DRAMA
May 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ensemble presents its latest production, Sirir Neeche. Direction: Sohag Sen. May 23 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Doubarik presents E Parabasey. Dir: Sarbadaman Som. Till May 24: Natyabhavna 2005, organised by Drishyapat, features (today at Bangla Academy, 5.30 pm) play-readings by Chandan Sen and Indrasis Lahiri. May 26 (at 6.30 pm), May 28 & 29 (at 3 pm & 6.30 pm) at Tapan Theatre: Niva Arts presents Janani. Direction: Ashok Chatterjee. May 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Bappaditya. Performance: Sohini Halder. Direction: Goutam Halder. May 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Theatron will stage Mrityumukhar Ek/Dui. Direction: Saswati Biswas. May 28 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents Manmoyee Girls School. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. May 29 at Padatik Open Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik and Brainchild Theatre present the new Hindi play, Thaneer Thaneer, written by Komal Swaminathan, directed & designed by Kunal Padhi. May 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Chokh Gyalo. Performance: Swatilekha Sengupta. Direction: Goutam Halder.performing artS
May 25 at Rabindra Sadan; 7 pm: Jahnavi presents Ranganayaker Janye ? a dance-drama based on Tagore?s Rituranga. Concept, direction & performance: Madhuboni Chatterjee. May 28 at Tollygunge Club; 7.30 pm: The Tollygunge Club, Spandan and Sanskriti Sagar present Reflections ? a music show by popular music group Dhwani. May 29 at Gyan Manch; 6.15 pm: Odissi Dance Centre, Calcutta presents its third annual programme with Odissi dance by its students and dance-drama Lavanya Shakuntala (choreography: Guru Giridhari Nayak).EXHIBITION
Till May 31 at British Council and Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of children?s book illustration selected by Quentin Blake. Associated events: May 21 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: An animation workshop by Sukanya Ghosh. May 21 at British Council, 4 pm - 7 pm: Story-telling and acting workshop by Chitralekha Bhaskar.TALK
May 23 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on the life of Lord Buddha by Swami Aghorananda May 23 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.EXHIBITION
Till May 31 at British Council and Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of children?s book illustration selected by Quentin Blake. Associated events: May 23 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 6 pm: Screening of the film, The Incredible Adventures of Wallance and Gromit.FILM FESTIVAL
May 23 - 27 at Purbashree Bharatiyam Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake: 5th International Children Film Festival, hosted by Cine Central, Calcutta, in collaboration with EZCC. Today at 2 pm: Cheritera (Malaysia), at 4 pm: Hirak Rajar Deshe (India), at 6 pm: Day Off (France)KIDS? CORNER
May 25, 27 & 29, June 1, 3 & 5 at Crossword Bookstore; 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm: Crossword launches the Children?s Fest, a three-week-long fun, frolic and leraning for children. May 23 - 27 at Oscar Wilde Montessori School, Lansdowne; 10.30 am - 4 pm: Kids Camp ? fun-filled creative activities for children between 5 years and 12 years. Registrations at #9830558918, 9831772144.WORKSHOP
May 24 - 28 at Kreasions, 12/2-A Bakul Bagan Road: Workshop on fancy aromatic candles and chocolate making, glass painting and gift wrapping. Details with Nandini Dhar, #24850080. Till June 10 at Padatik Dance Centre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; Padatik conducts summer workshops on Children?s Theatre (age group: 7 - 16), Maths Made Easy (age group: 7 - 11 & 12 - 19), Western dance (age group: 4 - 6, 7 - 10 & 11 yrs and above) and Kathak (by Birju Maharaj for all age groups). Details at #2247 6087, 22404426, 9830024927. May 30 - June 3 at Satya Anusandhan (Gurukul), Narendrapur: A five-day summer camp on Self-Development Towards Creativity for children 8 - 16 years. Organised by Pramila Agarwal, chief psychologist & counsellor; #22299013, 24772087, 9433239895.art
May 23 at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Place, #22471519, 9331034940; 6 pm (inauguration): On the occasion of Buddha Purnima, Gallery Katayun presents inspired works by Italian painter Giovana Caruso along with those by well-known Indian artists. The exhibition continues till June 19, 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm. Till May 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Surreal ? An exhibition of paintings by Subrata Chowdhury. Till May 23 at Metropolitan Art Salon; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings, ceramics and paper macae by Asis Chowdhury, Akashdip Kundu, Arup Lodh, Suchandra Sur, Madhumita Daw, Sukla Paul and Mitra Ray. Till May 29 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: A Midsummer Night?s Dream ? an exhibition of works of aesthetics by contemporary artists of Calcutta. Till May 31 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka?s (2/1 Hindusthan Road); 11 am - 8 pm: Tumi Ki Keboli Chhabi ? an exhibition of pencil sketches by Charbak Sen on Rabindranath Tagore and also vignettes from his works. May 23 at The Park Banquets, 17 Park Street; 7.30 pm onwards: Spandan and The Park present Art for Giving, showcasing the works of renowned artists from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. Participating artists include Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sukumar Bhattacharya, Arundhati (Mimi) Banerjee, Amit Bose, Sreyoshi Chatterjee, Prolay Chakraborty, Indrani Chakraborty, Suchitra Deb, Partha Pratim Deb, Chanchal Krishna Dey, Chhatra Pati Dutta, Krishna Dutta, Protima Dutta, Chandra Das Gupta, Dipankar Das Gupta, Jwahar Das Gupta, Tuhina Ghosh, Shankari Mitra, Tapan Mitra, Kalyan Mukherjee, Pryodarshni (Jaya) Roy, Ritendra Roy, Ketaki Roy Choudhury, Mousumi Samaddar, Sukla Sen Poddar, Manik Talukder, Haren Thakur and Sharmila Thakur. May 23 - 27 at Gaganendra Pradarshasala; 2 pm - 8 pm: Sarbabharatiya Charu O Karukala Niket?s fourth annual exhibition features a selection of art works of students who have appeared in its annual examination of 2003-4. May 25 - June 2 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Jahar Dasgupta.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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