It was here in this space in the Midday newspaper that we mentioned that Tathagata Chowdhury (TC) is back in the Mumbai Theatre scene. Last week, at the Veda Black Box in Aramnagar, Andheri West, he performed The Corporate, a 65 minute solo performance. “The space was well utilised and the performance was awesome” is what Xiomara, an International Baccalaureate teacher who teaches Spanish, had to share. She further compared the performing space with similar experimental spaces in Costa Rica, from where she hails. 

The Corporate premiered as a short play, of 10 minutes at the Thespis,Bharat Rang Mahautsav festival in Delhi, in February this year. TC participated in the competition, supported by co presenter of the show, Tulika Shankar, an IIM alum and founder of Go To Scale. The performance reached the final stage and left a lasting impression on the audience. Tulika is a management consultant with more than 25 years of experience and is currently a leadership development facilitator, an actor and producer. discovered the potential of the performance to develop into a full length one act solo performance. TC had earlier won the Kalakranti Best Script and Best Actor awards for his play The Mumbai Zoo. He represented India at the South Asian Theatre Festival in 2014 with the performance.The Corporate is TC’s third solo act post The Mumbai Zoo and The Lockdown Lover.