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Baghajatin Alaap’s Padma Nadir Majhi, at Academy

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Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Parthapratim Deb. Seventh production in Baghajatin Alaap’s 2nd international Bengali theatre festival.

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THOUGHTS OF A THEATRE CRITIC

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My interview published in Little Thespian’s journal, Rang Rasa, vol. 3 issue 4 (October 2025-March 2026): How would you define theatre criticism in today’s context? What distresses me the most

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Epic Actors’ Workshop (New Jersey)’s No Man’s Land, at Academy

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Based on a short story by Mojaffar Hossain, in which a destitute and injured woman lies helplessly in the no man’s land between the borders of India and Bangladesh and

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Bengali one-act plays from Australia and New Zealand, at Academy

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Chakravyuha by Ankurshristi Incorporated (Melbourne, Australia) and Sakshi by Not Really (Auckland, New Zealand). Fourth and fifth productions in Baghajatin Alaap’s 2nd international Bengali theatre festival.

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Emirates Bengal Natyagoshthi (Dubai)’s Prahasan, at Academy

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Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play directed by Kalyan Bhattacharya. Six candidates for the position of assistant to a CEO are locked inside a room for the final selection test. Second production in

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Chetana’s Ghashiram Kotwal, at Academy

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Vijay Tendulkar’s classic political satire directed in Bengali by Sujan Mukhopadhyay. Inaugural performance of Baghajatin Alaap’s 2nd international Bengali theatre festival.

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Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Third production in Baghajatin Alaap’s 2nd

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Natya Anan’s Meghnad, at Academy

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Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based discrimination,

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ECTA (New Jersey)’s two Bengali plays, at Tapan

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Short plays written and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik: Banijye Basate Lakshmi is a solo performance in which Sudipta enacts a motivational speaker delivering a speech on how Bengali entrepreneurs can

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Curl’s Item, at The Urban Theatre Project

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A genrefluid show incorporating dance, drama and drag. Journeying across cultures, homes and nightclubs, Zizou finds belonging through Zenia Fauxbia Darling—his drag persona—with a little help from some queens he

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Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Two shows, at 2:45 pm and

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Swapna-sandhani’s Hamlet, at Kala Mandir

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Shakespeare’s classic translated into Bengali by Chaiti Mitra and directed by Koushik Sen. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

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