AHON GOOPTU
Playwright | Actor | Producer | Scholar
NOW / NEXT
RECENT PROJECTS
DEC 2024 - PRESENT
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Development of Item, a new dance-drama-drag show. Premiered at The Urban Theatre Project, Kolkata; also performed at Anuchintan Art Centre, Kolkata; The Creative Arts Academy, Kolkata, Skinny Mo's Jazz Club, Kolkata; and the 13th Chennai International Queer Film Festival at Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai.
JUNE 2025
JULY 2025
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Music video for Tizita (lead performer) by Meklit ft. Brandee Younger (Smithsonian Folkways, 2025); concept and direction by Sophiyaa Nayar.
SEP 2025
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House of Darling Presents at ODDSPACE, Kolkata.
NOW
DEC 2025
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Encore performance of Item: More Than a Drag Show at The Urban Theatre Project, Kolkata.
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29 Dec 2025. Tickets!
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JANUARY 2026
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Premiere of Seasons of Love at Padatik Studio Theatre II, Kolkata.
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9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 Jan 2026. Tickets!
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NEXT
UPCOMING IN 2026
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Publication in Shakespeare Adaptations in Indian Cinema, an edited volume by Nishi Pulugurtha: "The Hungry Women: Performing Gendered and Familial Desire in Titus Andronicus" (Routledge).
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Publication of Labor Day Reunion (Writer's Workshop).
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House of Darling Presents: A Cabaret Cabaret, a drag-indulgent reimagining of 1931 Berlin through the works of Bob Fosse.
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The Woods, a site-specific murder mystery play.