Whoever says that English theatre in Kolkata has dropped into the doldrums has either not seen the glorious musicals helmed by the Lai Roy family or believes (erroneously) that school

Seventy years ago, a small band of dedicated young theatre enthusiasts left the Indian People’s Theatre Association and formed a new group, Bohurupee. Little did they imagine that they would

The paucity of local organizations sponsoring shows from outside Kolkata makes us greet any such new initiative enthusiastically. Knack Productions may feel disheartened by the low turnout for Akvarious Productions’

This is a tribute to theatre teachers on Teachers Day, looking at the new plays by two groups training young learners in the live form that best inculcates teamwork and

“Dance theatre” is a term much abused, to label any relatively large-scale dance spectacle. In fact, it is pretty obvious that all dance performances, even short and solo, are by

Courtroom drama can succeed only on the bedrock of perfect plausibility – unless, of course, the director consciously applies a stylized approach right through, say, for satirical objectives. Two perennial

We can quote from Shakespeare, but have no clue about Shakuntalā, the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature. That is the shame that the white man’s burden has left us with, even

The pair of plays that flew in from Mumbai recently weren’t good advertisements for Mumbai’s theatre. Ikigai & Co’s punningly-titled Gā Re Mā (presented by Showhouse) at least had the

Now in its eighth year, Little Thespian’s national festival named Jashn-e-Rang provides Kolkata theatre lovers their only opportunity to see a range of Hindi/Urdu drama from across the country. This

Bahuswar’s invitation to Ruchika from Delhi to showcase their work at an exclusive festival heralds progress among Bengali groups to grant equal status to theatre in English, usually sidelined. We