Centrestage

Ananda Lal, a theatre specialist, retired as Professor of English from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, where he also directed university theatre. His important books include Rabindranath Tagore: Three Plays and the Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre. He has translated drama from Bengali to English and reviewed theatre for 40 years. He directs Writers Workshop, Kolkata, and runs KolkataTheatre.com. His new book Centrestage is a collection of essays on Theatre, Indian and Intercultural.

Kathakali is the head of administration and events at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy. Besides her day job, she also works as a reviewer and dance writer for The Telegraph and other publications. A former journalist and a life-long student of literature, she dabbles in literary translation.