Kolkata to Host International Art, Theatre Feast From Oct. 3

Kolkata is geared up to celebrate and promote the theatre and painting by organizing a three-day international theatre festival and a week-long painting and sculpture exhibition from Oct. 3, 2012.

"The art forms are all interconnected, and this festival aims to promote and celebrate paintings and theatre," said eminent theatre personality Debashish Mazumdar, also the president of the city-based Sudrak theatre group, which is organising the festival to coincide with its 35th year.

Along with plays by groups from Assam and Bengal, "Dhaboman" by noted Bangladeshi playwright Selim Al-Deen will be staged.

Curated by renowned art critic Mrinal Ghosh, the painting exhibition - 'Dramatic Tension in Visual Art' - will display works of 36 prominent artists including Ganesh Haloi, Jogen Chowdhury and Sameer Aich.

While the painting exhibition begins Oct. 3, the theatre fest will commence Oct. 5.