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'''''Anya Theatre''''' is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] theatre group.<ref name="Film on a stage persona">{{cite news|title=Film on a stage persona|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111002/jsp/calcutta/story_14576927.jsp|access-date=20 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sebanti|last=Sarkar|date=2 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="All the capital city’s a stage - Regional plays draw crowd">{{cite news|title=All the capital city’s a stage - Regional plays draw crowd|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110920/jsp/orissa/story_14526441.jsp|access-date=20 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph Calcutta|location=Calcutta, India|first=Namita|last=Panda|date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The group was founded in 1985 by Bibhas Chakraborty.<br />
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== History ==<br />
''Anya Theatre'' was founded by Bengali theatre personality [[Bibhas Chakraborty]] in 1985. He has been the director of the group since then. It is the only theatre group to have a theatre centre. The group came into prominence as a composite drama form. Anya Theatre is the only theatre group in the state to have a house of its own. It built a three-story building in the Salt Lake city which functions as a theatre centre. Anya Theatre has been organizing Natyaswapnakalpo, a theatre-related annual program being held on the New Year’s Eve since 1999, involving the entire theatre fraternity of the state. Anya Theatre has been regularly inviting young and promising directors to direct plays for the young group during all this years Dattatreya Dutta, Debesh Chattopadhyay, Ramaprasad Banik, Goutam Halder, Abanti Chakraborty, Arna Mukhopadhyay and have enriched the group with some outstanding productions involving our own actors and technicians.<br />
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== Productions ==<br />
(in alphabetical order)<br />
* ''Achhe Achhe Sthan''<br />
* ''Charam Chikitsha''<ref name="All-out war on obscenity">{{cite news|title=All-out war on obscenity|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100103/jsp/calcutta/story_11931772.jsp|access-date=20 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sebanti|last=Sarkar|date=3 January 2010}}</ref><br />
* ''Hamlet''<ref name="Something is rotten in the state">{{cite news|title=Something is rotten in the state|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110430/jsp/opinion/story_13918673.jsp|access-date=20 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|location=Calcutta, India|date=30 April 2011}}</ref><br />
* ''Jagakhichuri''<br />
* ''Nakchhabita''<ref name="Book baron with passion for theatre">{{cite news|title=Book baron with passion for theatre|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090426/jsp/calcutta/story_10870813.jsp|access-date=20 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sebanti|last=Sarkar|date=26 April 2009}}</ref><br />
* ''Rajrakta''<br />
* ''Revenge Factory''<br />
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