Aneek’s Aksharik, at Academy

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

Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Two performances, at 2:45 and 6:30. […]

Sansriti’s Kothakar Charitra Kothay Rekhechha, at Madhusudan

Madhusudan Mancha Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata

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.

Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini, at Tapan

Tapan Theatre Kalighat

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 […]

Ichheymoto’s Je Janlagulor Akash Chhilo, at Gyan Manch

Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata

Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to the times and documented by contemporanous hit […]

Shohan’s Amirah, at Girish

Girish Mancha Bagbazar

Inspired by Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy Antigone, Indianized by Anirban Sen and directed by Anish Ghosh.

Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Kala Mandir

Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.