Hilarious, surreal and deeply unsettling, Piyakkad explores the fragile line between intoxication and liberation. A man finds truth, illusion and escape through alcohol, blurring the boundary between reality and imagination. With Makarand Deshpande’s trademark mix of absurdist humour, lyrical monologues and raw emotional intensity, his one-man play becomes both a mirror of loneliness and a […]
Adapted from Dario Fo’s early farce The Virtuous Burglar and directed by Amitava Dutta. The thief's plans for a simple robbery are immediately complicated when he unexpectedly faces two sets of cheating partners. Forced to act as a go-between and peacemaker, he attempts to keep the multiple affairs a secret.
Revived production based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s Crime Passionnel about a Communist plot of political assassination, adapted into Bengali and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Newly dramatized in Bengali from Howard Fast’s novel and directed by Rokeya Ray and Malay Ray. Recommended. Read review here.
Biography of the pioneer women's educationist and activist, written and directed by Sushama Deshpande, dramatized by Manjiri Bhuskute and translated into English by Shanta Gokhale. A solo performance of "theatre journalism" by Nandita Patkar.
A theatre performance in a box. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. Ontroerend Goed puts the audience in control. They provide the structure; the audience shapes the shared experience. Together, the audience creates something special filled with reflections on time, transience and togetherness.
An anthology of three plays directed by Seema Bhargava Pahwa. The medley brings to life three timeless Hindi short stories by Premchand, Mannu Bhandari and Bhisham Sahni, exploring the colourful mosaic of human emotions, tracing the ebbs and flows of human connection woven with womanhood, memory and meaning. Part of the Ami Arts Festival.
The first segment features a colourful presentation of a dozen diverse folk forms from Medinipur. The second part, Aranya Purush, is a theatre production deeply inspired by folk traditions. This play combines dance, music and drama to portray the profound relationship between humanity and nature, exploring themes of identity, survival and harmony with the natural […]
A darkly comic thriller adapted into Hindi from Anthony Shaffer’s celebrated two-hander Sleuth, directed by Shubhrajyoti Barat. Part of the Ami Arts Festival.
Written by Shib Mukhopadhyay as his second dramatization of the epic, this time concentrating on the Udyoga Parva. Directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
