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The larger Bengali theatres use the dialect spoken in Kolkata, Bengali folk theatres have performances in some of the other Bengali dialects. There is another category of Bengali theatre called Jatra, which is run commercially in rural West Bengal and Bangladesh. This traditional Bengali theatre form is mostly performed by travelling troupes.
Bengal Repertory is a Bengali theater group from Kolkata, West Bengal. The group is famous for its destination theatre festival 'Natya Dhara' in India. The group is famous for its destination theatre festival 'Natya Dhara' in India.
Rabindra Sadan is a cultural centre and theatre complex in Kolkata, India. It is located on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in South Kolkata. It is noted for its large stage which is a prime venue for Bengali theatre and Kolkata Film Festival. [3] Visitors entering into the Rabindra Sadan at Exide, Kolkata.
The play Nabanna in 1944 is said to be the birth of group theatres in Kolkata. [1] Nabanna was written by Bijon Bhattacharya, who also co-directed it with Sambhu Mitra.They were both active members of the Indian People's Theatre Association, the association of leftist theatre-artists. [1]
This revival seen in the recent decades, started in the early 1960s, with various theatre groups experimenting with the jatra form, and started attracting serious theatre patrons along with official recognition. 1961, saw the first Jatra festival organised in Kolkata and every year since, and in 1968, Phanibhusan Bidyabinod became the first ...
Sisir Mancha is an auditorium located on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. [1] [2] This auditorium is regularly used for Bengali theatres. The auditorium is adjacent to Rabindra Sadan-Nandan Complex. The theatre auditorium is named after Bengali dramatist Sisir Kumar Bhaduri [3] and it was established in 1978. [4]
Sanglap Kolkata or Sanglap theatre group is a Kolkata based Bengali theatre group. The theatre group was founded in 1979. The group's first production was "Ispat" based on Nikolai Ostrovsky's novel "How the Steel Was Tempered". [1]
In 2012, a 2-day Symposium titled Rural problems & Indian Theatre was organised. The 14th Ganga Jamuna Natya utsab was held from 24 December 2011 to 4 January 2012 in Kolkata & Madhyamgram. Thirty two teams participated in the festival. The 15th Ganga Jamuna Natya Utsab was held from 23 December 2012 to 4 January 2013 in Kolkata & Madhyamgram.