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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Sessions to be conducted on June 8 and 9 by Debshankar Haldar, Biplab Bandyopadhyay, Pradip Bhattacharya and Surajit Bandopadhyay.
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.
An article that appears on sohinichattopadhyay.com, appealing for a new initiative: Trauma Doesn’t Have a Formula by Shuktara Lal Last year, I had the honour of being invited to direct a performance comprising students at the Asian University for Women (Chattogram/Chittagong). The eight actors who performed were from several different
The West Bengal Government has organized a gala eleven-day Natyamela of Bengali theatre starting on February 3 lasting till February 13, with free admission for everyone. Every afternoon and evening, over 100 groups from all over the state will stage their productions at the state-run auditoriums in Kolkata: Rabindra Sadan,
Another of Bengali theatre’s leading groups, Sayak, still led by founder Meghnad Bhattacharya, has reached its 50th anniversary, marked with a festival of seven plays at the Academy of Fine Arts from 29 November to 3 December. Details in our Events column.
