July 19, 22, 23, 24: Call Cutta At Home is on at the Access Point festival, St. Petersburg, Russia. Conceived by Rimini Protokoll, who have done interactive theatre (where the audience is considered a part of the performance) in Kolkata before, like Call Cutta and Call Cutta In A Box.
Mukul Ahmed of London, no stranger to Kolkata theatre, where he has regularly directed in recent years, has announced a new script competition: https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/rafta-scriptwriting?fbclid=IwAR0eKY6yvODzGTioOTyglBbP4UjWYvEb0bHG_foZRts4y0a9CwAj1pAOyiw
My tribute to Usha Ganguli appeared in The Wire, April 2020: https://thewire.in/the-arts/usha-ganguli-tribute
I’ve edited a new book containing the earliest plays of Krishna Mohan Banerjea and Michael Madhusudan Dutt, and the anonymously-written Kaminee, in the 19th century. Titled Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings (Jadavpur University Press). See: https://jadunivpress.com/category/indian-drama-in-english-the-beginnings/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/madhusudan-dutts-english-drama-rizia-makes-it-to-print/articleshow/73218826.cms A conversation discussing the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLC-Q2GjX3E A review in The Book Review:
Subrata Pal, who epitomized the invisible but indispensable man behind the scenes of Bengali theatre, doing his work for groups quietly but flawlessly, died recently. For him, theatre organization was just as important and creative as directing or acting. He joined Nandikar on Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s invitation, but only on condition
