BARAMKHANA ( Lalan Fakir’s Courtyard) By Theatre (Dacca)
April 23, 2012 (Calcutta Tube): Now Lalan Fakir (Fakir Lalan Shah) is celebrated throughout Bengal almost as a myth or superhuman. But he never ever projected himself as a myth of any kind. His pattern of singing (as is called Gayaki) was similar to those of Bauls of Bengal. Though there is no single sampraday [...]
Hapi-D from tragedy Kolkata, Apr 11 (IBNS): The 4th Bell group presented another showing of their play Hapi-D on Tuesday in Kolkata. Written and directed by Aniruddha Dasgupta the play is a comic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark, with satirical elements and a twist at the end. “Hapi-D, which is a [...]
Continue reading …Bengali play ‘Supari Killer’-With A Prologue on Biplab Bandyopadhyay and An Epilogue From Bergman
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Mar 4, 2012 (Calcutta Tube): Critic Pachu Ray explores Biplab Bandyopadhyay’s directorial venture ‘Supari Killer’ that has Supriyo Datta and Poulami Bose in lead roles. Read the Bengali drama review at Calcutta Tube. Biplab Bandopadhyay was first discovered as an actor in early nineties in Theatre Workshop’s marvelous production ‘Bela Obelar Galpo’ directed by Ashok [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Jan 4 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Leading NGO Save the Children will be staging ‘I will bot cry’, solo play by Lushin Dubey, at Gyan Manch in Kolkata on Friday. The play tried to highlight the issue of Child survival and escalating number of child deaths in India. The play is a blend of [...]
Continue reading …Dec 27, 2011 (Calcutta Tube): In the folk festival organized by Kasba Arghyo as reported earlier in Calcutta Tube, two more attractive performances of different kind are done by The Chena Adhuli of Kolkata and The Maruthi Marma Chikilsa & Kalari Sangham of Mudavanmukal, Trivandrum, Kerala. The first one performed a play named Bhul Rasta [...]
Continue reading …Dec 26, 2011 (Calcutta Tube): Rajar Chithi 1942 is a Bengali play based on Rabindranath Tagore’s Dakghar, under the directtion of Subhashish Ganguly. Read the play review at Calcutta Tube. Directing an ensemble cast whose majority comprised of child actors and quite a few terminally handicapped performers, Subhashis Gangopadhyay of Reneissance Group presented an engaging [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Dec 14 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): This winter theatre fever will grip Kolkata as Vodafone unveiled the 11th edition of ‘Odeon Theatre Festival’ on Tuesday. Present at the occasion was Saurav Mukherjee, Chief Operating Officer, Kolkata and West Bengal,Vodafone India, actors Arpita Chatterjee, Koushik Sen, Kanchan Mullick, and theatre personalities Raja Bhattacharya, Asit Basu [...]
Continue reading …Nandikar’s 28th Theatre Festival in Kolkata’s Academy of Fine Arts: Schedule
December 6, 2011 No CommentDec 6, 2011 (Calcutta Tube): Nandikar’s 28 th National Theatre Festival will be held at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata from 16th to 25 December, 2011. Eminent troupes from India and abroad will be taking part in this festival and showcase plays in different languages. The festival will have a number of interesting features [...]
Continue reading …Pandavani by Singer from Chhattisgarh and Folk Drama by Rava Community of Assam
November 20, 2011 No CommentNov 20, 2011 (Calcutta Tube): Pandavani by Singer from Chhattisgarh and Folk Drama by Rava Community of Assam Dumukchi’s story is a small part of Dodan’s life-story. The Director Sukracharjya Rabha is one of the most active theatre workers of Assam. Founder-director of Badungduppa, a tribal theatre group of Assam, he has directed several plays [...]
Continue reading …Kolkata, Nov 8 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): Bharati Airtel announced ‘Lifestage – Kolkata Theatre Festival‘ on Tuesday in the presence of actor Rajat Kapoor, Shantilal Mukherjee in Kolkata. The plays would be staged at Vidya Mandir from on Nov 12,19, 26 and 27 and will feature plays like “Evam’s Chasing My Mamet Duck”, “ Rage’s Chaos [...]
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