A Charan and Bhatta, among the oldest mediums of Indian storytelling, narrate Bhasa's five Sanskrit plays on the Mahabharata in Hindi. Asif Ali's script begins with Bhatta questioning Pancharatram, in […]
Three plays performed by and for children: Sukumar Ray's Byanger Raja directed by Debabrata Maity, Tagore's Achalayatan directed by Anindita Chakraborty, and Badal Sircar's Bichitranushthan directed by Rakesh Das. Part of Nandikar's 42nd […]
Bijon Bhattacharya's classic drama first staged by the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) in 1944, set against the backdrop of the man-made Bengal famine of 1943. Directed by Sohini Sengupta […]
Jayanta De’s story dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta, about the ever-increasing irrational instigation in society without thinking of humanity. Problems and failure in life get vented in various ugly […]
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
A play written by Parthapratim Deb dramatizing the story of Krishna, directed by Sohini Sengupta. Part of Nandikar's 42nd annual theatre festival.
Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Two shows, at 2:45 pm and […]
Shakespeare’s classic translated into Bengali by Chaiti Mitra and directed by Koushik Sen. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
A genrefluid show incorporating dance, drama and drag. Journeying across cultures, homes and nightclubs, Zizou finds belonging through Zenia Fauxbia Darling—his drag persona—with a little help from some queens he […]
Short plays written and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik: Banijye Basate Lakshmi is a solo performance in which Sudipta enacts a motivational speaker delivering a speech on how Bengali entrepreneurs can […]
