Among the Bengali groups who premiered new productions with alacrity soon after theatres reopened following the first lockdown, two Sanghas located just outside Kolkata put on full-length originals featuring strong

Our unique Sanskrit troupe, Chidakash Kalalay, now has its own space tastefully constructed in an indigenous manner by Anubha Fatehpuria and Richa Bose, in Boral just south of Kolkata, where

A sudden and inexplicable, yet most welcome, surge of interest in Utpal Dutt’s plays ignited Bengali theatre before Covid struck. Lockdown paused these productions, which have now returned, frequently house-full,

Among the groups that rehearsed through the lockdown, Shohan not only staged one new play in early 2021 but premiered another towards the end of the year. The productions form

Padatik / rikh-, like several other groups, have revived their interrupted pre-pandemic productions as well as mounted a brand-new play. Vinay Sharma’s two-hander titled Dosh features Mumbai actors Harsh Khurana

In my last review, I praised Natadha’s Mahābhārat2 for concentrating on just one Parva of the epic. This time I must heap accolades on another take (from the Adi Parva)