Student histrionics Theatre in the city has always had a vibrant presence. Adding spice to one of Calcutta’s most popular modes of entertainment is the finals of Patton School One Act Play Competition, celebrating the city’s students’ passion and dedication for the stage. Selected on the basis of their scripts, 12 of the best schools in the city will be vying with one another to secure the top spot in a contest that promises to unleash a powerhouse of fresh theatre talent. Preparation for the final performance has been meticulous with Padatik arranging a five-day theatre workshop at their premises. Covering acting and technical aspects, it was conducted by eminent theatre personalities Dolly Basu, Santanu Bose and Sohini Sengupta. Contestants: Birla High School for Girls (play in Bengali), Lakshmipat Singhania Academy (play in Hindi), Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta Girls’ High School, Birla High School for Boys, St. James’ School, Apeejay School, Julien Day School Ganganagar, La Martiniere for Boys, Vivekananda Mission School, Calcutta International School and The Heritage School (plays in English). Judges: Zarin Chowdhary and Samarjit Guha. Event: Inter-school one-act play competition When: Today; 5 pm onwards and tomorrow; 3 pm onwards Where: Gyan Manch, 11 Pretoria Street

art

August 1 - 6 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place, Ballygunge; 3 pm - 8 pm: Exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Joydev Bala, Subrata Ghosh, Anjan Bhattacharya and Shailen Ghosh. Inauguration today at 5 pm. Till August 2 at Gallery Chemould, 12F Park Street: An exhibition of paintings by Nilima Dutta. Till August 3 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Suman Bardhan. Till August 3 at Gallery 52d, 52d Hindustan Park, #6535 0013, 4008 6897; 12 noon - 8 pm: Returning to Bengal, the first solo show of paintings by Satyabrata Karmakar. Till August 4 at the Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm to 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by Monami Chowdhury. Till August 4 at the Academy of Fine Arts, New South B Gallery; 3pm to 8pm: Inner Scape II — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Arjun Bhattacharjee, Amit Kumar Dey, Partha Sarathi Pan, Sandip Sekhar Sinha, Sudipta Dutta and Utpal Dutta. Till August 7 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm (weekdays): Creativity Unlimited, an exhibition of recent creations by Anup Giri, Swapan Palley, Sachin Jaltare, Beena Pradhan, Debabrata Chakravarty, Asit Sarkar, Samir Paul, Minakshi De, Sukanata Das, Subrata Das, Dhananjoy Ghosh, Nelson Kennedy, Kajol Mondal, Sutapa Khan, Sibsaday Choudhary and others. Till August 8 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Masters of Bengal — Graphic works by Somnath Hore, Ramendra Nath Chakraborty, Chittoprasad, Haren Das, Nandalal Bose, Manindra Bhushan Gupta, Prankrishna Pal, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Suhas Roy, Arun Bose, Amitabha Banerjee, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Sanat Kar, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Ganesh Pyne, Bikash Bhattacharjee, K.G. Subramanyan and others. Till August 8 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Glimpses — showcasing paintings and sculptures by modern and contemporary Indian artists. Till August 9 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Untiled and more recent works by Shakila. Till August 9 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Gallery Sanskriti and Apparao Galleries present The Wandering Alchemist — paintings and sculptures by Alexis Kersey, George K, and Manish Nai. Till August 10 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: Contemplative Inwardness, a solo show by Samir Saha. Till August 15 (except Tuesdays) at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, #98300 50568; 2 pm - 8 pm: Confluence, an exhibition of contemporary paintings by Md. Fokhrul Islam, Abeshbivore Mitra, Biswajit Saha, Subhas Pal, Monoj Sen and Gargi Das. Till August 16 (except Sundays) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #4007 6042; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Horses, a solo show of horses in mixed media on canvas by artist Dhiren Sasmal. Till August 16 at Anant Art Gallery,18-A, Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Hybrid, recent works (paintings and sculptures) by Rajesh Ram. Till August 16 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor: Ideas, Images & Experiences, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures curated by Anirudh Chari. Participants: Arunima Sanyal, Bhasher Chowdhury, mahmud Husain, Ramu Das, Saihat Surai and Soumya Samanta. Till August 17 (except Mondays & August 15) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Svikriti ’08, an exhibition of the works by six awardees in the Academy’s Annual Exhibition 2008. Participants: Bhabotosh Sutar, Bhaskar Lahiri, Gargi Das, Partha Dasgupta, Susanta Pal and Timir Brahma.

