International Theatre Festival

We call it, “DESH BIDESHER NATYAMELA”. It has acquired a special place in the cultural history of the state. It is replete with theatre from different states and countries. Discussions, seminars and symposiums are the integral part of this festival. More than 328 teams have participated in this festival from 2001 to 2024. Nearly 5940 theatre artists have participated in this festival.

For last 24 years, Various theatre groups from different states and nations (like Bangladesh, Nepal, Germany, Thailand, Pakistan, Denmark, SriLanka, Norway, Brazil, America, France etc.) have participated in it. Theatre related seminars and discussions are also the valuable parts of this festival. This unique theatre festival is scheduled for 11 days on the month of December every year. Reputed theatre personalities like Tapas Sen, Bibhas Chakraborty, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Harold Farmann(Germany), Syed Shamsul Haque(Bangladesh), Rudraprasad Sengupta, Nripendra Saha, Shamik Bandyapadhyay, Swathilekha SenGupta, Mamnur Rashid(Bangladesh), Murari Roy Chowdhuryr, Jhuna Chowdhury (Bangladesh), Syed Shamsul Haque(Bangladesh), Golam Kuddus (Bangladesh), Dr. Mohammod Bari (Bangladesh), Kuntal Mukhopadhaya, Swapan Roy, Maloy Ghosh, Dulal Chakroborty, Pabir Guha & Ranjan Gangopadhaya have inaugurated this festival in different years.

We publish daily bulletin during the Festival Period in our every year’s “INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL” ( DESH BIDESHER NATYA MELA), containing the subject of review of presenting Play, Interview of Theatre personalities & the pictures of district Theatre, Article of valuable Theatre subject by eminent Theatre Personalities. From beginning to till this year we have published near about 228 nos. of that bulletin.