• Sansriti’s Pratham Partha, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Director Debesh Chattopadhyay’s faithful interpretation of Buddhadeva Bose’s verse drama on Karna’s choice before the war begins. Read my review.

  • Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini!!, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    One of the more unusual treatments of Nati Binodini’s llife: a play within a play on her last years and her friendship with Tara Sundari, promising revelations that have not come to light previously, and including many old songs. Written by Surajit Banerjee and directed by Anindita Banerjee. Read my review.

  • Rangalok’s Corner Plot, at Madhusudan

    Madhusudan Mancha Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    The middle-class Bengali’s dream of building their own house, told in the comic story of a clerk’s fulfilment of that dream beset by oppressive social and political forces around him and his family. Written by Loknath Bandyopadhyay, recast from the 1990s production and directed by Shyamal Chakrabarti.

  • The House That Remembers, at Shobhabazar Nat Mandir

    Shobhabazar Nat Mandir Shobhabazar, Kolkata, India

    A site-specific participatory performance directed by Ninad Samaddar that reimagines the solidarity meeting held at Shobhabazar Nat Mandir and the criminal libel proceedings surrounding Rev. James Long’s commissioned translation of Dinabandhu Mitra’s Nil Darpan. Mutiple timings. Register at https://dagworld.com/the-house-that-remembers-kolkata-1.html

  • Purba Paschim’s A-shakti, at Academy

    Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    The poet Shakti Chattopadhyay’s life, thought and times dramatized by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay and directed by Debasish.