Disturbed by the politico-cultural winds blowing across the country, director Asit Basu goes back to Nazi times for parallels, just like his mentor Utpal Dutt did. For Jharer Kheyā, translated

Last year, I had reviewed Joyār Bhātir Kābya, about trafficking in the Sundarban. This year, Bandel Arohee’s dramatization of Amar Mitra’s novel, Dhanapatir Char, set in that delta, too, also

A couple of original plays on non-normative liaisons passed through town this month. From Delhi, The Films and Theatre Society’s Dad’s Girlfriend raised the subject of an autumn–spring relationship, while

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