Anya Theatre’s Caretaker, at Gyan Manch
Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaHarold Pinter’s early drama translated into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee.
Harold Pinter’s early drama translated into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee.
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s magical story about Gaur, who loves to play the flute, and is loved by the ancient folk in his village, threatened by the arrival of a man who wants to take over everything. Dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
Marking the birth centenary of Badal Sircar, the premiere of Rangroop's revival of his perennial early comedy about wish fulfilment. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.
Inspired by Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy Antigone, Indianized by Anirban Sen and directed by Anish Ghosh.
Premiere of an adaptation from Somerset Maugham's play on euthanasia, The Sacred Flame, by Bhaskar Lahiri and directed by Kishore Sengupta.
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.
Rangapat’s latest production, based by dramatist Ujjwal Chattopadhyay on the making of Chekhov’s classic The Seagull, recreating the work of the Moscow Art Theatre, its director Stanislavski and lead actress Olga Knipper (Chekhov’s wife). Directed by Tapanjyoti.
Revival of Renaissance’s Hindi production from the 1990s. Dramatized from Satinath Bhaduri’s satirical story by Partha Sarathi Upadhyay and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.
A solo theatrical tribute to Jerzy Grotowski, directed by Supriya Samajdar. Preceded by an introductory lecture.
A new play by Hara Bhattacharya, directed by Kamalesh Chakrabarti, about the recurrent nightmares of a man who fought against corruption in all walks of life, especially in his professional capacity in the sports world.