Theatrecian is an English theatre group in India, recognised by BBC Four as the most prolific English theatre group in the country. On 4 January 2001, Tathagata Chowdhury along with his friends, Kanak Gupta, Dhruv Mookerji and Prithviraj Chowdhury and few others became founder members of Theatrecian.
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In the last 14 years, Theatrecian has presented about 99 plays and has performed in the four major metros in the country.
The Comedy Kitchen and The Murder Menu
One of the more popular productions of Theatrecian is The Comedy Kitchen. This play has enjoyed sell out shows at places like The Comedy Store, The Laughter Factory, NCPA, Liberty Theatre in Bombay and The Alliance Franchise in Delhi, many shows in Calcutta.
The Mumbai Zoo
This original production represented India at the South Asian Theatre Festival 2014 in Cincinnati. The play was first performed at Padatik and then at the Prithvi Theatre. Udaan, an organisation in South Bombay, presented this one act play which runs for one hour and has a park bench as the only prop for its members in 2009 at the National Gallery Of Modern Art.
The Mumbai Zoo is inspired by Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and has won awards for Best Script and Best Actor at State level Theatre Competitions. It is a play that tries to reflect on the Bombay Blast from the perspective of a terrorist. It's not Communal but Communism that triggers a deprived soul to express his angst against the "haves" of the society. The play is about a "have not" from a mixed economy who wishes to break the cages separating the passengers of the first class and second class compartments. Both characters of Raquib, a "regular" individual with one wife, one daughter and one dog and Dhruv, a rebel with a cause who spits on Raquib's regularity, are performed by TC.