One of Bohurupee’s best productions from the 1990s, written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Kumar Roy (on his birth centenary) and now revived by Sanjay Banerjee. Read my review of the original.
Director Debesh Chattopadhyay’s faithful interpretation of Buddhadeva Bose’s verse drama on Karna’s choice before the war begins. Read my review.
Sayak’s new production, written by Arijit Biswas, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. An old party wholetimer in a village guards a ruined building that once was his local party office. Vested interests want him evicted to construct a community centre-cum-supermart. The story of thousands of grassroots workers who gave their all for an ideology and who […]
Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitava Dutta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has to face two sets of cheating partners, and is forced to act as a go-between and a peacemaker. The would-be criminal beomes the moral compass.
An oddly philosophical young woman on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up, falling in love and falling apart. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the truth begins to blur. A bittersweet story about finding meaning—if there is any at all. Written and directed by Dhrreti Bhatt. More performances on the 5th, 6th and […]
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a small village in Dinajpur to the world of Kolkata commercial theatre, as well as the complicated lives of others around him. Written and directed by […]
Inaugural day of 3-day festival, featuring Ekir Mikir's Santragachhir Jhil, Sagen Rakab Sosar Gaunta's Chadar Badar, and the highly-recommended (★★★★★) Taming of the Wild by the host group directed by Sudip Gupta.
Written and directed by Debasish, set in the Tripura hills about the friendship of two boys as they grow up.
A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is not what it seems with his object of desire. Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak (of Baghdad Wedding), this is the comic tale of three men experiencing […]
An oddly philosophical young woman on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up, falling in love and falling apart. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the truth begins to blur. A bittersweet story about finding meaning—if there is any at all. Written and directed by Dhrreti Bhatt. More performances on the 6th and 7th.
