Premiere of dramatist-director Sohan Bandopadhyay's new play, a ghostly comedy set in a dilapidated north Kolkata hall about to be demolished to make way for a mall. Resident spooks protest against the reigning politician's corruption. Two performances, at 3 and 6:30 pm.
The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.
Translated by Arun Mukherjee from Ajit Dalvi’s play on Gandhiji’s relationship with his son, and directed by Sujan Mukherjee. Recommended: ★★★★
Dramatized from Narayan Sanyal’s story by Tirthankar Chanda, about an idealistic teacher. Directed by Ram Mukhopadhyay.
Adapted by Soumitra Chatterjee from Murray Schisgal’s The Typists, and directed by Poulomi Chatterjee. Two stenographers in an office become friends over time and grow old together. A charity fund-raiser to support the Welfare Society for the Blind.
Written and directed by Debashis. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.
Translated from Yasmine Beverly Rana’s The War Zone Is My Bed by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Santanu Das.
Dario Fo’s political satire Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismay Ray and directed by Bimal Chakrabarti.
Written by Ashis Goswami and directed by Subhajit Bandyopadhyay in an intimate setting.
The Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice adapted to contemporary Bengal by Sanjay Chattopadhyay and directed by Avi Sengupta.
