Theatre

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Harold Pinter’s early drama translated and transplanted into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Revival of Ajitesh Bandopadhyay’s drama about the crisis of identity and relevance of a Jatra artiste. Directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.

dapted from Ariel Dorfman’s internationally successful Death and the Maiden and directed by Kishore Sengupta.

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 Bhattacharya.

Written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay, comedy and romance come together in an old-age home.

Mangalik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a “dead” man coming alive. Recommended viewing: ★★★★

Revival of Sohan Bandopadhyay’s Bengali dramatization from 2010 of Charlie Fish’s short story “The Man Who Married Himself”, about a man who does just that.

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 and passionate lover of art. It traces his journey towards a stable career in cinema after marrying his muse, Surama, and his time in Bombay […]

A psychological thriller written by Snehasish Bhattacharjee and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. An intruder barging into a happy home and accuses the husband of stealing his identity and everything belonging to him.

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 shows, at 2:45 pm and 6:30 pm. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical play from 1977, about a widower's new relationship with a divorcee. Directed by Ashoke Viswanathan, in English.

Director Anubha Fatehpuria's dramatization of Manto's life and writings. Read my review.