Debasish Banerjee
Writer-Director

Debasish is an experienced actor and scriptwriter in theatre, television and film. He has worked as an actor in the renowned Open Theatre group in Kolkata, India, having performed in, amongst other plays, adaptations of plays by Luigi Pirandello, Bertolt Brecht and musicals, Man of La Mancha and West Side Story. Debasish has worked as an actor and scriptwriter for Indian television with Doordarshan, ETV and ZeeTV. He has acted in Anjan Dutt’s Bada Din and Roland Joffe’s City of Joy.

---

---

OUR THESPIANS

Chandrayee Sengupta
Actor, Production

Chandrayee is trained in Indian classical dance forms of Bharatnatyam and Kathakali and has performed in India and the UK. She has directed a television documentary on Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Laureate Indian poet. She has brought her stage experience to theatre as an actor in Artho and her work as a production manager has been instrumental in building the team.

---

Samrat Sengupta
Actor, Production Design

Having worked in theatre and television serials in Kolkata Samrat arrived in the UK in 1994 to act in a theatre festival organised by Manchester City of Drama. His career spans over two decades in the UK, acting in theatre, television adverts, professional role plays and museums as a story teller. Besides working in the current production, Samrat also works with Kali theatre, a British Asian theatre company.

---

Arjun Sen
Technical - Lighting and Digital Design

With over ten years experience in the software industry, Arjun is our technical designer. Having worked for the ubiquitous Adobe Systems, Arjun employs his skills both on and off the stage. Web and graphic design, digital audio-video and stage lighting are his passion.

---

Adrika Sen
Stage Manager

Adrika is our stage and properties manager. Her enthusiasm and timely assistance keeps us organised backstage. Adrika is also a talented singer in both North Indian and Bengali music.

---

Urmi Roy/Singh
Production

Urmi Roy Singh has grown up in Delhi and now lives and works in London. She had a passion for theatre and has performed in drama and Jatras from a very early age. Her keenness for the performing arts persists and despite a busy life, she finds time to get involved in stage performances in the UK

---

Shiblu Chowdhury
Actor, Production

Shiblu brings us over 18 years of theatre experience as an actor having performed in over 25 plays and over 300 stage performances in Bangladesh and the UK. Amongst his most recent performances, he played Biraj in Tahar Namti Ranjana and played the lead, Handa, in Hottomala - The Wonderland in London that were highly acclaimed by both viewers and critics. Shiblu practices method acting influenced by the Constantin Stanislavski school. He has also written Osprishya (The Untouchable), Talk Show and Ekti Rat Ekti Golpo (A Story of a Night) and is currently writing Octopus. He is a well-known host on Bengali TV channels in the UK. Shiblu also helps us with media promotion.

---

Koushik Chatterjee
Actor

​{PROFILE PENDING}

---

Wasim Makeem Javed
Technical - Sound

​Wasim has worked on several advertising, film and theatre projects in India. He was assistant director to John Gabriel’s Last Few Days at the London Met University. He has directed Asbab, a short film, and documentary Tader Kotha. Recently he has specialised in audio and music applying his skills for for Anwar Hauqe’s Sesh Anker Shuru and Ahashad Masum’s Bondini as part of Brady Art Bengali Drama projects.

---

Moumita Paul
Stage Manager

​Moumita has training in Indian classical dancing and has performed at zonal and state level in India. She has experience in event management having organised inter-collegiate festivals

---

---

FRIENDS OF THESPIANS

Suchismita Ganguly
Actor

Suchismita is one of the UK’s most accomplished classical dance performers. Specialised in the fine art of Bharat Natyam, Suchismita is higly acclaimed and has several prominent shows to her credit both in the UK and aborad. She also teaches dance and has now makes her debut in theatre.

---

Srabantika Dasgupta
Actor

Srabantika was born and brought up in the cultural environment of Kolkata and her love affair with the stage has a long history – she has been a keen thespian ever since her days as a student of English literature at Jadavpur University. She has performed in many plays – almost all have won popular acclaim, some have won prizes in drama competitions.  Her other forte is poetry recitation – a CD  is coming out later this year

---

Mitali Ganguly
Actor

Mitali Ganguly has a wide and varied experience in performing arts. Her work in the play ‘Shahjehan’ directed by Dwipen Sengupta received praise from audience and critics. She is a trained vocalist tutored under the auspice of Ashok Taru Bandyopadhyay. She has been a TV presenter at Calcutta Doordarshan and has been a member of film preview committee.

---

Ranjana Roychowdhury
Actor

Since childhood Ranjana has been actively involved in various cultural activities and has performed extensively in numerous dance dramas , theatres and water ballets in Kolkata and elsewhere. She made quite a few appearances on the television and was also selected for a famous Zee TV musical programme. She has managed to keep her passion for music alive inspite of her erratic schedule and has established herself as a singer performing in various shows all over UK. She was the lead vocalist of a Bengali musical group in the UK. With ‘Artho’ she makes her comeback as a theatre performer.

---

Rijula Mukherjee
Actor

Rijula has a passion for drama and music. She is a trained vocalist and received her training under the auspice of Suchitra Mitra. She has performed in various music events in Calcutta. She made her appearance on stage in school plays from a very young age and continues to pursue her passion for acting.

---

Shobhon Ahmed
Production

Shobhon is a vocalist, and performing arts director. A graduate in Rabindra Sangeet, Shobhon is a talented musician and has actively performed and organised several concerts at prestigeous venues in London and abroad as part of the Sanskriti London cultural group. He is our production manager focussing on promotion by making use of his wellestablished circle of connections in the UK, India and Bangladesh.

---

Bhudeb Banerjee
Actor

{PROFILE PENDING}.

---

Soham Bandyopadhyay
Actor

Soham is a sixth form student who loves and enjoys drama and public speaking besides his dream to become a doctor. He has completed his grade 8 exam from London Academy of music and dramatic art (LAMDA) in public speaking and dramatics with distinction. He represents his school and has received awards in numerous public speaking competitions. He has recently been awarded the “public speaking colours by his school for his enthusiasm and coaching the junior students in this art.

---

Sharmila Banerjee
Surtitles

Though qualified as a physicist and works in the Research Council, is passionate about different art forms. She has a degree in Rabindrasangeet from Rabindrabharati and a diploma in Kathak from Allahabad. She has performed in Kolkata doordarshan and regularly performs in different places in UK. She started the Indian arts Centre at Reading and encourages and coaches the children in dancing and acting.

---

Sheikh Naz
Actor

Sheikh Naz has wide experience as a theatre actor and mime artist having performed in Bangladesh with the Pantomime movement, Gonayon Natto Shomproday and Fame school of dance drama and music. In UK he gained further experience as an actor with The Actor works and Met film School. He has performed in important roles in the plays Biye Birombona, Tahar Namti Ranjana and Hottomala that were staged in the UK and were very well received by both viewers and critics.

---

Zayed Islam
Actor

Zayed is a student who has an avid interest in performing arts. A son of a musician, he has been singing from a very young age. He has participated in various events on Television and on stage. His performance in ‘Its our day’ on Channel S sky TV was very well received by the audience. Zayed has a keen interest in drama and has participated in school plays.

---