Vikram Phukan

The writer is a playwright and stage critic

Latest from Vikram Phukan

Chapal Bhaduri in ‘Performing the Goddess’ series, 1999.

Review of Sandip Roy’s Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal

Changing times: The reimagined Room/Roof Piece is one of many ‘new’ performances for the digital age.

Virtual experiences in lockdown times

Act up: Larry Kramer (left) a still from The Normal Heart

Larry Kramer’s visionary crusades

First lady: Ruby Patel with Burjor Patel; (right) Ruby Patel in one of her early stage performances.

Ruby Patel, first lady of the Parsi Gujarati stage

On stage: A scene from Phillip Zarrili’s The Maid

The give and take of Phillip Zarrilli’s art

Strong performance: Usha Ganguli performing onstage

Usha Ganguli: Indian theatre’s spirited doyenne

Stage and screen: Ranjit Chowdhry

Ranjit Chowdhry: theatre in his blood

All for one: Coronavirus has brought the curtains down on cultural offerings everywhere.

How to support the arts during a pandemic

End of era: Sameera Iyengar and Sanjna Kapoor

Cultural warriors call it a day

Distance theatre: A scene from Porgy and Bess screened at the NCPA.

Shakespeare in the era of social distancing

On stage: A performance of META-nominated play, Every Brilliant Thing

The Corona Effect

On stage: A performance of Raakshasa Tangadi

Lessons in palace intrigue

Between the lines: Preparing scenography on stage

The mechanics of crafting transitions

Making a difference: Safdar Hasmi with baton at Hissar, Haryana, 1981

The importance of Safdar Hashmi

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