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DRAMA
April 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Natasena will stage Gorur Garir Headlight. Direction: Saroj Roy. April 23 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: Sundaram presents Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra. April 23 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30pm: Pratikriti will stage Manoj Mitra’s Kenaram Becharam. Direction: Alok Deb. April 23 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30pm: Arghya presents Meghnadbadh Kabya, directed by Manish Mitra. April 23 & 24 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 6.45pm: Hatak (The Insult), directed by Sahir M. Siddiqui. April 23 at Girish Mancha; 6.45pm: Nat-Ranga presents Beokuf Ka Chand, written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay. April 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Theatre Passion will stage Anukool. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. April 24 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: Anya Theatre will stage Hamlet. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. April 24 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Acting: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. April 24 at Gyan Manch; 6.30pm: Spandan presents Sakubai, a powerful play in Hindi, written by Nadira Zaheer Babbar and directed and adapted by Ashok Singh. Solo performance by Renu Roy. April 24 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30pm: Shohan presents its new production, Manbhanjan, directed by Anish Ghosh. April 24 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Rang Roop will stage Maayer Moto. Direction & acting: Seema Mukhopadhyay.ART
Till April 23 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 10am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 7pm: Annual Art Exhibition: Pilgrim of Eternity, an exhibition of watercolour miniatures by Bireswar Sen. Till April 23 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 2pm - 7pm: Panart presents its third exhibition of paintings featuring works by Arijit Chowdhury, Asutosh Bhattacharjee, Bilendra Nath Mondal, Debiprasad Basu, Nilotpal Sinha, Pradip Ghosh, Saheb Dey, Saibal Das and Samir Bhattacharya. April 23 - May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road, 22290843; 4pm - 8pm: Paintings by Supriya Sarkar, Kowshik Ghosh, Kabita Biswas, Indrajit Roy and Moupia Chakraborty. Till April 24 at Taj Bengal, Promenade Lounge; 10am - 11pm: First solo exhibition of recent works by Debasree Mukherjee (Ray). The artist will be painting live from 3pm to 6pm. Till April 24 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: 50 Years of Drawings & Paintings by Dr Debasis Bhattacharya.SCREENING
April 23 at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6pm: Screening of the documentary, Belur Math: The Heart of Ramakrishna Movement. Till April 23 at Nandan-II: Federation of Film Societies of India, in collaboration with Embassy of the Argentine Republic, Indo-Hispanic Society & Nandan, presents Argentine Film Festival. Today, 4.30pm: The Dream of Heroes (Dir: Sergio Renal). At 6.30pm: El Polaquito (Dir: Jaun Carlos Desanzo).pERFORMING ARTS
April 23 at Kala Kunj; 6pm: Interlink Calcutta presents a cultural show (yoga, drama, mime and songs) by challenged and disadvantaged children and young adults. Till April 23 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6pm: Sangeet Ashram presents The Jnana Pravaha Music Festival 2011. Featuring Meeta Pandit (vocal), Rupak Kulkarni (flute) on April 23. April 23 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Sanchari Kalakendra and Srijak present Anubhabey Rabindranath and Samyo O Yugamuktir Prateek Rabindranath. April 23 at Mani Square; 6.30pm: A performance by the band, Calcutta Blues. April 23 at Plush, The Astor, 15 Shakespeare Sarani; 9pm onwards: Groove to the tracks of DJ Akash. April 24 at Sisir Mancha; 6pm: To mark Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Suroloke presents a chorus by Ektara, poetry collage Bharat Tirtha, patriotic songs and tunes, and reading from Ghare Bairey. April 24 at Birla Academy; 5.30pm: Aagami Nirman presents Utsa Rabindranath. Songs by Swapan Som, Aniruddha Singha and Shimul Ghosh, and members of the organisation. April 24 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6pm: Bhavna presents a solo Rabindrasangeet recital by Paramita. On this occasion, Khara Bayu, an audio CD of 10 Tagore songs rendered by Paramita, will be released in the presence of Sunil Gangopadhyay and Soumitra Chatterjee. Tickets at hall (11am - 7pm) / 24557845.taLK
April 23 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Mundakaponishad. April 23 at the Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral Home and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Narada-Bhaktisutra. April 23 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mrityu Rahasya. April 23 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7pm: Discourse on Yuganayak Vivekananda by Amiya Prasad Chakraborty.EXHIBITION
Till April 23 at Aakriti Art Gallery (Sculpture wing), Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 22893027/5041; 12noon - 7pm: Chisel Arts is exhibiting its handmade furniture. Till April 30 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; Weekdays: 11am - 7.30pm, Sunday: 12noon - 6pm: “V” Style Voyage exhibits new summer designer collection of salwar kurta, tunics, dresses. Also, artefacts, home-decor items, tablemats, bags, footwear and accessories.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
April 23 at Crossword, 8 Elgin Road; 7pm: Reading of sonnets, play excerpts, song and a quiz on Shakespeare’s life to mark the 447th birth anniversary of William Shakespeare. Conceived, directed and performed by Reshmi Bose. Co-performers: Dr Debnita Chakraborty, Caroline Turner Servaia and Patranjali Nandy.HEALTH
April 23 at Bank of India Staff Training College, 1 Iron Side Road; 3.30pm onwards: Blood sugar test on random basis. At 5pm: Seminar on Diabetes/Thyroid. Participants: Prof. Subhankar Chowdhury, head, department of endocrinology, SSKM Hospital, Dr Kaushik Pandit, consultant endocrinologist, and Dr Debasish Deb, surgeon. To be followed by a chorus song by Vyatikram, directed by Dr Shibaji Bose and other esteem doctors.BOOK LAUNCH
April 23 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6pm: Oxford Bookstore Calcutta and Harper Collins Publishers India host the launch of Disco Dance: A Comedy in Five Acts by Anuvab Pal. The book will be released by Apurv Nagpal. To be followed by an interactive session with Ashoke Viswanathan.JAYANTI function
April 24 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6pm: The Mother’s Jayanti function includes reading by Santwana Chowdhury, recitation by Dipak Mukherjee, talk by Diptyendu Sekhar Bhattacharyya and song by Sikha Basu. Jayanti meditation will be held around the shrine from 7.30pm to 8pm.QUIZ
April 24 at YMCA Chowringhee; 4.30pm: Multiplex, the movie quiz for 3-member open teams. Entry fees: Rs 180 per team. QM: Partha Sarathi Ghatak. For any querries call 9051874490.WORKSHOP
Till May 17 at the British Council’s Calcutta Teaching Centre: Registrations are on for a limited number of seats for the Summer School for children aged 8 to 15 years. The project-based courses for children with an emphasis on improving communication skills and confidence in using English run over three-weeks in May. In addition, there are Summer School English language courses for adults with a special emphasis on spoken skills along with an overall language development programme. Classes start from May 18, 2011. Call 22825370 to book a free level test. April 24 - 26 at Studio E2 69, 8/1 Esplanade East: A three-day dance fitness workshop: zumba (8am to 9am), body conditioning (9.30am to 10.30am) and bollywood aerobics (4pm to 5pm) by Guinness world record holder Dinaz Vervatwala from Hyderabad. For details and registration, call 9830019635.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
