Nat-ranga’s Ami Weds Ami, at Academy
Revival of Sohan Bandopadhyay’s Bengali dramatization from 2010 of Charlie Fish’s short story “The Man Who Married Himself”, about a man who does just that.
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People’s Little Theatre’s Panjare Danrer Shabda, at Academy
A new play by Hara Bhattacharya, directed by Kamalesh Chakrabarti, about the recurrent nightmares of a man who fought against corruption in all walks of life, especially in his professional
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Renaissance’s Charandas MLA, at Madhusudan
Revival of Renaissance’s Hindi production from the 1990s. Dramatized from Satinath Bhaduri’s satirical story by Partha Sarathi Upadhyay and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.
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Rangapat’s He Sindhusaras, at Academy
Rangapat’s latest production, based by dramatist Ujjwal Chattopadhyay on the making of Chekhov’s classic The Seagull, recreating the work of the Moscow Art Theatre, its director Stanislavski and lead actress
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Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra’s Nim Amrita, at Academy
Premiere of an adaptation from Somerset Maugham’s play on euthanasia, The Sacred Flame, by Bhaskar Lahiri and directed by Kishore Sengupta.
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Shohan’s Amirah, at Madhusudan
Inspired by Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy Antigone, Indianized by Anirban Sen and directed by Anish Ghosh.
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Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Birla Sabhagar
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.
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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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Rangroop’s Jadi Ar Ekbar, at Academy
Marking the birth centenary of Badal Sircar, the premiere of Rangroop’s revival of his perennial early comedy about wish fulfilment. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
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Little Thespian’s Endgame, at Sisir Mancha
Samuel Beckett’s classic Endgame, translated into Hindi by Uma Jhunjhunwala and directed by S. M. Azhar Alam. Recommended: ★★★★. Read review here.
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Anya Theatre’s Caretaker, at Gyan Manch
Harold Pinter’s early drama translated into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee.
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Chhandaneer’s Tor Bhitare Jagiya Ke Je, at Madhusudan
A dance-drama interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth directed in Bharatanatyam style by Soumalini Sengupta.
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