Sansriti’s new production inaugurated Mukhomukhi’s 30th anniversary festival, bringing Buddhadeva Bose’s Pratham Pārtha to a new generation of theatregoers after Swapna-sandhani’s interpretation in the 1990s. Among Bose’s verse-drama quartet based
Germany and 1959 share a curious theatrical distinction: the world premieres of two early absurdist plays, Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter and Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, took place that year in that country,
The growing interest in short (under an hour), intimate theatre is a positive sign: more traditional groups explore the advantages of small spaces, as I have advocated for years. The
Two groups revisit European drama with political underpinnings from the 1950s for new adaptations. Despite the strong leftist ideology of Bengali theatre, it has not noticed that Dario Fo’s centenary
Our Hindi theatre made interesting forays by Indianizing two plays from 18th-century Britain and 21st-century America. Even in the UK there are few takers today for Sheridan’s classic comedy of
Having missed out on Akvarious’s Dekh Behen the first time around, I caught up with it and its sequel at The Urban Theatre Project’s Dekh Behen weekend, serendipitously enabling me
Screen to stage comebacks face critical scepticism because the stars’ popularity generates full houses whereas the theatrical product fails to equal the best standards in the art but, since most
Biodrama in Bengali theatre has grown into a notable subgenre lately. Two of them, originally occasioned by centenaries and significant anniversaries, give spectators welcome vistas into Indian personalities of genius
Happily for Bengali theatre, I can announce the presence of a new, original dramatist-director, Gaurav Das, who founded Santoshpur Anuchintan with its own studio space, and has now created full-length
What should one take utmost care to avoid when dramatizing a novel? Two Bengali productions provide both chastening and instructive answers. The obvious first criterion: never deviate from the key
Surajit Banerjee’s long-time fascination with Nati Binodini leads to a rerun in Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini!! (sic) Over 15 years ago, he had written Binodini Kathā, featuring a Pirandellian form
For Jashn-e-Azhar 2026, Little Thespian invited three Hindi groups from outside Kolkata. Ekrang (Mumbai) paid homage to Badal Sircar with Pratibha Agrawal’s faithful translation, Paglā Ghodā, directed by Jayant Deshmukh.
