English theatre, too, tinged bilingually with Bengali, tiptoes back on stage with a couple of hour-long productions at Padatik, both of which genuflect to—no surprise in the case of English—the

Hindi theatre too has got back to work after the lockdown. Of the established groups, we’ve already covered Padatik’s latest, while Rangakarmee has picked up the pieces following Usha Ganguli’s

The new productions by Paikpara Akhor have put the group back in the limelight with its special brand of research-based theatre under directors Bhadra and Asit Basu, both exploring the

Whether consciously or coincidentally, the two main groups in Kalyani have translated into Bengali plays by American authors with roots outside the US, both foregrounding women in conflict zones. Natyacharcha

For those who aspire to write popular domestic drama, the recipe doesn’t demand much. Just get the main characters into various crises as follows: 1) an elderly parent in poor

Once halls started taking bookings again post-lockdown, several groups strategized a pragmatic solution to their unpreparedness after the long, forced hiatus by joining hands to present double bills of one-act

The temptation to recycle tried-and-tested practices may cause two promising Bengali groups outside Kolkata to rethink these methods. After their explosive debut with Kojāgari (read my review here), Belgharia Avimukh

Quite by chance, two educational bodies staged big-budget amateur English-language productions in May of originally-composed spiritual drama, Hindu and Christian respectively: Krishnei’s Krishna by Chinmaya Mission Study Group and The