Nat-ranga’s Mithye Car-er Satyi, at Tapan
Written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay, comedy and romance come together in an old-age home.
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Nandikar’s Theatre Festival, at Academy
Nandikar’s 42nd annual festival, beginning on December 16 and continuing till December 25. Featuring Bengali plays by the groups Aneek, Naihati Natya Samannyay, Mukhomukhi–Tritiyo Sutra, Ichheymoto, Sarabhuj, Swapnasandhani, Natya Anan,
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Nothing Like Persepolis, at The Urban Theatre Project
An independent and intimate production that borrows from Persepolis, Macbeth and the various wars of survival around us, and features three women clowns and their many voices, protests and prophecies,
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Open call for new Bangla scripts in Third-Bell Season 2
Third-Bell announces Season 2 of its initiative in collaboration with Bhasha Centre and TheDramaLibrary.com to commission two new Bangla plays this year. In Season 1, they discovered two wonderful works,
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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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