The amazing night-long festival of contemporary performing arts and inventive thought Night of Theatre n°10 • La Nuit des Idées will take place on January 27 2018 at Trimukhi Cultural Centre in the Santhal tribal village of Borotalpada, West Bengal, India where artists and philosophers from France, India, Japan, Canada, Mexico and Haiti together with actors, dancers and musicians from Borotalpada village will both showcase in situ sound, theatre, dance or dance-theatre performances and evolve in philosophical proclamations as well as in stimulative discussions about “flows of intensity”… before inviting all to join for a joyful dinner and then for a joyful multicultural dance party until the sun rise again… This event is part both of Institut français’ international Nuit des idées (“Night of Ideas”) to celebrate all over the world the stream of ideas between countries, cultures, topics and generations, and of Bonjour India, a four-month-long celebration of Indo-French innovation, creativity and partnership.

The journey starts on Saturday 27th January 2018 at 1 pm from Howrah station, Kolkata, coming back in Kolkata next day at 11 am. Booking is open from 17th November to 18th December 2017 online as well as at Alliance française du Bengale and MACE. A very limited number of seats is still available. Contribution fee is INR 2,400 with 20% discount for students and senior citizens. It includes train tickets, private bus, tea/snack, entrance to the festival, dinner, overnight stay in the village and breakfast.

⇓ To book online, first fill the Registration form bellow

⇓ And then complete the payment through PayUMoney gateway

 WITH Barbara Cassin [Paris] Jean-Frédéric Chevallier [Paris, Kolkata] Divya Dwivedi [New Delhi] Élodie Guignard [Paris] Motilal Hansda [Borotalpada village] Surujmoni Hansda [Borotalpada village] Marc Hatzfeld [Paris] André-Éric Létourneau [Montréal] Patrice Maniglier [Paris] Shaj Mohan [New Delhi] Chandrai Murmu [Bhangabhandh village] Tibru Murmu [Borotalpada village] Ikue Nakagawa [Tokyo, Bruxelles] Makenzy Orcel [Port-au-Princen Paris] and Paola Torres [Mexico city] PRODUCED BY Sukla Bar Chevallier [Kolkata] for Trimukhi Platform

 PRESENTED BY Trimukhi Platform, Institut Français AND French Embassy in India IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Alliance Française du Bengale, The Japan Foundation New Delhi, l’Université du Québec à Montréal, Hexagram AND MACE