Santoshpur Anuchintan’s Bachche Bade Ho Rahe Hai, at Gyan Manch

Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata

Partap Sehgal's eponymous poem dramatized and directed by Gourav Das reflects on the lives of children from Peyarabagan, the second largest slum in Kolkata, narrating their coming-of-age transition into adolescence. […]

Unicorn Actors Studio (Delhi)’s Antaral, at Gyan Manch

Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata

Partap Sehgal's latest play directed by Gauri Dewal deals with the ever-changing nature of values through the story of an intelligent woman whose life has been shaped by tragedy. Part […]

Sansriti’s Khokkas, at Academy

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

Adapted from Evgeny Schwartz’s satirical Russian play The Dragon (1944) by Arpita Ghosh and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A village terrorized by a dragon finds an unlikely saviour.

Sansriti’s Hayabadan, at Academy

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

Translated by Sankha Ghosh from Girish Karnad’s classic folk-based play Hayavadana, and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.

Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Tapan

Tapan Theatre Kalighat

Dramatized from Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Arun Mukherjee. The story revisits the historic Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 in Bengal, where Haran, an old sharecropper, has gone half-mad after police […]

Mukhomukhi and Tritiyo Sutra’s Mephisto, at Kala Mandir

Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

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: ★★★★