Titled "Bridge Between Us" celebrating 30 years of Bibhaban Theatre Academy, the festival features the following groups on the designated evenings: December 10, Tiljala Kalpan and Kolkata Jogosutra December 11, Bibhaban and Behala Youthopia December 13, Ayna, Aranyak and Bibhaban December 14, Bibhaban, Goroheen abd Margon
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about Chandrabati, the 16th-century poet who composed the first Bangla Ramayan from the perspective of Sita, as well as parts of the Maimansingha Gitika. Directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.
Performance of the little-publicized marionette form from the Santal Parganas.
Dramatized from Narayan Sanyal’s novel by Tirthankar Chanda, about an idealistic teacher. Directed by Ram Mukhopadhyay. Read my review.
Nandikar's 42nd annual festival, beginning on December 16 and continuing till December 25. Featuring Bengali plays by the groups Aneek, Naihati Natya Samannyay, Mukhomukhi--Tritiyo Sutra, Ichheymoto, Sarabhuj, Swapnasandhani, Natya Anan, Theatre Formation Poribortok and the hosts, and Hindi productions by National School of Drama Sikkim Repertory and Dinkar Sharma, Jharkhand.
Written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay, comedy and romance come together in an old-age home.
Tarun Pradhan’s Bangla folk adaptation and direction of Shakespeare’s classic using the performing arts of Medinipur. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
An independent and intimate production that borrows from Persepolis, Macbeth and the various wars of survival around us, and features three women clowns and their many voices, protests and prophecies, served with a red nose on top. Written and directed by Sourav R Nath. Repeat performance at 7:30 pm the same evening.
Revival of Sohan Bandopadhyay’s Bengali dramatization from 2010 of Charlie Fish’s short story “The Man Who Married Himself”, about a man who does just that.
Bhisham Sahni’s play translated into Bengali and directed by Swatilekha Sengupta.
