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6:30 PM
Echoes In The Alleys: Kolkatas Feminine Cartography
Performances|An evening of performances
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Park Mansions, Gate 3
- Price Programme is opened to all.
- Part of series: Moving to the City, Empowerment. Art and Feminism in Kolkata
An evocative evening of two performances that reimagined the city through women’s voices, memories, and embodied narratives.
The City in Her Words
A performative reading & feminist library
Directed by Subarna Mondal
This segment features a collaborative reading by University students and faculty. It acts as a live "archaeology" of women’s lives in Kolkata, using excerpts from memoirs, diaries, autobiographies, fiction and life writing.
Participants: University students and faculty
Baki Kotha
Baki Kotha is a twenty-minute Bengali production devised and performed by young female theatre practitioners. Exploring womanhood through individual perspectives, the play seeks to continue conversations often silenced by social norms.
Blending storytelling with postdramatic elements, it brings forth the words women are conditioned not to speak — reflecting their untold struggles, desires, and vulnerabilities. Embracing the idea that “there is no feminism, but feminisms,” Baki Kotha presents diverse yet coexisting voices while challenging conventional modes of Bengali theatre-making.
Performers
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Abhipsa Chakraborti
Abhipsa is a theatre practitioner engaged in performance, training, and theatre-based educational work. With experience in stage productions and school-oriented theatre programs, she approaches theatre as both an art form and a tool for awareness and expression. Her work often explores human emotions, social realities, and women-centric narratives, reflecting a commitment to meaningful storytelling. Through performance and pedagogy, she strives to create spaces where vulnerability, dialogue, and creativity can coexist.
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Koushani Mukherjee
Koushani is a theatre practitioner and actor who completed Graduation and Post - Graduation in Performing Arts from Presidency University. She is passionate about delving into the realm of theatre & acting through both theoretical & practical exploration. Other than that her interests are performance writing, performance making and dance theatre.