Bibhaban’s Searching Grotowski, at Tripti Mitra
Tripti Mitra Natyagriha Natya Akademi, Nandan complex, KolkataA solo theatrical tribute to Jerzy Grotowski, directed by Supriya Samajdar. Preceded by an introductory lecture.
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People’s Little Theatre’s Panjare Danrer Shabda, at Academy
Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaA 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.
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Nat-ranga’s Ami Weds Ami, at Academy
Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaRevival of Sohan Bandopadhyay’s Bengali dramatization from 2010 of Charlie Fish’s short story “The Man Who Married Himself”, about a man who does just that.
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Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Academy
Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaUjjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about Chandrabati, the 16th-century poet who composed the first Bangla Ramayan from the perspective of Sita, as well as parts of the Maimansingha Gitika. Directed by Prokash Bhattacharya.
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Sandbox Collective (Bengaluru) and Santoshpur Anuchintan’s In Search of Goddess Sitala, at Tapan
Tapan Theatre KalighatA multimedia theatre performance that reflects on the lives of contemporary female impersonators in Sitala Jatra or Sitala Mangal, a rich and diverse but now endangered performatory ritual mostly found in rural West Bengal. Sitala (from sital, meaning cool; literally, the cool one), a non-Aryan deity, is the much-dreaded goddess or mother of diseases in […]
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Sudrak’s Shikh ^kha Jatir Merudanda, at Academy
Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaSudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.
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Ek Mulaqat (Mumbai), at Birla Sabhagar
G D Birla Sabhagar 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, KolkataRevival of the old production. To quote from my review in 2015: "written by Summana Ahmed and Saif Hyder Hasan, and directed by the latter. It presented the relationship between Amrita Pritam and Sahir Ludhianvi, based on her autobiography. Perhaps because of the depth of the source text, and no doubt the poetic ore of […]
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Seraikela Chhau, at KCC
Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, KolkataPerformance by Guru Malay Kumar Sahu and his ensemble from Seraikela, Jharkhand.
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Texas Studios (Mumbai)’s Ek Main aur Ek Two, at Birla Sabhagar
G D Birla Sabhagar 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, KolkataA comedy about a divorcee juggling two lovers. Written and directed by Paritosh Painter.
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The Red Curtain’s Game Changer, at Gyan Manch
Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaA women's empowerment play in English written by Elina Dasgupta Dutta and directed by Sumit Lai Roy.