theatre

Theatre Artiste Beaten Up By Trinamul Activists In Ranaghat

Ranaghat, April 10: A theatre activist in Nadia’s Ranaghat was allegedly beaten up by a group of Trinamul Congress activists on Sunday night apparently for staging a play that has politically criticized the Bengal government and the centre at large. Ranaghat Srijak’s latest production “Koshai” (Butcher) based on a poem…


বিশ্ব নাট্য দিবসের বাণী: থিয়েটার একটি শ্লাঘার নাম

চন্দন সেন  ২৭ মার্চ সারা পৃথিবীতে বিশ্ব থিয়েটার দিবস উদযাপিত হয় সাড়ম্বরে। ইন্টারন্যাশনাল থিয়েটার ইন্সটিটিউট প্রতিবছর আমন্ত্রণ জানান এই পৃথিবীর কোন একজন বিদগ্ধ থিয়েটারকর্মীকে যিনি তাঁর জীবন, জ্ঞান, অভিজ্ঞতা এবং অধ্যাবসায় দিয়ে সমৃদ্ধ করেছেন সমগ্র থিয়েটার শিল্পকে। এই বছর এই আমন্ত্রণ পেয়েছেন আমাদের এই মহাদেশের একজন বিশ্বস্ত থিয়েটার শ্রমিক। তিনি…


Inmates Of Nadia Correctional Home Staged Tagore’s ‘Raktakarabi’

Krishnanagar, June 22: A group of 18 inmates of Nadia district correctional home came together on Saturday to stage Tagore’s play ‘Raktakarabi’ in Krishnagar in their endeavor to get new lease of life in their monotonous world behind the bar. Nine month’s rigorous efforts in the form of rehearsals paid off…


Theatre At IISER-K Against Misinterpretation of Science And Superstition

Kalyani, Jan. 16:In an effort to convey a clear message to its students and teachers who often suffer from conflict between science and religious superstitions, the IISER-K on Wednesday evening invited a group of scientists, who formed a theatre group ‘Kalyani Mukhosh’, to stage a play that projects sheer hypocrisy of…


Street Play To Raise Money For Cancer Victim Theatre Artiste

Santipur, Sept. 1:  Members of a threatre group from Nadia’s Ranaghat have started performing street play with the support of some students in Santipur to raise money for an elderly threatre worker who has been suffering from cancer and lost one of his legs around ten days ago due to…


ISKCON Launched Full-Dome Theatre In Mayapur

Mayapur, May 7: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) authorities has launched an immersive 360 degree dome theatre at its head quarter in Nadia’s Mayapur. The Authorities of this famous Religious  Organization have claimed that the hi-tech theatre with 108 seat capacity is first of its kind at any spiritual institution in the country. The theatre has…


Plays Staged At Liquor Den In Chakdah For Cultural Reform

Chakdah, March 11: A Calcutta based theatre group on Saturday began an initiative in Banamalipara village of Nadia’s Chakdaha to bring a cultural change among the residents in a remote tribal village where drinking country liquor is synonymous with entertainment at the end of days work. As the abandoned zamindar…


Fund Raising Drive By Theatre Group To Save Life

Krishnanagar, Oct. 18: Members of a theatre group in Nadia’s Krishnanagar have come up to raise  fund by enacting street plays to save life of poor LPG cylinder delivery man who has been suffering from brain tumor. Since October 10, the members of ‘Krishnanagar Sinchan’ theatre group have been performing…


Chandan Sen Received Dinabandhu Puraskar

Eminent playwright director Chandan Sen today conferred upon the prestigious Dinabandhu Puraskar by the West Bengal government for his lifetime contribution to the Bengali theatre. The award that contains a citation, a memorabilia and cash award of Rupees twenty five thousand was handed over by state information and culture minister Indranil…


Playwright Director Chandan Sen Chosen For Dinabandhu Puraskar

NfN NETWORK Kolkata, May 24: The state government has chosen eminent Bengali playwright – director Chandan Sen as the recipient of this year’s Dinabandhu Puraskar. Sen, originally a resident of Chakdaha in Nadia and associated with local theatre group HaZaBaRaLa, who has penned popular plays like ‘Dui Huzurer Gappo’, ‘Gyan…