Month: November 2014

Talking about the nuances of theatre acting, Goutam Halder elaborates on the relationship between acting and dancing.more

Soumitra Basu rebukes the idea of so – called physical acting

Talking about theatre acting, Soumitra Basu simply slams the current practice of the so-called physical acting. He finds it lacking in all the more

Sudipto abhors self – content attitude in Bengali Theatre

Sudipto Chatterjee feels that theatre performances in Bengal suffer from a terrible dearth of nearly every necessary element. more

Bibhas Chakraborty : Bengali Theatre is lacking in idea

In the words of the celebrated theatre director Bibhas Chakraborty, the very scope of Bengali theatre has narrowed down. more

Chandan Sen suggests to prioritise Theatre not Theatre group

Recalling his earliest memories of group theatre, Chandan Sen talks about his brief and rather strange association with Nandikar theatre group.more

Debesh Chattopadhyay refers Group Theatre just as a coinage

Theatre director Debesh Chattopadhyay talks about his passion regarding a non-verbal communication in theatre. more

Tepantar : A rural theatre initiative with few dalits

Kallol Bhattacharyya of "Ebong Amra" theatre group hardly had any notions of doing group theatre away from the city. more

CAMERA OBSCURAS : WHICH “ROLE” ARE YOU PLAYING TODAY?

The success stories in Indian Theatre mostly hold true for the proscenium stage and for plays which brings in realism in its content. Experiments more

Ashok Majumdar – …and Bohurupee was born

Ashok Majumdar (the first secretary of the first Bengali theatre group “Bohurupee”) reminisces about the heydays of IPTA, just about the time when theatre director Sombhu Mitra had started feeling suffocated in that environment.more

Aug 03, 2014

Theatre Update

Manish Mitra – From active student politics to theatre

Before becoming a theatre director, Manish Mitra was a DSO (AIDSO) activist in his student life.more

Jul 21, 2014

Theatre Update

Probir Guha – A have-not’s life, active politics to Theatre

Probir Guha started off as a student activist under the undivided ‘Communist Party of India’.more

Jul 05, 2014

Theatre Update

Sudipto Chatterjee – mentored by famous theatre directors

After the demise of his father, Sudipto Chatterjee was taken under the wings of theatre acting legend Ajitesh Bandopadhyay, who went on to become his friend, philosopher and guide.more