Ganakrishti’s Athaba Rabithakur, at Academy
Adapted from Slovenian dramatist Evald Flisar’s What about Leonardo, set in a neurological institute, and directed by Amitava Dutta.
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Ichheymoto’s Henry Kothay?, at Academy
Director Saurav Palodhi’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s 1935 socialist classic, Waiting for Lefty, about the poverty of taxi drivers in the USA.
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Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Girish
Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.
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Prachya’s Quarantine, at Madhusudan
Adapted into Bengali and on the Indo-Bangladeshi border from Arthur Miller’s classic A View from the Bridge, about illegal migrants, by Kaberi Basu and directed by Buddhadeb Das.
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Hoshruba Repertory (Mumbai)’s Habib-nama, at KCC
Premiere of this production based on Habib Tanvir’s autobiographical writings and public interviews. Scripted and directed by Danish Husain.
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Nat-ranga’s Chhayapather Sheshe, at Academy
Dramatist-director Sohan Bandopadhyay’s ghostly comedy set in a dilapidated north Kolkata hall about to be demolished to make way for a mall. Resident spooks protest against the reigning politician’s corruption.
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Anya Theatre’s Pratham Rajnaitik Hatya, at Academy
Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
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Sansriti’s Khokkas, at Madhusudan
Adapted from Evgeny Schwartz’s satirical Russian play The Dragon (1944) by Arpita Ghosh and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A village terrorized by a dragon finds an unlikely saviour.
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Kolkata Centre for Creativity’s Bechara B.B., at KCC
Directed and designed by Suman Mukhopadhyay from fragments of plays by Bertolt Brecht, reflecting the essence of Brecht’s life, ideas and philosophy.
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Rangalok’s Shekal Chhenra Hater Khonje, at Girish
Dramatized from Samaresh Basu’s 1984 novel by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Shyamal Chakrabarti. A wake-up call to any political ideology that strays from its humanistic roots. Recommended: ★★★★ Read
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Samstab’s Uranta Tarader Chhaya, at Academy
Written and directed by Debasish. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.
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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.
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