• Nat-ranga’s Nolak, at Academy

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

    Amit Maitra’s drama written in the background of the mid-1990s, around the myth of an accidental act by a baby playfully pulling his mother’s nosering, leading to a nasal tear […]

  • Ichheymoto’s Je Janlagulor Akash Chhilo, at Kala Mandir

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to changing times through the decades. Dramatized from […]

  • Ambali Praharaj (Delhi)’s Prathama Pandava Badhu, at Gyan Manch

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

    Premiere of a Bangla play about Hidimbi, Bhima's first wife and eldest bride of the Pandava clan.  A tale of love, motherhood, sacrifice and loneliness, it explores her struggle against […]

  • Sudrak’s Shikh ^kha Jatir Merudanda, at Academy

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

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

  • Bengal Repertory’s Uttarottar Ramcharit, at Academy

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

    Bengal Repertory's new production, a journey of re-search through the Ramayana and Indian philosophies, written by Suman Saha and Anupam Dasgupta. Suman Saha directs, following classical guidelines and traditional practices harmonizing […]

  • Kalyani Kalamandalam’s Radha-Ramakrishna, at Madhusudan

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

    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, […]

  • Nandikar’s Panchajanya, at Kala Mandir

    Kala Mandir Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata

    A play written by Parthapratim Deb dramatizing the story of Krishna, directed by Sohini Sengupta.