• Nandipat’s Chandrabati Katha, at Academy

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

    Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play about Chandrabati, the 16th-century poet who composed the first Bangla Ramayan from the perspective of Sita, as well as parts of the Maimansingha Gitika. Directed by Prokash […]

  • Natasena’s Gorur Garir Headlight, at Academy

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

    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.

  • Purba Paschim’s A-shakti, at Madhusudan

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

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

  • Chetana’s Meghe Dhaka Ghatak, at Academy

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

    Marking Ritwik Ghatak’s birth centenary, this biodrama by Jeet Satragni, unlike the usual portrayal of Ghatak as an unwavering and fearless rebel, delicately explores his early years as a romantic […]

  • 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 […]

  • Shilpi Sangha’s Baghnakh, at Academy

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

    Jayanta De’s story dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta, about the ever-increasing irrational instigation in society without thinking of humanity. Problems and failure in life get vented in various ugly […]

  • Gandharvi’s Gulabijaan, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    A musical drama by Shukla Banerjee and group, which revives the legacy of Awadh’s courtesans through Kathak, Thumri and ghazals. Set in 1881 Kolkata, the play follows an ageing courtesan […]

  • Beadon Street Subham’s Ami Pluto, at Rabindra Sadan

    Rabindra Sadan Cathedral Road, Kolkata

    Inspired by Steve Metzger’s awardwinning children’s book Pluto Visits Earth!, the story of a tiny planet but also a beautiful wish that grants love, rejoices in friendship and finds hope […]

  • Gandharvi’s Gulabijaan, at KCC

    Kolkata Centre for Creativity Anandapur, E M Bypass, Kolkata

    A musical drama by Shukla Banerjee and group, which revives the legacy of Awadh’s tawaifs through narrative, Kathak, Thumri and ghazals. Set in 1881 Kolkata, the play follows an ageing […]