Created in 2016, internationally award-winning modern retelling of the Greek myth. Dave is single, at the bar; Eurydice is a tree nymph. A tale of impossible, death-defying love told through spoken word by Alexander Wright and acoustic soul music by Phil Grainger. Two performances, at 5 pm and 8 pm.
Four-day festival with two or three productions every evening by Bengali groups from Kolkata and suburbs. For details, call 93829 46083 / 98300 34978
Written and directed by Debashis. Based on the freedom fighters arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case of 1908. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
Ritwik Ghatak’s long-forgotten but highly relevant drama that has a simplicity and warmth at a human level. The first half is set in Calcutta during a post-Partition riot and the second half in the milieu of a village family in East Bengal. Directed by Kaushik Ghosh. Read my review.
Created in 2020, the show is performed as an immersive live gig theatre of the 12 tracks on their album of the same name, telling four stories, upon three stages which surround the audience, in an uplifting communal experience which invites you -- the gods -- to take up your own power. Written by Alexander […]
Premiere of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's classic novel dramatized and directed by Debasish.
Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based discrimination, orthodox beliefs and divisive politics. His weapon was science. Bengali play written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Chandan Sen.
An intimate experimental production with character-driven of original and adapted monologues by the ensemble, Kolkata- and Chennai-based writers. Directed by Sadaf Afreen Mondal.
Amit Maitra’s drama written in the background of the mid-1990s, around the myth of an accidental act by a baby playfully pulling his mother’s nosering, leading to a nasal tear and future gossip that shatters the protagonist’s societal existence. The play speaks of life’s core values and how humanity overpowers non-living matter. Directed and acted […]
Adapted into Bengali by Soumitra Chatterjee from Murray Schisgal’s The Typists, and directed by Poulami Chatterjee. Two stenographers in an office become friends over time and grow old together.
