre. Venue: Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Time: 10 AM to 7 PM
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Theatre Masterclass in Barrackpore
Sessions to be conducted on June 8 and 9 by Debshankar Haldar, Biplab Bandyopadhyay, Pradip Bhattacharya and Surajit Bandopadhyay.
Sayak’s competitive festival at Tapan Theatre
From May 7th to 16th, Sayak will hold a festival of ten Bengali plays every evening at 6:30 in Tapan Theatre. Selected by senior dramatist-director Debasis Majumdar, these include productions from Ranchi and Agartala, besides Kolkata and its suburbs. Details announced separately in our Events column.