Anya Theatre’s Aparajita, at Jogesh Mime
Nitish Sen’s classic solo play directed by Turna Das.
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Sansriti’s Kothakar Charitra Kothay Rekhechha, at Academy
Translated from Pirandello’s metatheatrical classic Six Characters in Search of an Author by Rudraprasad Sengupta and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.
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Dastaan Theatre Studio (Gwalior)’s Anveshak, at Gyan Manch
Partap Sehgal’s play centres on Aryabhata, the astronomer whose groundbreaking discoveries and defiance of Brahminical dominance in favour of truth challenged prevailing superstitions and religious dogmas of his time. Directed
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Sehar (Santiniketan)’s Koi Aur Rasta, at Gyan Manch
Partap Sehgal’s solo play, directed by Mrityunjay Prabhakar in Bengali, about a woman who has gone through a roller coaster ride in life due to her love affair and marriage.
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Little Thespian’s Andhere Men, at Gyan Manch
Uma Jhunjhunwala directs Partap Sehgal’s new play about the concept of darkness, which can masquerade as righteous fervor behind the veil of religion or sect, or manifest as hypocrisy or
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Sharabhuj’s Macbeth, at Madhusudan
Tarun Pradhan’s Bangla folk adaptation and direction of Shakespeare’s classic.
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Sansriti’s Sher Afgan, at Academy
Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s adaptation of Pirandello’s metatheatrical classic, Henry IV, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
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Anya Theatre’s Romeo Ebang Juliet, at Academy
Based on Debes Roy’s Bengali rendering of Shakespeare’s classic and Jan Otcenasek’s Romeo and Juliet in Darkness. Directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
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Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Madhusudan
The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.
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Ekush Shatak’s Krishnaranga, at Madhusudan
Revival of dramatist-director Loknath Bandyopadhyay’s farce, adapted from Peter Shaffer’s hit Black Comedy (1965). One of the funniest productions you can presently view; we cannot reveal more! Recommended: ★★★★
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Mukhomukhi and Tritiyo Sutra’s Mephisto, at Academy
Revival of their 2002 production. Based on Ariane Mnouchkine’s dramatization of Klaus Mann’s novel on the Nazi co-option of artists, translated and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Two shows,
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Proscenium’s Begum Jani Ki Haveli, at Gyan Manch
An Urdu/Hindi Indianization of Federico Garcia Lorca’s all-women The House of Bernarda Alba. Adapted and directed by Anjum Rizvi.
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