Anya Theatre

Anya Theatre is a Bengali theatre group.^[1][2] The group was founded in 1985 by Bibhas Chakraborty.

Anya Theatre

Anya Theatre logo
Type	Theatre group
Location	Kolkata, India
Artistic director(s)	Bibhas Chakraborty

History

Anya Theatre was founded by Bengali theatre personality Bibhas Chakraborty in 1985. He has been the director of the group since then. It is the only theatre group to have a theatre centre. The group came into prominence as a composite drama form. Anya Theatre is the only theatre group in the state to have a house of its own. It built a three-story building in the Salt Lake city which functions as a theatre centre. Anya Theatre has been organizing Natyaswapnakalpo, a theatre-related annual program being held on the New Year’s Eve since 1999, involving the entire theatre fraternity of the state. Anya Theatre has been regularly inviting young and promising directors to direct plays for the young group during all this years Dattatreya Dutta, Debesh Chattopadhyay, Ramaprasad Banik, Goutam Halder, Abanti Chakraborty, Arna Mukhopadhyay and have enriched the group with some outstanding productions involving our own actors and technicians.

Productions

(in alphabetical order)

• Achhe Achhe Sthan
• Charam Chikitsha^[3]
• Hamlet^[4]
• Jagakhichuri
• Nakchhabita^[5]
• Rajrakta
• Revenge Factory

References

1. Sarkar, Sebanti (2 October 2011). "Film on a stage persona". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
2. Panda, Namita (20 September 2011). "All the capital city's a stage - Regional plays draw crowd". The Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
3. Sarkar, Sebanti (3 January 2010). "All-out war on obscenity". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
4. "Something is rotten in the state". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Calcutta, India. 30 April 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
5. Sarkar, Sebanti (26 April 2009). "Book baron with passion for theatre". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2012.