Mangalik’s Manush Bhut, at Tapan
Tapan Theatre KalighatMangalik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a “dead” man coming alive. Recommended: ★★★★
Mangalik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a “dead” man coming alive. Recommended: ★★★★
Inspired by Badal Sircar’s Mani-Kanchan and directed by Ayan Banerjee. The play anticipates the future through the act of a famous magician couple. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.
Debasis Majumder's new play on the fragility of human relationships and the pain of breaking them. It highlights three major forms of separation: death,hich occurs through conflict, betrayal or coercion and creates a deeper wound than death.
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 by […]
Written and directed by Debasish, set in the Tripura hills about the friendship of two boys as they grow up.
Dramatized from Samaresh Majumdar, and directed by Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. A young boy, lost during a festival, takes refuge under a “Master” who imparts the ultimate philosophy of life: to stop being a lifelong servant to others and instead learn self-reliance. In his homeless wandering, he embraces lush, vibrant greenery where a newcomer enters his life.
Revived production based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s Crime Passionnel about a Communist plot of political assassination, adapted into Bengali and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.
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.
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.