Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Academy
Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaUtpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a small village in Dinajpur to the world of Kolkata commercial theatre, as well as the complicated lives of others around him. Written and directed by […]
Sheridan's witty, hilarious, classic comedy of manners in a new Hindustani adaptation by director Zahid Hossain.
Adapted from Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot and directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.
Premiere of a workshop production in a traverse theatre setting of Ionesco's absurdist classic, Rhinoceros. Adapted and directed by Gautam Sarkar. Performances every evening for a week, till June 2.
Premiere of 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 […]
A workshop production in Bengali of Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros, adapted and directed by Gautam Sarkar with a cast of 40. In a highly unusual traverse theatre setting erected inside a temporary canopy structure. Performances from 6 to 9 pm every evening for a week, till June 2.
One of the more unusual treatments of Nati Binodini’s llife: a play within a play on her last years and her friendship with Tara Sundari, promising revelations that have not come to light previously, and including many old songs. Written by Surajit Bandyopadhyay and directed by Anindita Bandyopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★.
Dramatist-director Debasish’s new play about an old building facing demolition, whose residents face eviction, and whose inhabitants include non-humans too. Highly recommended: ★★★★★. Read my review.
Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Alok Deb in Pratikriti’s long-running production. Highly recommended: ★★★★★