Studio 9’s My Name Is Jaan, at Birla Sabhagar
Arpita Chatterjee’s solo musical on Gauhar Jan, directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.
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META HONOURS KOLKATA
On World Theatre Day, we congratulate the two Kolkata groups who won 9 out of the 13 awards at META last week, an unprecedented haul. Bengal Repertory’s Nihsanga Ishwar bagged
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Pancham Vaidic’s Tumi Thik Jadi Bhabo Tumi Thik, at Madhusudan
Adapted from Pirandello’s Right You Are If You Think So and directed by Arpita Ghosh. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
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Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Kala Mandir
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★
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Beadon Street Subham’s Shab Charitra Kalpanik, at Madhusudan
Dramatized from Parashuram’s Mahesher Mahajatra about two friends searching for ghosts, by Kallol Lahiri and members of the repertory, and directed by Anamitra Khan.
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Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Madhusudan
Written and directed by Suman Sengupta, a portrayal of the dilemma of an accomplished commercial artist who sells out to the ruthless and competitive contemporary ratrace.
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Chetana’s Hibijibi Bahini, at Academy
A “non-sense” production with child and adult actors, written and directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay. Alibaba, accompanied by his trusty donkey, opens the door to the cave and discovers no treasure
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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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Padatik/rikh’s Mark Twain: Live in Bombay!, at KCC
Based by Canadian playwright Gabriel Emanuel on Twain’s not-too-well-known Indian visit and lecture in Bombay, directed and enacted by Vinay Sharma. Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.
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Ichheymoto’s Mantu o Marx, at Academy
An unusual play where Marx appears today and tries to explain his theories to a Bengali labourer. Written by Dhrubajyoti Chakrabarti and directed by Kushal Chattopadhyay.
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Srijak’s Prajapati, at Tapan
Samaresh Basu’s 1967 novel subsequently banned for obscenity (the Supreme Court overturned the judgment in 1985), dramatized and directed by Debashis Basu.
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Natadha’s Mahabharat 2, at Madhusudan
Written by Shib Mukhopadhyay as his second dramatization of the epic, this time concentrating on the Udyoga Parva. Directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
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