DRAMA

August 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nabamayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Gopichand. Direction: Rishi Mukhopadhyay. August 1 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh. August 2 at Girish Mancha (6.30 pm) & August 3 (3 pm & 6.30 pm) at Academy of Fine Arts: Natya-Ranga, in celebration of its three decades, presents Dadu Chaye Nati Chaye (on Aug. 2), Dena Paona (on Aug. 3 at 3 pm) and Agantuk (on Aug. 3 at 6.30 pm). Direction: Swapan Sengupta.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 1 at Inox City Centre; 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm: Rocking performances of fire bands The Penny Drops Band, La Ventana-The Band and Plethorix at Inox Unplugged. August 1 at The Apartments, City Centre; 7.30 pm onwards: Airtel Independence Rock XXIII, a festival of rock music. Performance by bands Ahimxa, Dark Horizon, Lucid Recess and The Scavenger Project. August 2 at the residence of Babu Khelat Ghosh, 47 Pathuriaghata Street; 6 pm: Ki Ragini Bajale, an evening of Ragas to Rabindrasangeet by Sudeshna Basu. August 3 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Pragna presents and evening of Tagore songs by Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Dipak Rudra, Damayanti Bhattacharya, Pubali Debnath, Mrinmoy Roy and Gopa Roy. Also, chorus by the artistes of Manjish. Compere: Debashis Basu. August 3 at Uttam Mancha; 6 pm: Geeti-Arghya presents Nana Ranger Bangla Gaan O Kabita. Participants: Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit Guha, Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Mrinmoy Roy, Madhumita Basu and Madhabi Dutta. Compere: Chandramouli Bandyopadhyay.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till August 12 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, #65406499, 98303 31556; 3 pm - 8 pm: Bouquet of Photographs, featuring images taken by Atanu Paul and members of Third Eye.

TALK

August 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan. August 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad.

EXHIBITION

August 1 - 8 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, #24790545; 11 am - 7 pm: Spining dreams and weaving spells of sarees from the banks of Narmada; subtle maheshwari sarees in myriad hues handblock printed for the elegant look, venkatgari and uppadas in real zari from Andhra Pradesh with traditional motif and contemporary look. Till August 3 at Shoppers Stop, Elgin Road, City Centre & South City Mall: Monsoon Makeovers fest. Till August 14 (except Sundays) at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Display of kantha embroidery sarees and dupattas. Till August 15 at Starmark (3 Lord Sinha Road, G-202 City Centre, and South City); 10.30 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of Penguin Classics Collection covering Greek and Roman works, and Victorian literature and modern classics.

MUSIC DEMONSTRATION

August 1 - 3 at Music World, Park Street; 5 pm - 7 pm: SaReGaMa HMV and Music World jointly present a live demonstration of Gitabitan Archive, an archival software of Gitabitan. Research & compilation: Dr Purnendu Bikash Sarkar.

POETRY

August 3 at Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm: Srijan presents Open House for Poetry, where poets will read a selection from their writings not exceeding 30 lines. To be anchored by Srijato and Rimi B Chatterjee. Poets desiring to read may meet the anchors before 4.30 pm with the poems or may send them to 20 Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta 700 019 or at srijan2000@gmail.com

WORKSHOP

August 2 onwards every Saturday at Crossword, Elgin Road; 4.30 pm - 5.30 pm: Mad Science of Kolkata offers the Academy of Future Space Explorers ‘After School Program’ for children (7 yrs to 12 yrs). This eight-week program is developed in association with NASA and will send children on a quest for exploration while they learn about space exploration, space travel and participate in a rocket launch. For details, call #2416 4342, 98306 27921 or visit www.madscienceofkolkata.com August 2 at Regal Room, Calcutta Club; 1 pm - 5 pm: Workshop on jewellery design, diamond grading and identification. To be conducted by Sawansukha Institute of Gemology. Details with Surbhi (2289 5281-3). August 3 at South City; 11 am to 1 pm: South City Star Kids workshop on wall painting for children between 7 years and 12 years, organised by Starmark in association with South City Mall, to be conducted by Kaushik Biswas and Dipankar Pahari. For details and registration, call 99039 85097.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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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