Inaugural day of 3-day festival, featuring Ekir Mikir’s Santragachhir Jhil, Sagen Rakab Sosar Gaunta’s Chadar Badar, and the highly-recommended (★★★★★) Taming of the Wild by the host group directed by […]
Dolls Theatre’s International Puppet Theatre Festival, at CLT Read More »
A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is
Akvarious (Mumbai)’s Love, Bombs and Apples, at Urban Theatre Read More »
An oddly philosophical young woman on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up, falling in love and falling apart. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the truth begins to
Akvarious (Mumbai)’s Sissy, at Urban Theatre Read More »
Written and directed by Debasish, set in the Tripura hills about the friendship of two boys as they grow up.
Chakdah Natyajan’s Ekta Iskul, at Gyan Manch Read More »
Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitava Dutta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has
Ganakrishti’s Mastuto Vice, at Academy Read More »
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a
Aneek’s Angina Jure Bhor, at Tapan Read More »
Sayak’s new production, written by Arijit Biswas, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. An old party wholetimer in a village guards a ruined building that once was his local party office. Vested
Sayak’s Kundu-babu, at Academy Read More »
Director Debesh Chattopadhyay’s faithful interpretation of Buddhadeva Bose’s verse drama on Karna’s choice before the war begins. Read my review.
Sansriti’s Pratham Partha, at Academy Read More »
Dramatist-director Rakesh Ghosh’s new play about the forgotten comedian and female impersonator of the Bengali commercial stage, Amritalal Mukherjee (1854-90). His sensational tragic death occurred on 14 March 1890 when
Dum Dum Shabdomugdho’s Bel-babu, at Tapan Read More »
One of Bohurupee’s best productions from the 1990s, written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Kumar Roy (on his birth centenary) and now revived by Sanjay Banerjee. Read my review of
Bohurupee’s Kinu Kaharer Thetar, at Academy Read More »
Debasis Majumder‘s new play on the fragility of human relationships and the pain of breaking them. It highlights three major forms of separation: death, which is a natural consequence to
Sudrak’s Morche Para Alo, at Academy Read More »
Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic
Chetana’s Meghe Dhaka Ghatak, at Academy Read More »
