Manish Mitra

Playwright, actor and filmmaker Debesh Chattopadhyay resigned from his post in the Paschmi Banga Natya Akademi, the Minerva Repertory Theatre and Natya Swajan on Wednesday

Shakespeare’s Naataka Prakarana – Part 1 will be staged at Prayog Studio

The Solo Act Festival is all set to be an international theatre gala from October 30 to November 4.

Kolkata-based theatre group Bivab Natya Academy’s Anya Samrat , directed by Gunjan Prosad Ganguly, delved into the nuances of power and identity in the contemporary age

The eight-day Patna Film Festival (PFF) concluded at Rabindra Bhawan here on Friday with cultural performance by noted classical dancer Padma Vibhushan Dr Sonal Mansingh.

Power tussle and conflict of interests seem to have drawn the curtains on Natya Swajan, a forum of theatre artistes that was formed after regime change in Bengal two years ago

The Samata Nagar police arrested a man after he posed as a cop and publicly threatened a local journalist with a pistol at Kandivli (E).

Panic gripped Sanganeri Gate when a low-floor bus lost control and hit the road divider.Many passengers were thrown out of the bus' window.

'Aami Aar Aamar Girlfriends' had violated Rule 38 of the Cinematograph Act of India 1983 by announcing the release date even before it went to the Central Board of Film Certification.

It is earthiness that gives character to Kasba Arghya's Chandrabati', a tragic tale of love from a Bangla ballad, which begins with the worship of the sun: Pube te bandana karlam puber Bhanuswara'.

The Theatre Olympics, established in 1993 in Delphi, Greece, brings together theatre practitioners from around the world, the theme for this edition of the 'Natya Mahakumbh' being 'flag of friendship'.

A call from chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday dissuaded veteran theatre director and actor Manoj Mitra from quitting as chairman of Paschim Banga Natya Akademi.

Arindam Sil is an actor, Subodh Sarkar and Suvaprasanna painters, Joy Goswami a poet and Manoj Mitra a thespian.

Though collaborations have been there in Bengali theatre for many years, the frequency is rising

At the corner of Ezra Street, at the entry of Kolkata’s largest light market, stands a memorial plaque. It is on this lane, at 25, Domtolla, now, 37, Ezra Street, that the first European-style Bengali proscenium theatre in India was established in 1795. This memorial plaque is dedicated to Gerasim Stepanovich Lebedev, the founder of ‘Bengalee Theatre’.

Never one to mince words, Bratya Basu talks about friends, hypocrites and those in between, from the stage to the corridors of power.