Anya Theatre’s Aparajita, at Jogesh Mime
Jogesh Mime Academy Kalighat Park, Kolkata, IndiaNitish Sen’s classic solo play directed by Turna Das.
Nitish Sen’s classic solo play directed by Turna Das.
Partap Sehgal's eponymous poem dramatized and directed by Gourav Das reflects on the lives of children from Peyarabagan, the second largest slum in Kolkata, narrating their coming-of-age transition into adolescence. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.
Partap Sehgal's latest play directed by Gauri Dewal deals with the ever-changing nature of values through the story of an intelligent woman whose life has been shaped by tragedy. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.
Adapted from Evgeny Schwartz’s satirical Russian play The Dragon (1944) by Arpita Ghosh and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A village terrorized by a dragon finds an unlikely saviour.
Translated by Sankha Ghosh from Girish Karnad’s classic folk-based play Hayavadana, and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.
Dramatized from Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Arun Mukherjee. The story revisits the historic Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 in Bengal, where Haran, an old sharecropper, has gone half-mad after police killed his son.
Revival of their 2002 production. Based on Ariane Mnouchkine’s dramatization of Klaus Mann’s novel on the Nazi co-option of artists, translated and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★
A collage of three stories by Partap Sehgal. Ashraf Ali directs the independent narratives into a unified, thought-provoking exploration of life's existential crises. Part of Little Thespian's Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.
Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, but fruitful in the thirst for knowledge, which some people conspire to capture. Recommended: ★★★★
Partap Sehgal's play celebrates the life and achievements of Srinivasa Ramanujan, from a poor and modest clerk in Madras to a renowned mathematician at Cambridge, exploring the challenges he faced due to poor health, cultural differences and lack of formal education. Directed by Himanshu Himaniya. Part of Little Thespian's Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre festival.