The Wedding Album
Hamlet- The Clown Prince |
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As the mellow autumn breeze gives way to a pleasant nip in the air, theatre lovers in the city have another reason to celebrate. The eighth edition of Odeon, Vodafone’s annual theatre festival is set to be staged at the onset of winter, a welcome change from its earlier monsoon incarnation. Another important change is about to take place this year onwards, with young English productions sharing the platform with renowned Bengali groups. Five city groups and two from Mumbai will participate in this edition. This evening features The Prime TIme Theatre Company’s English productionThe Wedding Album (direction: Lillete Dubey), a contemporary play exploring the traditional Indian wedding within a modern, urban, technology-smart society. It presents a joyful event where family members reunite to celebrate and reaffirm loyalties. Yet, underneath the facade of picture-perfect smiles simmer suspicion, jealousy, frustration and aggression. Tomorrow, artistes of Cinematograph take the stage with Hamlet- The Clown Prince (direction: Rajat Kapoor). In it, a group of clowns, while preparing for a show of the Shakespearean tragedy, misinterpret its text and find strange, new meanings. The fest continues till November 30.
Event: Vodafone Odeon 2008 annual theatre festival When: Today & tomorrow; 4 pm & 7 pm Where: G.D. Birla Sabhagar
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November 22 - December 3 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2460 4245; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculpture featuring creations by Akhil Chandra Das, Amit Debnath, Anil Sen, B. Banamali Sharma, Bimal Kundu, B. Ruma Sharma, Chandan Roy, Chinmoy Karmakar, Gopinath Roy, Kinkar Saha, Pravat Majhi, Shankar Ghosh, Somnath Chakraborty, Sudarshan Pal, Subrata Biswas, Subrata Pal, Sukumar Ghosh, Tanmoy Banerjee and Tapas Sarkar. Inauguration today at 6 pm.
Till November 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Indrani Barman, Amit Kumar Dhara, Manish Moitra, Kartik Chandra Saren and Touhidul Islam.
Till November 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery-A; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Chandan Das.
Till November 22 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm: Recent works by Chandra Bhattacharjee.
Till November 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Images of Destitute Children — Nikhil Biswas’ recent paintings.
Till November 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Untitled 2008, an exhibition of paintings by Debashis Mitra.
Till November 23 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Images — an exhibition of paintings by Sameer Ray, Paramesh Pal, Anbirban Thakur Chowdhury, Samik De and Rintu Roy.
Till November 23 at Chemould Art Gallery, Queens Mansion, 12F park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Hemanta Sur.
Till November 23 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, Duckback House, 2nd floor, #2287 3377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of creative art furniture, installation and sculptures.
Till November 23 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of Anjan Bhattacharyya’s recent works. The artisrts will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Till November 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group show by Atanu Bhattacharya, Atin Basak, Partha Dasgupta, Sadhan Chakraborty and Swapan Kumar Das.
Till November 29 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925/24497931; 11 am - 8 pm: Beyond the Dark — Recent works: Mixed Media and Sculptures by Shuvaprasanna.
DRAMA
November 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Chetana presents Nirnoy (at 3 pm) and Putul Nacher Itikatha (at 6.30 pm). Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay.
November 22 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Hawa Badal, produced by Howrah Dakshinayan. Direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.
November 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ajantrik presents Parasuram’s Bhushandir Mathey. Direction: Sujit Chatterjee.
November 22 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents two short plays, Juto and Biddhansa, directed by Anish Ghosh.
November 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Anya Theatre presents Aachhe Aachhe Sthan. Direction: Romaprasad Banik. Performance: Bibhas Chakraborty.
November 23 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Abalilakrome. Drama & direction: Bimal Bandopadhayay.
November 23 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Stagecraft presents Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest. Direction: Rohit Pombra.
November 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga presents Dadu Chay Naati Chay. Direction: Swapan Sengupta.
November 23 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Mukhomukhi and Niva Arts present Atmakatha. Direction: Soumitra Chattopadhyay
November 23 at CC & FC Grounds; 8 pm: Anamika Kala Sangam and Open Doors present The Wedding Album, an English comedy directed by Lillete Dubey. Play: Girish Karnad.
PHOTOGRAPHS
November 22 - 30 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Third Eye Commune-I presents the second exhibition on Hampi — A Ruined City, featuring photographs taken by Atanu Paul, Utpal Dutta, Aranyak Banerjee and Somnath Mukherjee.
Till November 23 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Patterns — an exhibition of photographs by Susan Aurinko, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Anirban Das Mahapatra, Gaurav Gangwar, Naquib Hossain, Naveen Kishore, Ameet Mallapur, Mrinal Mandal, Deepak Tandon and Ian Umeda.
Till December 12 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street, #4001 0148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia Calcutta Gallery, the Embassy of France in India, The Consulate General of France and the Alliance Françiase du Bengale present Tribute to Henri Cartier Bresson: Commented Images.
PERFORMING ARTS
November 22 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: As part of its silver jubilee celebrations, Probahinee presents an evening of Tagore songs by Swastika Mukhopadhyay and Ashis Bhattacharya. Also, recitation by Ashis Ghosh.
November 22 at South India Club, 70/B Hindustan Park; 6.30 pm: Bhajan Sandhya featuring Sudokshina Manna Chatterjee and Percussion Ensemble by Pandit S. Sekhar (mridangam) with Subrata Manna (tabla), Somanath Roy (ghatam), Gopakumar (chenda) and Kunal Padhi (drums).
November 22 at The Lounge, Dalhousie Institute; 8 pm: Dalhousie Institute and Open Doors present Simon & Garfunkel Revisited. Presenting a retrospective of their music will be Crest and Ananya. Guest artiste: Anjum Katyal. Commentary: Nondon Bagchi and Oindrilla Dutt.
TALK
November 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Kenopanishad.
November 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan.
November 22 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Siksha, Samaj O Dharma.
DEBATE
November 22 at Calcutta Club; 6.30 pm: The Telegraph Calcutta Club National Debate. In the opinion of the House, The Media is misleading the masses. Speakers: Iqbal Chagla, Sandip Chatterjee, Swapan Dasgupta, Shobhaa De, R. Gopalakrishnan, Ramchandra Guha, Mukul Kesavan and Rajdeep Sardesai. Moderator: Simon Wilson. Entry by invitation only.
EXHIBITION
Till November 23 at Farah Khan Boutique, Kalyani Shopping Arcade, Fort William, #22310415/9836049988: Exhibition of crepe kantha saris and pashmina shawls and stoles.
November 23 & 24 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Jewels — an exhibition of various types of jewellery, both costume and silver.
Till November 30 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315: Paramita Viswanathan’s collection of south Indian cotton and printed tassar sarees.
CARNIVAL
November 22 & 23 at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, 12-B Alipore Road; 10 am - 4 pm: A carnival on ‘West Bengal’ showcasing a miniature Santiniketan (a house of artefacts), a galaxy of literary figures of Bengal, Bhraman (places of tourist interest), Saaj Poshak (traditional costumes of Bengal), Adda and Bioscope of yesteryear.
QUIZ
November 22 at Dalhousie Institute, 42 Jhowtalla Road; 4 pm onwards: The 30th Annual Argus Open Quiz. Spot registration. No entry fee.
November 23 at Bandhab Samity, Baidyabati; 1 pm: Open to all general quiz for two-member teams. Quizmasters Pradip Adhya (98308 16252) and Sukanta Chowdhury (98364 36484)
READING
November 23 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Arjuna's misgivings before Krishna regarding the Kuruksetra battle, and Sanjaya's capture by Satyaki, in the 449th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa's Mahabharata.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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