Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Kala Mandir
Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, KolkataBiographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty.
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty.
Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
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.
Sounava Bose's compelling historical play about the life and times of Dr Mahendra Lal Sircar, the second MD from the University of Calcutta, who became a famed homeopath and also founded the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review here.
A Good Samaritan doctor comes to the aid of a single woman. Written by Pradipta Bhattacharya and directed by Kishore Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
An Urdu/Hindi Indianization of Federico Garcia Lorca's all-women The House of Bernarda Alba. Adapted and directed by Anjum Rizvi.
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: ★★★★ Two shows, at 2:30 and 6:30 respectively.
Revival of dramatist-director Loknath Bandyopadhyay’s farce, adapted from Peter Shaffer’s hit Black Comedy (1965). One of the funniest productions you can presently view; we cannot reveal more! Recommended: ★★★★
The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.
Based on Debes Roy’s Bengali rendering of Shakespeare’s classic and Jan Otcenasek’s Romeo and Juliet in Darkness. Directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.