Vinay Sharma’s new play directed by him. Three episodes from different times linked by doublespeak around enforced silences: a professor faces an inquiry; a warlord declares himself God’s messenger; an […]
Sudrak’s so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.
Hara Bhattacharya’s play, directed by Kamalesh Chakrabarti, about a coach who fought against corruption in his professional capacity in the sports world and his discovery of an underprivileged girl as […]
Inspired by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, this play written and directed by Yadavan Chandran explores themes of memory, desire and the human connection to space through a blend of storytelling, […]
Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic […]
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
A puppet-theatre play reinterpreting the Thousand and One Nights through shadow puppetry, masks, live music and dialogue, exploring power, isolation and human vulnerability with a focus on Scheherazade's survival and […]
A Hindi drama written and directed by Abhishek Majumdar exploring a father-son dynamic, inspired by Anand's novel Vyasam Vigneswaram and Borges' essay "Blindness", focusing on a rite of passage, caste-based […]
Mahesh Elkunchwar's play translated in English, in which an ageing, much admired, charismatic writer dictates his autobiography to a bright but irreverent researcher and, in the process, talks about a controversial […]
Adapted into Bengali 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.
