Month: December 2016

Dec 26, 2016

Shadow : A play for the children but with an old mind

It was just next day to the calendar marked “Children’s day”. The winter wind had just started its journey from the Ganges to reach the assembled theater lovers with kids... more

Dec 22, 2016

Dinesh Poddar : Stage is a canvas for painting with light and colour

Dinesh Poddar is today among the most recognizable names in Kolkata based Theatre, when it comes to light designing. more

Dec 17, 2016

Indur o Manush : Crafted with care, faithful to source text

A Bengali play that is a faithful transcreation of the source text – John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella about depression-era California migrant farm labourers is adapted by Debasis Biswas (also director and actor) as Indur o Manush.more

Dec 09, 2016

Awddya Sesh Rajani : A theatrical shutdown of debates

Since this is a very late review of Awddya Sesh Rajani, with the play having already had a phenomenally successful run in Kolkata theatres since February 2016more

Dec 02, 2016

Chorus : One thing remains unresolved till the end – which ‘chorus’?

'Chorus' represents what? Is this about collective consciousness as envisioned by our Marxist thinkers? What kind of consciousness are we talking about? more

Nov 23, 2016

Athhoi : An artful tick in the box of political correctness

A definite positive takeaway from Natadha’s staging of Athhoi at the Academy of Fine Arts has to be the age demography of the capacity audience that had turned up for the showmore

Oct 16, 2016

Shedding lights on proscenium, light design and space

Veteran light designer Deepak Mukherjee, renowned for his collaborations with Arun Mukhopadhyay among other productions, speaks candidly about his work, career and his...more

Jul 10, 2016

AAGSHUDDHI : A relevant readaptation of Miller’s 1953 classic

There is a climactic moment in the play Aagshuddhi, a narrative peak of sorts that throbs with great dramatic energy and towards which the action more

Jun 22, 2016

Puppet theatre can offer wider than actors’ theatre

In a detailed conversation about puppetry and puppet theatre, Sudip Gupta, Shreeparna Bhanja Gupta and Santanu Kundu talks about the form and its more

Jun 08, 2016

Urban theatre practices in rural settings…a new dialogue!?

Over the years, it has become quite a popular practice where theatre professionals from the city travel to a rural space and work there. The idea more

May 21, 2016

TOMAR AAMI : College St. boipara blends well @Slovenian origin

Sometimes this happens. This happens every now and then. You call it nostalgia, cherishing memories! Or call it a perfumery spreading fragrance more

May 16, 2016

Designing journey of Bengali Theatre through lights & shades

Sumit Chakraborty aka Babun looks back at the evolution of lighting techniques in Bengali theatre.more

Apr 17, 2016

DSJJ is a good textbook content than a theatre experience

Our greatest friend in need Google can provide us with so many theories on performance. Since history in fact all cultures and sub cultures, legismore

Feb 24, 2016

Professional actress of Bengali Group Theatre : Bindiya Ghosh

Bindiya Ghosh spent her years of growing up in the suburban locales of Kalyani, around 50km distant from city Kolkata.more

Feb 17, 2016

Ho Sakta…Do Kursiyaan : Hurrah! An original idea in theatre!

“Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursiyaan” is a sarcastic jolt to the huge expenditure made by the Government of India, Ministry of Culturemore

Jan 29, 2016

MUMBAI NIGHTS : Nayee Nayee Masti Main Arey Dil Doobba…

Expensive attire is almost everywhere, from the light, to the stage design to the costumes! But a small but significant mistake! “Bengali adaptatimore

Jan 15, 2016

Theatre Therapy…Theatre goes beyond just a cultural activity

Chupkatha with veteran theatre artiste Dolly Basu at the helm is much more than an amateur theatre group.more

Jan 08, 2016

Professional actress of Bengali Group Theatre : Maya Ghosh

Stage veteran Maya Ghosh talks about her early days and how she got initiated to the world of theatre acting.more