Natasena's Gorur Garir Headlight, at Academy
2024-05-09 18:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Kolkata) | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, 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.

Hatibagan Sangharam's Chhoto Galpa, at Tapan
2024-05-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
The third evening of Sayak’s ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre. Arindam Mukherjee’s play directed by Tathagata Chaudhuri.

Bandel Arohi’s Rat Kato Holo, at Tapan
2024-05-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Written by Amitabha Chakrabarti, directed by Ranjan Roy. Recommended viewing: ★★★★ Read my review.
Fourth evening of Sayak’s ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre.

Ichheymoto's Henry Kothay?, at Academy
2024-05-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Premiere of director Saurav Palodhi’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s 1935 socialist classic, Waiting for Lefty, about the poverty of taxi drivers in the USA.

Angan Belgharia's Mauna Banshari, at Academy
2024-05-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
One of the great tragic love stories in Greek mythology, that of Orpheus and Eurydice, retold through poetry, music and philosophy. Written by Sanjoy Chattopadhyay and directed by Avi Sengupta.

Chetana’s Mahatma Banam Gandhi, at Madhusudan
2024-05-11 18:15 - 20:45 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Translated by Arun Mukherjee from Ajit Dalvi’s play on Gandhiji’s relationship with his son, and directed by Sujan Mukherjee.
Recommended: ★★★★

Krishti (Ranchi)'s Nil Ranger Ghora, at Tapan
2024-05-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Mohit Chattopadhyaya’s early play directed by Saurav Palodhi. The fifth evening of Sayak’s ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre.

Renaissance's Charandas MLA, at Minerva
2024-05-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Minerva Theatre, Utpal Dutt Sarani (Beadon Street), Kolkata
Revival of Renaissance’s Hindi production from the 1990s. Dramatized from Satinath Bhaduri’s satirical story by Partha Sarathi Upadhyay and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

Padatik's Beparwah Manto, at Padatik
2024-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
Premiere of a new dramatization of Manto’s stories, scripted and directed by Anubha Fatehpuria.

Kalyani Mukhosh’s 2034, at Academy
2024-05-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Inspired by Badal Sircar’s Mani-Kanchan and directed by Ayan Banerjee. The play anticipates the future through the act of a famous magician couple.
Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.

Padatik’s Beparwah Manto, at Padatik
2024-05-12 16:00 - 20:30 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
A new dramatization of Manto’s stories, scripted and directed by Anubha Fatehpuria. Two shows, at 4 pm and 7 pm.

Mukhomukhi’s Tiner Taloyar, at Madhusudan
2024-05-12 18:30 - 21:00 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.

Nandipat’s Pet-i Case, at Tapan
2024-05-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Dario Fo’s political satire Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismoy Roy and directed by Bimal Chakraborty. The seventh evening of Sayak’s ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre.

Uttarphalguni (Agartala)'s Shatabdir Swapna, at Tapan
2024-05-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
A play about the Kushan emperor Kanishka, written by Agantuk and directed by Haradhan Datta. The eighth evening of Sayak’s ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre.

Sanglap Kolkata's Chop! Adalat Chalchhe, at Tapan
2024-05-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Vijay Tendulkar’s classic courtroom drama, transcreated and directed by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay. The ninth evening of Sayak’s ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre.

Pancham Vaidic's Amodita Roddur, at Madhusudan
2024-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
A two-part play on the essence of love, the first part by Debesh Chattopadhyay and the second based on Nirmal Verma, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.

Karimpur Natyapremy's Asrunadi, at Tapan
2024-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Tapan Theatre, Kalighat
Amar Mitra’s novel Sesh Pahar Asrunadi dramatized and directed by Kishore Sengupta. The last evening of Sayak’s ten-day competitive festival of Bengali theatre.

Rangroop’s Spare Parts, at Academy
2024-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Written by Swapnamoy Chakraborty and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. An ordinary man’s rise to money, fame and power lead him astray from his earlier humanity.

Little Thespian's Koi Aur Rasta, at Gyan Manch
2024-05-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Gyan Manch, Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Partap Sehgal’s monodrama about a woman whose marriage to her colleague falls apart, directed by Niloy Roy.

Ichheymoto’s Henry Kothay?, at Madhusudan
2024-05-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Director Saurav Palodhi’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s 1935 socialist classic, Waiting for Lefty, about the poverty of taxi drivers in the USA.

Mukhomukhi’s Ajker Shajahan, at Girish
2024-05-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Girish Mancha, Bagbazar
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, revived by Mukhomukhi and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.

Sansriti’s Kothakar Charitra Kothay Rekhechha, at Madhusudan
2024-05-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
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.

Naye Natua’s Meghnadbadh Kabya, at Academy
2024-05-19 14:15 - 16:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatized from Michael Madhusudan Dutt and directed by Goutam Halder, his long-running hit.

Pancham Vaidic's Pulish, at Madhusudan
2024-05-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Acclaimed Polish dramatist Slawomir Mrozek’s dark political satire on power titled Police, adapted and directed by Arpita Ghosh.

Nat-ranga’s Chhayapather Sheshe, at Academy
2024-05-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dramatist-director Sohan Bandopadhyay’s ghostly comedy set in a dilapidated north Kolkata hall about to be demolished to make way for a mall. Resident spooks protest against the reigning politician’s corruption.
Recommended: ★★★★

Nitya Natya Sanstha's Lash, at Madhusudan
2024-05-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Madhusudan Mancha, Gariahat Rd S, Jodhpur Park,, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700031, India
Based on Tarak Rej’s story about two sisters who carry corpses from a village police station to the morgue for a living, and their meeting with an unemployed graduate wanted for a crime. Dramatized and directed by Atanu Chatterjee.

Nandipat’s Pet-i Case, at Academy
2024-05-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Dario Fo’s political satire Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismoy Roy and directed by Bimal Chakraborty.

Padatik’s Beparwah Manto, at Padatik
2024-05-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, 700017
A new dramatization of Manto’s stories, scripted and directed by Anubha Fatehpuria. They question very basic aspects of humanity — friendship, independence, slavery, belonging, longing, obscenity, civilization, culture — and if we have progressed at all from when he last held a mirror to his times.

Nandipat’s Pet-i Case, at Minerva
2024-05-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Minerva Theatre, Utpal Dutt Sarani (Beadon Street), Kolkata

Anya Theatre's Romeo & Juliet, at Academy
2024-05-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Academy of Fine Arts, 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700071, India
Based on Debes Roy’s Bengali rendering of Shakespeare’s classic and Jan Otcenasek’s Romeo and Juliet in Darkness. Directed by Abanti Chakraborty.
