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Sudip Chakroborthy is a theatre practitioner and scholar with extensive training in South Asian traditional performance culture, encompassing both performance and direction. With a prolific career spanning numerous theatre productions, workshops, seminars, conferences, and festivals, his work has garnered international recognition. His theatre direction, designs and lectures have been showcased on esteemed stages across Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, South Korea, Iran, France, England, Scotland, Wales, the United States, and Canada.

 

Dr Chakroborthy holds a PhD degree from Goldsmiths, University of London (2021) and currently serves as a faculty member at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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DIRECTORIAL VENTURES

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Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves

Based on a story of the 'Arabian Nights', the play is reimagined and written by Ummey Hanee , and produced by North South University Cine & Drama Club, Bangladesh in 2024. Click here to see the still pictures of the play.

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SWARNABOAL

The play is written by Selim Al Deen was produced by TheatrEX Bangladesh, and supported by the British Council in 2023. 

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BRICK LANE 78

The play is written by Murad Khan based on the racial attack, violence, resistance and recognition in 1970s Britain that was produced by Purbanat CIC, and supported by Birmingham City Council and Black Community Theatre UK in 2018. Click here to watch the full video of the play.

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MEMORi

Charting the lives of three members of Glasgow’s Bangladeshi community, from 1971 and the War of Independence of Bangladesh to the present day, MEMORi presents previously untold stories of escape, settlement and integration, underlining the importance of cross-cultural understanding. Click here to watch the full video of the play.

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Shakespeare Shoptok

The selective parts from seven plays of William Shakespeare performed by the theatre students at Dhaka University at British Council for consecutive two evenings. The venture was part of ShakespeareLives program 2016.

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Gohon-Jatra

Rubayet Ahmed written monologue is based on revolves around the dangers of intolerance, violence, global political dynamics and the universal aspiration of peace and freedom. The play is performed by Shamsi Sayeka and produced by Padatik Nattya Sangsad TSC Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2015.

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Pronoy-Jamuna

Based on Sunil Gongopadhaya’s noble ‘Radha-Krisna’, Asadul Islam dramatized the Indian myth, which aims to respond to rising global violence and echoes love and humanity. The play is produced by Subachan Nattyo Sangsad Dhaka in 2016. 

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Dokkhina Sundari

Shahman Moishan wrote the pantheistic narrative in 2014 that is devised in response to the deforestation and government plan of a coal power plant at the nearest region to the World’s largest mangrove forest named ‘Sundarbans’. Click here to watch the full video of the play; password: itfbangladesh 

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Chaka

The Kotha-natya is based on an unidentified dead body and the continuous rejection from door to door during the military regime in Bangladesh in 1990.

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Macbeth

William Shakespeare's classic was translated into Bangla by Syed Shamsul Hoque that was adapted to the political killings and coup d'état of Bangladesh since 1975, produced by Padatik Nattya Sangsad TSC Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2013.

Lal Jomin

Lal Jomin

Mannan Heera written monologue is based on the struggle of a woman during the War of Independence of Bangladesh in 1971 and its aftermath. Lal Jomin is produced by Shunyan Repertory in 2011. Click here to watch the full video of the monologue.

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Mohajoner Nao

The musical based on a mystic bard Shah Abdul Karim’s life, philosophy, and syncretic nature of the agricultural society of Bangladesh, written by Shakoor Majid and produced by Subachan Nattyo Sangsad Dhaka in 2010. Click here to watch the full video of the play.

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PHONA
Play: Shahman Moishan
Direction: Sudip Chakroborthy 
Production: Shabdaboli Barisal

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