Sansriti’s Sher Afgan, at Academy
Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s adaptation of Pirandello’s metatheatrical classic, Henry IV, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
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Sansriti’s Khokkas, at Academy
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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Chakdah Natyajan’s Barricade, at Academy
Revival of Utpal Dutt’s Barricade, about the Nazis’ strategies of establishing fascism democratically, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
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Sansriti’s Kothakar Charitra Kothay Rekhechha, at Academy
Translated from Pirandello’s metatheatrical classic Six Characters in Search of an Author by Rudraprasad Sengupta and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.
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Prachya’s Day Amadero, at University Institute
Dramatized by Sumantra Chattopadhyay from Abby Mann’s Judgment at Nuremberg about the Nazi trials and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.
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Theatre Workshop’s Great Bengal Theatre, at Girish
Dramatist-director Sumitro Bandyopadhyay’s fictionalized depiction of Bengali professional theatre’s nationalistic role at the time of the Partition.
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Nandipat’s Pet-i Case, at Minerva
Dario Fo’s political satire Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismay Ray and directed by Bimal Chakrabarti.
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Santoshpur Anuchintan’s Ghar, at Madhusudan
An original play in Hindustani and Punjabi. Dramatist-director Gaurav Das weaves a sophisticated narrative with three main strands. In the background we view the legendary Punjabi qissā of Mirza and
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Johnny Got His Gun (from Finland), at KCC
Asian premiere of this one-man Finnish production based on Dalton Trumbo’s banned antiwar American novel of the same name published in 1939. Directed by Essi Rossi from Helsinki and well-received
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Johnny Got His Gun (from Finland), at KCC
Asian premiere of this one-man Finnish production based on Dalton Trumbo’s banned antiwar American novel of the same name published in 1939. Directed by Essi Rossi from Helsinki and well-received
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Dwitiya Satta’s Na Tor Janya, at Rabindra Sadan
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 Mahatma Banam Gandhi, at Academy
Translated by Arun Mukherjee from Ajit Dalvi’s play on Gandhiji’s relationship with his son, and directed by Sujan Mukherjee. Recommended: ★★★★
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