Nityanatya Sangstha’s Lash, at Tapan
A story dramatized and directed by Atanu Chatterjee, about two sisters in a village who have to carry corpses for disposal at dead of night.
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Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Madhusudan
Utpal Dutt’s classic drama, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay in Mukhomukhi’s new production. Two performances on the same day, matinee and at 6:30.
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Jadavpur Manthan’s Mitra, at Madhusudan
Adapted into Bengali from Vijay Tendulkar’s thought-provoking drama Mitrachi Gostha about a lesbian couple, and directed by Rajib Bardhan.
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Mukhomukhi and Chetana’s Don: Take Bhalo Lage, at Academy
Adapted from the musical The Man of La Mancha about Don Quixote and directed by Sujan Mukhopadhyay.
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Chetana, Mukhomukhi and Tritiyo Sutra’s Mephisto, at Madhusudan
Revival of their 2002 production. Based on Ariane Mnouchkine’s dramatization of Klaus Mann’s novel on the Nazi co-option of artists, translated and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★
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ECTA (New Jersey) and Chetana’s Shikhandi, at Academy
In English, written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. A monodrama based on Shikhandi’s story in the Mahabharata.
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Ekush Shatak’s Krishnaranga, at Academy
Revival of dramatist-director Loknath Bandyopadhyay’s farce, adapted from Peter Shaffer’s hit Black Comedy (1965). One of the funniest productions you can presently view. Recommended: ★★★★
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Dastangoi (Delhi)’s Dastan-E-Karn-Az Mahabharata, at KCC
Mahmood Farooqui, who has revived the medieval storytelling tradition of Dastangoi and performed in Kolkata twice before, explores Karna’s life from the Mahabharata, in a masterful blend of Sanskrit, Urdu,
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Sansriti’s Hayabadan, at Academy
Translated by Sankha Ghosh from Girish Karnad’s classic folk-based play Hayavadana, and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.
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Sansriti’s Ekdin Mandire Jaoyar Pathe, at Academy
Translated from Satish Alekar’s Marathi play Ek Divas Mathakade and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A young man embarks on a trip to a temple and meets an old man returning
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Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Girish
Dramatized from Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Arun Mukherjee. The story revisits the historic Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 in Bengal, where Haran, an old sharecropper, has gone half-mad after police
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Sayak’s Atmajan, at Madhusudan
Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya and written by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay, about a man who dutifully takes care of his ailing father but in doing so risks alienating his wife.
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