On 7 December 1872, the Bengali public (as opposed to amateur private) stage was born, when a theatre-mad group of young men in north Calcutta enacted Dinabandhu Mitra’s classic political […]
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Nil-darpan, Bangladeshi production directed by Mamunur Rashid.
Nil-darpan, directed by Mamunur Rashid at Tapan Read More »
Sarabhuj’s Macbeth, adapted from Shakespeare and directed by Tarun Pradhan.
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Paramik’s Phans, based on Browning’s “My Last Duchess”, written by Anirban Sen and directed by Suvojit Bandopadhyay.
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Chetana’s Mephisto, jointly produced with Mukhomukhi and Tritiya Sutra. Based on Ariane Mnouchkine’s dramatization of Klaus Mann’s novel and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★
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Chetana’s classic production Jagannath, adapted from Lu Xun’s The True Story of Ah Q and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.
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Chetana’s classic production Marich Sambad, written and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.
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Theatre Workshop’s Agnishajya, Utpal Dutt’s play about Ram Mohun Roy’s anti-sati activism, directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.
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Renaissance’s Gardish, adapted from Karel Capek into Hindi and directed by Avinash Gupta.
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Ganakrishti’s Ghare Baire Chiriyakhana, adapted from Edward Albee’s final play At Home at the Zoo (containing his prequel to The Zoo Story) and directed by Amitabha Datta. Recommended: ★★★★ Read
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Based on Girish Chaturvedi’s novel, directed by Sudheer Rikhari, Tansen uniquely combines the legendary maestro’s biography with live music and Kathak dance. It begins with his dilemma between ibadat and
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Renaissance’s Gardish, adapted in Hindi from Karel Capek and directed by Avinash Gupta.
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