Crafts Council of West Bengal and Artisana's festival from November 1 to 10.
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Theatre
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Gombeyata (traditional Karnataka puppetry) that tells Yakshagana mythological stories, by K V Ramesh's troupe from Kasaragod. Three performances between 12 pm to 6:30 pm. Presented by Crafts Council of West Bengal as part of their 10-day Utsav. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ |
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Ravana Chhaya, the very rare and beautiful form of shadow-puppet theatre from Odisha, presented by the disciple of legendary puppeteer Kolha Charan Sahoo. Three performances between 12 pm and 5:30 pm. Presented by Crafts Council of West Bengal as part of their 10-day Utsav. Highly recommended: ★★★★★
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Mayurbhanj Chhau, the mask-less form of Chhau from Odisha, not normally seen in Kolkata, presented by Bibhu Datta. Three performances between 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Presented by Crafts Council of West Bengal as part of their 10-day Utsav. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ |
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Adapted into Bengali from Slovenian dramatist Evald Flisar's Take Me into Your Hands by director Amitava Dutta. Set in an old bookshop, about the love of books. |
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Adapted from Slovenian dramatist Evald Flisar's What about Leonardo, set in a neurological institute, and directed by Amitava Dutta. |
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Pancham Vaidic's Ghare Baire, dramatized from Tagore's domestic-political novel and directed by Arpita Ghosh. |
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Adapted into contemporary India from Sartre’s Respectful Prostitute by Anshuman Bhowmick and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review. |
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Utpal Dutt’s play on the peasant uprising in Barasat against the British and the zamindars, directed by Joyraj Bhattacharya.
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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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Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. Recommended: ★★★★ |
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Dwijendra Lal Roy’s 1908 tragedy, directed by Debasish Ray. The historical drama retells the life of Nur Jahan. |
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Inspired by Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy Antigone, written by Anirban Sen and directed by Anish Ghosh.
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Adapted from Pirandello’s Right You Are If You Think So and directed by Arpita Ghosh. Recommended: ★★★★ |
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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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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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Written by Sounava Bose based on Narayan Sanyal’s Ami Netaji-ke Dekhechhi about Netaji, and directed by Tirthankar Chattopadhyay.
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Badal Sircar's mysterious comedy directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.
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Inspired by Girish Ghosh’s devotional masterpiece Bilwamangal Thakur, written and directed by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay. |
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Written by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Prokash Bhattacharya, about an old Jatra actor and his wife live in trying urban conditions with a young woman and man from the same village.
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A metaphorical Bengali play written and directed by Ayan Banerjee about the all-encompassing system that runs our lives, which simultaneously makes and breaks, preserves and destroys us. |
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The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here. |
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Tagore's theatre songs by Manoj Murali Nair, followed by Sayak's children's play, Dindupure Salt Lake-e. |
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Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s adaptation of Pirandello’s metatheatrical classic, Henry IV, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review. |
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Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay. |
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Tendulkar's classic drama directed in English by American professor Farley Richmond and produced by Epic Actors' Workshop from New Jersey. Part of Sayak's 50th year festival.
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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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Sayak's 26-year-old longest-running production, with 700 performances. Written by Chandan Sen, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. Part of Sayak's 50th year festival. |
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New play written and directed by Ishita Mukhopadhyay. Part of Sayak's 50th year festival. |