kolkata he has been one of the moving forces behind the jaipur literary festival along with british author william dalrymple and now national award winner sanjoy k roy is ready to hit the stage in kolkata with a festival going solo of singleactor plays inspired by the royal edinburgh military tattoo a global meet that combines military spectacle cultural performance and vibrant music the festival will be held between october 31 and november 2 apart from kolkata delhi and mumbai will also be hosting the festival the plays to be stage this year include big mouth one man star wars and in the window each has a single actor roy says he was inspired by the oneman theatre hosted traditionally at the edinburgh tattoo fest and felt it could be replicated in india the performances were inspiring and the scripts explored issues from a unique point of view solo performances are difficult to execute i wanted to bring the festival to india and kolkata said roy who is now travelling abroad doing the ground work for the festival widely recognized as the man behind the jaipur literary festival that inspired similar other literary meets around the country roy has produced numerous tv programmes game shows drama series newsmagazines and lifestyle programs through his production house teamwork he has received the national award for excellence and best director for his film shahjahanabad the twilight years teamwork designs and produces 23 annual arts festivals across 21 cities in 13 countries including cairo cape town durban chennai chicago edinburgh hong kong jaipur jerusalem mumbai london new delhi san francisco seattle singapore tel aviv and vancouver including the worlds largest literary gathering the jaipur literature festival