Chadar Badar puppetry, at KCC
Performance of the little-publicized marionette form from the Santal Parganas.
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Kolkata Playmakers’ Parabola Sir, at Academy
Dramatized from Narayan Sanyal’s novel by Tirthankar Chanda, about an idealistic teacher. Directed by Ram Mukhopadhyay. Read my review.
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Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Academy
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about Chandrabati, the 16th-century poet who composed the first Bangla Ramayan from the perspective of Sita, as well as parts of the Maimansingha Gitika. Directed by Prokash
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Bibhaban’s Intimate Theatre Festival, at Thea Apex
Titled “Bridge Between Us” celebrating 30 years of Bibhaban Theatre Academy, the festival features the following groups on the designated evenings: December 10, Tiljala Kalpan and Kolkata Jogosutra December 11,
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East India Dastangos’ Kolkata Ki Jalkatha, at Victoria Memorial
A musical Dastangoi storytelling performance of the city’s flowing heritage.
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Paschimbanga Natya Academy’s Natyamela
The West Bengal Government has organized its 25th Natyamela festival of Bengali theatre starting on December 7 lasting till December 17, with free admission for everyone. Every afternoon and evening,
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Purbaranga’s Sitayan, at Academy
The 100th performance of this production. Written and directed by Malay Ray, inspired by Mallika Sengupta’s novel on Sita’s story rather than Rama’s. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
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Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy
The highly popular Bengali play written by Rabindranath Maitra in 1932, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.
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Gandharvi’s Gulabijaan, at Birla Sabhagar
A musical drama by Shukla Banerjee and group, which revives the legacy of Awadh’s courtesans through Kathak, Thumri and ghazals. Set in 1881 Kolkata, the play follows an ageing courtesan
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Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Madhusudan
Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope
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Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s magical story about Gaur, who loves to play the flute, and is loved by the ancient folk in his village, threatened by the arrival of a man who
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Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Academy
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play inspired by the American film The Judge (2014) about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.
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