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Formation
  
2001

Official language
  
Bengali, English

Headquarters
  
Howrah

Location
  
West Bengal, India

Founded
  
2001

Legal status
  
Registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961

Website
  
http://tfp.paribartak.org

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Theatre Formation Paribartak is a group theatre situated in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India. Prior to May 2005, it was a unit of another organization that now goes under the name of Changers' Foundation Paribartak. After that date, it became a separate entity.

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Theatre Formation Paribartak produces mainly short theatre productions, one-act plays, street theatre shows and workshops.

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List of plays

The group produces mainly one-act Bengali plays. Its productions include:

  • Waiting For Godot (inspired by Samuel Beckett's play Waiting For Godot)
  • Ekdin Rattire (একদিন রাত্তিরে), means One Day in The Night
  • Fasad (ফসাদ), means The Problem (Hindi-Bengali bilingual)
  • Kaman (কামান), means The Cannon
  • Godot Waits For Homeland Security (produced in English, written by Martin Kimeldorf, presently replaced by Anusaran, the Bengali adaptation)
  • Piano, following a story by Anibal Machado
  • Pedro Páramo, following the novel by Juan Rulfo
  • Danawala Ekta Buro (ডানাওয়ালা একটা বুড়ো), means An Old Man with Wings, following a story by Gabriel García Marquez
  • Stalingrad 1942
  • Endgame (inspired by Samuel Beckett's play Endgame)
  • Anusaran (অনুসরণ), means Following, inspired by Godot Waits For Homeland Security written by Martin Kimeldorf
  • Dhundhumar (ধুন্ধুমার), means The Hullabaloo
  • Rabindra Panchak (রবীন্দ্র পঞ্চক, a collection of five skits written by Rabindranath Tagore)
  • No Exit (Bengali-English bilingual play inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre's play No Exit)
  • Bandarnach (বান্দরনাচ), means Monkey Dance (Hindi-Bengali-English trilingual)
  • Mayabari The Grand House of Illusion (মায়াবাড়ি দ্য গ্র্যাণ্ড হাউস অফ ইলিউশন, Bengali-English bilingual play inspired by Jean Genet's play The Balcony)
  • Lakshmaner Shaktishel (লক্ষ্মণের শক্তিশেল, written by Sukumar Ray; a site-specific theatre production presented in the compound of Pathuriaghata Ghoshbari, Kolkata)
  • Himmatwala (হিম্মতওয়ালা), means The Courageous
  • Robir Tinti Hasi (রবির তিনটি হাসি, a collection of three skits written by Rabindranath Tagore)
  • Metamorphosis (inspired by the novella The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka, produced in English)
  • Sthananko (স্থানাঙ্ক), means The Coordinates
  • Ghater Katha (ঘাটের কথা, inspired by the short story of the same name written by Rabindranath Tagore), means Tale of Riverside Steps
  • The Visit (inspired by the play written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, produced in English)
  • Ekti Uttar Adhunik Samajik Pala (একটি উত্তর-আধুনিক সামাজিক পালা), means A Post-Modern Social Drama
  • The Reality Show
  • Nainam Dahati Pavakah (নৈনং দহতি পাবকঃ), means Fire can't burn it, inspired by Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451

    • Other productions

    Non-participative development theatres produced by Theatre Formation Paribartak include Tia (for encouraging people to donate blood to the blood banks) and Roopkatha (for promotion of the Child Helpline no. 1098).

    Theatre Formation Paribartak has also produced Machhi (মাছি) written by Mohit Chattopadhyay but it does not run this production.

    Theatre Formation Paribartak has produced two more street-theatres - Machine (written by Safdar Hashmi) and Jhilik (ঝিলিক) but it does not run these productions.

    The theatres Lakshmaner Shaktishel, Himmatwala and Ekti Uttar Adhunik Samajik Pala have been produced by an autonomous body of freelancing actors and technicians brought together by Theatre Formation Paribartak and these theatres have been facilitated by Joyraj Bhattacharjee.

    Avoiding attribution

    In the above list, if not otherwise mentioned, plays are written by members of Theatre Formation Paribartak, whose names are not generally disclosed by the organization. They also avoid mentioning the names of their directors who are also members of the group. Unlike many other theatre groups, the name of this group has yet not been associated exclusively with any famous theatre personality or any one person. They also prefer to avoid mentioning the names of their performers and technicians.

    Awards

    The theatres of Theatre Formation Paribartak, since its inception in 2001, have clinched the following awards:

    1. 2003 - Waiting For Godot - 2nd Best Production - in an All Bengal One Act Bengali Drama Competition organized in Howrah
    2. 2005 - Danawala Ekta Buro - Best Actress: Ms. Debasri Saha in the role of Maria - in an All Bengal One Act Bengal Drama Competition organized in Howrah
    3. 2008 - Kaman - Special Recognition Prize for Acting: Ms. Debmita Sen in the role of The Daughter - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    4. 2009 - Anusaran - Best Production - in a District-level One Act Bengali Drama Competition organized in Howrah
    5. 2009 - Anusaran - Best Actor: Mr. Amajit Basu in the role of the United States Department of Homeland Security Agent - in a District-level One Act Bengali Drama Competition organized in Howrah
    6. 2009 - Anusaran - Best Co-actor: Mr. Debdip Sen in the role of An American Citizen - in a District-level One Act Bengali Drama Competition organized in Howrah
    7. 2010 - Danawala Ekta Buro - Best Actress: Ms. Koyel Ghosh in the role of Maria - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    8. 2010 - Anusaran - 2nd Best Production - in an All Bengal One Act Bengali Drama Competition organized in Howrah
    9. 2011 - No Exit - Special Recognition Prize for Production - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    10. 2011 - No Exit - Best Actor: Mr. Amajit Basu in the role of Robin Chatterjee (Garcin) - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    11. 2011 - No Exit - Best Actress: Ms. Koyel Ghosh in the role of Nina Roy (Estelle) - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    12. 2012 - Danawala Ekta Buro - 3rd Best Production - in an All Bengal One Act Bengali Drama Competition organized in Howrah
    13. 2012 - Mayabari The Grand House of Illusion - 1st Best Production - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    14. 2012 - Mayabari The Grand House of Illusion - Best Actor: Mr. Amajit Basu in the role of Thor - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    15. 2013 - Metamorphosis - 1st Best Production - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    16. 2013 - Metamorphosis - Best Director: Mr. Amajit Basu - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    17. 2014 - The Visit - 2nd Best Production - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    18. 2014 - The Visit - Best Actor: Mr. Amajit Basu - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    19. 2014 - The Visit - Best Dramatist (Script): Mr. Amajit Basu - in a Multilingual Short Drama Competition Festival organized in Kolkata
    20. 2014 - Kaman - 2nd Best Production - in an All Bengal One Act Bengali Drama Competition organized in Howrah

    References

    Theatre Formation Paribartak Wikipedia
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