Sanyogsutra’s Jyajamashai, at Academy

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

A seriocomic play written and directed by Sumitro Bandyopadhyay, about the relationship between a man and his uncle in a north Kolkata family.

Ichheymoto’s Birangana Kabya, at Academy

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

Dramatized from Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s poem about classical heroines and directed by Turna Das. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review here.

Samstab’s Gaurer Kabach, at Academy

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

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s magical story about Gaur, who loves to play the flute, and is loved by the ancient folk in his village, threatened by the arrival of a man who wants to take over everything. Dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Rangroop’s Spare Parts, at Academy

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

Written by Swapnamoy Chakraborty and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. An ordinary man’s rise to money, fame and power leads him astray from his earlier humanity.

Rangroop’s Manmayi Girls School, at Academy

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

The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Kalyani Kalamandalam’s Radha-Ramakrishna, at Girish

Girish Mancha Bagbazar

An original play written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Santanu Das, on Girish Ghosh’s historic production of Chaitanya Lila in which Nati Binodini stunned audiences with her male impersonation, while Sri Ramakrishna nurtured Radha’s feminine bhava in himself independently and blessed Binodini after watching her performance. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra’s Bhorer Baranda, at Madhusudan

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

A Good Samaritan doctor comes to the aid of a single woman. Written by Pradipta Bhattacharya and directed by Kishore Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Sudrak’s Shikh ^kha Jatir Merudanda, at Academy

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

Sudrak’s so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.

Pancham Vaidic’s Rajnaitik Hatya?, at Academy

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

Revived production based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s Crime Passionnel about a Communist plot of political assassination, adapted into Bengali and directed by Arpita Ghosh.

Offbeat Theatre’s Rakta-karabi, at Madhusudan

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

Tagore’s classic revived, directed and acted by Chaiti Ghoshal. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.