Ichheymoto’s Henry Kothay?, at Academy
Premiere of 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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Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Academy
The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.
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Samstab’s Uranta Tarader Chhaya, at Madhusudan
Written and directed by Debashis. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.
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Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Girish
Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope
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Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Academy
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty.
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Angan Belgharia’s Mauna Banshari, at Academy
One of the great tragic love stories in Greek mythology, that of Orpheus and Eurydice, retold through poetry, music and philosophy. Written by Sanjoy Chattopadhyay and directed by Avi Sengupta.
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The imperative of safety and allyship in theatre practice
An article that appears on sohinichattopadhyay.com, appealing for a new initiative: Trauma Doesn’t Have a Formula by Shuktara Lal Last year, I had the honour of being invited to direct
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Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Rabindra Sadan
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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Chakdah Natyajan’s Bilwamangal Kabya, at Academy
Inspired by Girish Ghosh’s devotional masterpiece Bilwamangal Thakur, written and directed by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay.
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Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy
Rajat Chakrabarti’s biographical novel Panchananer Haraph about the forgotten Bengali typesetter, Panchanan Karmakar, dramatized and directed by Debasish Ray.
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Kolkata Playmakers’ Parabola Sir, at Girish
Dramatized from Narayan Sanyal’s story by Tirthankar Chanda, about an idealistic teacher. Directed by Ram Mukhopadhyay.
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Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
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