Ichheymoto’s Ghum Nei, at Gyan Manch

Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Based on Utpal Dutt’s early play about lorry drivers, directed by Saurav Palodhi. Highly recommended ★★★★★. Winner of META awards. Read my review.

Little Thespian’s Patjhad, at Academy

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

Adapted from Tennessee Williams' Glass Menagerie, revival of the production directed by S. M. Azhar Alam.

Chetana’s Marich Sambad, at Gyan Manch

Gyan Manch Gyan Manch, 11, Pretoria St, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.

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.

Rangapat’s He Sindhusaras, at Academy

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

Rangapat’s latest production, based by dramatist Ujjwal Chattopadhyay on the making of Chekhov’s classic The Seagull, recreating the work of the Moscow Art Theatre, its director Stanislavski and lead actress Olga Knipper (Chekhov’s wife). Directed by Tapanjyoti.

Nirbak’s Saodagarer Nauka, at Academy

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

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

Aneek’s Aksharik, at Tapan

Tapan Theatre Kalighat

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. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.

Rangroop’s Jadi Ar Ekbar, at Academy

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

Rangroop marks the birth centenary of Badal Sircar with a revival of his perennial early comedy about wish fulfilment. Directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay.

Angan’s Nilambala Chhe Ana, at Academy

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

After the turbulent 1960s, young Nilambala and Uddalak cross into the thunderous calls of the 1970s. Before the stormy chaos settles, life becomes unstable again—then the change of 1977, a breeze of dreamlike euphoria. But again the tide turns, and the river of life becomes a vast low tide. Uddalak, now past sixty, appears like […]