Among the handful of Urdu productions coming out of Kolkata, two currently running ones emanate from longstanding Hindi groups, both of which use familiar modern classics as their sources. For

After an uncharacteristic hiatus, Kolkata’s most prolific English-language troupe, Theatrecian, came back with a double-decker bang (to catch the pun, skip to the last paragraph). Founder Tathagata Chowdhury having moved

Pickle Factory’s Holding Space season included two theatrical productions from south India, both of which excelled in performance but fell short in the textual department. Adishakti (Puducherry) revisited Kolkata after

This year, Little Thespian devoted its 14th National Theatre Festival, Jashn-e-Azhar, to the oeuvre of senior Hindi author Partap Sehgal, hosting nine productions from northern India over six days. Due

Two Hindi productions from Mumbai visited over the last month. In Trāsadi, aRANYA’s first play after several years (see Chuhal), at Kolkata Centre for Creativity’s Ami Arts Festival, Manav Kaul

International presence this winter numbered three, but I missed the Toronto Bengali Drama Group’s play. Epic Actors’ Workshop (New Jersey) and an acting duo of graduates from the Royal Academy

2023 marked the birth sesquicentennial of one trailblazing artist, Gauhar Jaan, and the centenary of another, Mrinal Sen, who formed the subjects of two separate theatrical tributes in Bengali. The

A couple of heavyweights in Bengali theatre experimented this year with hour-length one-acts instead of their standard full-fledged repertoire. Both Nandikar and Chetana coincidentally attempted three-handers on relationships featuring two