Chadar Badar puppetry, at KCC
Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, KolkataPerformance of the little-publicized marionette form from the Santal Parganas.
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, […]
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, […]
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.
Shakespeare's classic translated into Bengali by Chaiti Mitra and directed by Koushik Sen. Part of Nandikar's 42nd Theatre Festival. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
Adapted from Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men into Bengali by Swatilekha Sengupta and directed by Saptarshi Maulik. Recommended: ★★★★.